Friday, October 8, 2010

News articles and links from Oct. 8, 2010

SWP Predicts Future Deliveries Greater Than During the 1980's and 1990's

from Blogs – Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

by Barry Nelson

Coalition viewpoint...Science is at the forefront of developing a resolution to Delta environmental problems and achieving a reliable water supply for 25 million Californians. The current process within the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and Delta Habitat Conservation and Conveyance Program (DHCCP )reflects the science that water users are calling for. The recent UOP/UC Davis report substantiates claims that farmers and their employees along the San Joaquin Valley westside suffered severe impacts from reduced water deliveries. But using the SWP Delivery Reliability Report to diminish these impacts is a gross oversimplification. Also, UOP numbers on job losses points out that salmon industry officials overestimated their job losses, which added to the “supercharged water policy discussions” Nelson describes.


Runoff rules the Bay Area

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From Pacific Swell – Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

By Molly Peterson

Coalition viewpoint…The study area for this report encompassed only the major parts of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun bays and did not extend east into the Delta. Significant impacts on Delta water quality continue to come from other urban sources such as Sacramento’s wastewater treatment plant, which is blamed for releasing the ammonium that scientists claim has altered the basic chemistry of the Delta. There is a lot of blame to go around when it comes to the health of our ecosystems and information like this shows more and more that farms are less likely the problem.


All-American Canal buoy installation begins, safety project to total $1.1 million

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from Imperial Valley Press – Friday, Oct. 8, 2010

Buoy lines will crisscross the All-American Canal by April after the Imperial Irrigation District installs them in hopes of preventing illegal immigrant drowning deaths.

Farm water runoff permit renewed with string attached

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from Ventura County Star

Ventura County farmers got a renewed permit on Thursday to discharge water into rivers and streams with one new caveat.

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