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OPINION: California’s Water Management System Needs Balanced Solutions, Not Politics

/in , /by /The Sacramento Beeby Allison Febbo

In these turbulent times, nearly every issue gets filtered through a political lens, where real solutions are often sidelined in favor of scoring political points. When it comes to managing our state’s water supplies, this dynamic is unfortunately all too common.

We do, however, have essential truths: Water is essential to life, and how we manage this resource is one of the most crucial responsibilities we bear, so we must get this right.

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The Water Unexpectedly Released From Dams on Trump’s Order Didn’t Help Farms or L.A.

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Ian James, Jessica Garrison and Sean Greene

Days after President Trump startled some of his most ardent supporters in California’s San Joaquin Valley by having the Army Corps of Engineers suddenly release water from two dams, many in the region and beyond were still perplexed.

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Opinion: Water Rights Bills Would Jeopardize Water Reliability

/in , /by /AgAlertby Pat Wirz

Bills in the state Legislature would give increased authority to the California State Water Resources Control Board and could impact historic water rights and threaten water supplies for farming. Dangerous water rights reform bills that put the interests of the few over the interests of the many are moving through the California Legislature.

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California Farmers Flood Their Fields in Order to Save Them

/in , /by /Reutersby Michael Roy Blake and Daniel Trotta

When Don Cameron first intentionally flooded his central California farm in 2011, pumping excess stormwater onto his fields, fellow growers told him he was crazy.

Today, California water experts see Cameron as a pioneer. His experiment to control flooding and replenish the ground water has become a model that policy makers say others should emulate.

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Column: How Alfalfa, Cows and a Saudi-Owned Farming Operation Became Villains of Western Water Woes

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union-Tribuneby Michael Smolens Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority

People don’t eat much alfalfa, at least not directly. But the crop widely grown throughout California and the West to feed cows across the world has become central to discussions about managing a future with limited water. That’s part of the larger debate over what’s being grown and where it goes, and even what people should eat to ease pressure on the water supply and fight climate change.

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