Water Supply
From: Matt Weiser, Modesto Bee
State officials warned Monday
that low runoff in rivers could require even senior water rights holders to
reduce consumption this summer.
The notice by the State Water
Resources Control Board, which regulates water rights, is informational only.
But it is a warning that curtailment orders could follow if water users don't
begin conserving, said Les Grober, assistant deputy director for water rights
at the board.
Farming
From: Brian Palmer, Slate
Food scientists at Cornell
University have produced a strain of broccoli
that thrives in hot environments, which may make it possible for states with
stiflingly hot summers to grow the vegetable. California, where cool coastal
fog is perfect for growing standard broccoli, currently produces more than 90
percent of the broccoli grown in the United States. If California were to
disappear, what would the American diet be like?
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Pamela Martineau, ACWA
Officials with the California
Natural Resources Agency hosted a public meeting today that focused on the
costs and funding sources for new water conveyance facilities and habitat
restoration proposed in the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) as well as its
impact on endangered species.
Discovery
Bay Residents protest twin tunnel projectFrom: Melinda Meza, KCRA
Several dozen Discovery Bay and
San Joaquin County residents are protesting the Bay Area Delta Conservation
Plan. It's Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels that would
send water from the Delta to Southern California.
Delta
From: Pamela Martineau,
ACWA
Delta Stewardship Council Chair
Phil Isenberg today updated the California Water Commission on the goals of the
newly-adopted Delta Plan and the next steps for implementing the plan.
Isenberg outlined how the Delta
Plan works with its 14 enforceable regulatory policies and 73 non-binding
recommendations. The Delta Plan, which was adopted by the DSC May 16 after
almost 100 public meetings, sets seven overarching categories of goals for the
troubled estuary.
Colorado River
From: John Fleck, Stanford
University
As western water leaders
converged on Las Vegas in December 2001, Southern California's inability
to contain its voracious appetite seemed finally to be bumping up against
reality - there is only so much water in the Colorado River. Shared among seven
states and Mexico via a shifting, uncertain set of bargains, the river was
running up against the era of limits.
Meetings
From: Press Release,
California Latino Water Coalition
Speakers from a wide variety of
perspectives will address crucial Bay-Delta Estuary water, infrastructure and
environmental issues during a Delta Water Summit on Saturday, August 3, from 9
a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Satellite Student Union at California State University,
Fresno. Many top water leaders from around California and the nation will be
participating.
Governor Brown has been invited
to present his water supply vision for California as has Commissioner of the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Michael Connor. Deputy Resources Secretary Gerald
Meral will speak on a panel along with Delta Stewardship Council Member Gloria
Gray and Sunne McPeak of the Delta Vision Foundation.
From: Announcement, Southern
California Water Committee
The workshop will feature a panel
discussion of state leaders and experts on the BDCP, including Dr. Jerry Meral,
Deputy Secretary of California Natural Resources Agency.
Friday, July 19, 2013
10am - 12pm
Los Angeles Area Chamber of
Commerce
350 S. Bixel St., Los Angeles, CA
90017
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