State needs more water storage – underfoot
Viewpoint
by Peter Gleick
From Sacramento Bee – Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011
Coalition response...Don’t be fooled by Peter Gleick’s praise for Alta Irrigation District’s groundwater management program. They accomplished it without the onerous regulations he suggests at the end of his piece. He knows that, but uses Alta as an excuse to call for more regulations that would strip farmers of the flexibility and control they currently have over irrigation practices. That means more state control and higher production costs. If Alta and other irrigation districts throughout the state can achieve what they did without heavy-handed mandates then others would also be able to with the right incentives, not more environmental regulations like Gleick wants.
Opinion
By Robert Pyke
from The Record – Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011
Coalition response...The author makes some good points on managing Delta flows to benefit both water users and the environment. However he exaggerates when he claims alternative conveyance proposals in the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan would change water operations from cross flow to no flow. In fact, Delta exports over the past 10 years have amounted to less than 20 percent of the water in the Delta system. If discussion on important resource management issues is to move forward it’s important to maintain a level of accuracy that the public can depend on.
Meetings will discuss plans for Delta
Story
from Sacramento Bee – Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011
Challenges and opportunities for the San Joaquin explored at SWRCB proceeding
Blog
from Bay Delta Blog – Monday, Jan. 10, 2011
MID to consider water-rate bump
Story
from Modesto Bee – Monday, Jan. 10, 2011
Dams release excess water as rain fills Valley reservoirs
Story
from Fresno Bee – Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011
It’s been a great water year – but will it last?
Story
from Bakersfield Californian – Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011
The Continuing Fight for Sacramento Delta Water
Blog
from IVN – Monday, Jan. 10, 2011
Crews fixing Delta levee in preparation for potential flooding
from San Jose Mercury News – Friday, Jan. 7, 2011
Fears of flooding spur levee repair
from Modesto Bee – Friday, Jan. 7, 2011
Crews fixing Delta levee in preparation for potential flooding
from Contra Costa Times – Friday, Jan. 7, 2011
Crews fix San Joaquin levee, prep for potential flooding
TV News
from News 10/Sacramento – Friday, Jan. 7, 2011
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