Crowfoot Calls for Patience with Voluntary Agreements
Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said the Delta flows issue has been decades in the making and “it’s going to take some time to figure this out.”
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City of Antioch Breaks Ground on Water Project in Delta
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /East County TodayOn Friday, the City of Antioch, along with local and State dignitaries, broke ground on their new and historic Brackish Water Desalination Plant. At a price of $110 million, the project was made possible with $93 million in funding from the State, and $17 million from the City of Antioch.
“Through this project, Antioch continues establishing itself as both a State and regional leader on environmental best practices,” said Lamar Thorpe, Mayor, City of Antioch. “I would like to thank Governor Newsom for California’s investment in making our Brackish Water Desalination Plant a reality. By working together, we exemplify the very best of our State and our City.”
Newsom Promised to End California’s Water Wars. Now that Trump is Gone, Can He Do It?
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Chelsea Campos /The Sacramento Beeby Dale Kasler and Ryan SabalowShortly after taking office two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to deliver a massive compromise deal on the water rushing through California’s major rivers and the critically-important Delta — and bring lasting peace to the incessant water war between farmers, cities, anglers and environmentalists.
Climate Change May Bring Unexpected Benefits to San Francisco Bay-Delta
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Forbesby Linh Anh CatThe San Francisco Bay-Delta is literally threatened from all sides: rising sea levels from the ocean, disruptions to sediment supply from upstream, and within the Bay-Delta itself, development and other land use changes have left only a tiny fraction (5%) of marshland untouched.
Opinion: State Water Board Trying to Drain Away Merced County’s Chief Supply
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Merced Sun-Starby Daron McDanielLess than a week before Christmas in 2016, the State Water Resources Control Board held a single public hearing in our community. The topic? Draining our community’s water supply and sending it to the Bay Delta.
Not only was the hearing deliberately held when our community’s attention was focused on the holiday — it was the only local hearing the Water Board held in Merced before adopting its ill-conceived Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan SED.
Opinion: Without Agreements on Water, California Needs to Set New Objectives and Protections for Delta
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /CalMattersby Jon Rosenfield and Jeanette HowardFor more than a decade, California’s governors have pushed for “voluntary agreements” to establish rules for water diversions by major urban and agricultural water districts, and to redress their environmental impacts. Our organizations joined those discussions to craft a scientifically sound plan that would restore San Francisco Bay’s fisheries and water quality – and with the understanding that any agreement would satisfy all applicable laws, including the federal and state Clean Water Acts, as part of an update of the State Water Board’s Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan.
Delta Dispute Casts Shadow on Water Supplies
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Ag Alertby Christine SouzaWith supplies curtailed from California’s largest water projects, farmers have been reducing acreage, water districts have been working to secure additional supplies, and everyone has been keeping an eye on the continued dispute between state and federal governments on managing the delta.
Opinion: Reimagine California’s Big-Water Dreams
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Daily Breezeby Larry WilsonRomantic newspaper myths aside — wait; are there romantic newspaper myths anymore? — editorial-page junkets are not along the lines of a stay in a house on stilts in a Bali lagoon. Just to do some Indonesian fact-finding, don’t you know. In fact, it didn’t take the novel coronavirus to dampen down out-of-town trips to conventions or the state capital on the paper’s dime. That non-ship sailed long ago; not enough dimes.
What’s at the Heart of California’s Water Wars? Delta Outflow Explained
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /Cal Mattersby Jeffrey Mount and Greg GartrellThe latest dustup In California’s water wars, as noted in Dan Walters’ commentary, revolves principally around the federal government’s efforts to increase the amount of water supplied to farms and cities by the Central Valley Project, and a breakdown in cooperation between the state and federal government.
Grand Compromise on California Water Wars in Disarray. Newsom Faces Multiple Lawsuits this Week
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Kimberlyn Velasquez /The Sacramento Beeby Dale KaslerFrom the moment he took office, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he wanted to bring peace to California’s water wars. But now, more than a year later, most of the warring factions are united against his plan for governing the Delta.
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