Groundwater
From: Jeff Jardine, Modesto
Bee
It's something we live with
in Northern California.
The northern and eastern parts of
the state have water. The rest of the state always wants it or wants more of
it. Not only will they do whatever it takes to get it, we'll get stuck paying
part of the shipping and handling costs, as will be the case should those
pipe-dream tunnels south of Sacramento come to fruition.
Equally important and more
imminent is what's happening here in the Valley and the hills to the east. Vast
amounts of water are being pumped out of the ground, much of it for
agricultural uses including the rapidly expanding almond industry.
Coalition response...Those "pipe-dream tunnels" the author refers to will be paid
for by those water users who receive the water according to the benefits
received. The statement saying, "...we'll get stuck paying part of the
shipping and handling costs," simply isn't true if you're not benefiting
from the project.
Transfers
From: Joe Szydlowski, Redding
Record Searchlight
One of Shasta County's most
valued - and contested - natural resources took center stage Wednesday night
among a panel of experts who fielded questions about a local district's
decision to send water to Southern California.
The Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation
District will be sending about 2,400 acre-feet of water south, a "very
minor amount," ACID's general manager, Stan Wangberg, told about 60 people
gathered at the Cottonwood Community Center. Shasta County Supervisor Les Baugh
set up the meeting.
Coalition response...Pat Minturn is mistaken in his thinking that the Bay Delta Conservation
Plan (BDCP) and its proposed tunnels will divert twice the amount of water
needed in the San Joaquin Valley. Operation of the tunnels is designed to
deliver about 5.2 million acre-feet, the average amount delivered over the past
20 years. The BDCP is about improving the reliability for users south of the
Delta that have been unable to receive the amount of water they have a legal
right to use. Area-of-origin water rights are protected by State law that
prevents new projects from having a negative impact on existing upstream
users.
The amount of water that can be
delivered at any given time is limited by a number of factors that protect
existing water rights holders, water quality and the environment. According to
BDCP documents, the project would only be permitted to operate with regulatory
protections, including river water levels and flow, which would be determined
based upon how much water is actually available in the system, the presence of
threatened fish species, and water quality standards. Individuals seeking to
learn more about the flow of water through the tunnels can find information at http://bit.ly/18FGxrl.
Boxing
From: Dan Rafael, ESPN
Junior welterweight Jose Ramirez,
the talented 2012 U.S. Olympian, will have his first professional hometown
fight when he headlines a card at Golden Eagle Arena on the West Hills College
campus in Lemoore, Calif., on Nov. 9 (UniMas).
The card has been dubbed
"The Fight for Water," because Ramirez wants to help make a
difference in farm-related employment and with farm workers' families, who have
lost jobs when water supplies have been reduced. Ramirez recently joined the
Latino Water Coalition, which aims to help resolve California's water crisis
and to promote economic growth in the area he grew up in.
Water Bond
From: Theo Douglas,
Bakersfield Californian
Faced with a resolution
supporting a statewide water bond at this week's annual League of California
Cities conference, fiscally conservative Bakersfield is recommending its
delegate stay neutral during an expected vote Friday.
Water Supply
From: Staff, Imperial Valley
Press
A public workshop will be held
Wednesday in El Centro to provide a briefing to the Imperial Irrigation Board
of Directors and the public regarding major water policy issues facing the
district.
Charles DuMars of Law &
Resource Planning Associates and Ronald L. Olson of Munger Tolles & Olson,
LLP, will provide a briefing and seek public input regarding preserving the water
supply available to IID and maintaining sustainable solutions for protection of
the water and the environment of the Imperial Valley.
From: Dennis Wyatt, Manteca
Bulletin
Most reservoirs in California are
dropping to near low record levels this month. That's not the case with
Woodward Reservoir.
When midnight on Monday, Sept.
30, rolls around, the South San Joaquin Irrigation District's in-district
storage reservoir will be right at 210 feet with water filling the entire
36,000 acre capacity.
Salton Sea
From: Editorial Staff,
Imperial Valley Press
Comparisons between the Salton
Sea and Owens Lake have been made for years, and they've had a variety effect
on residents and local officials.
Usually there is a healthy dose
of fear, of the future, of the unknown, and what exactly is in store for
Imperial County is the Salton Sea dries up.
Unfortunately, there is also a
degree of apathy that comes with stories that sometimes feel like the tales of
Chicken Little.
Dams
From: Doug Craig, Redding
Record Searchlight
I first laid eyes on Shasta Dam
when it was "only" 46 years old and I was 28. Now almost three
decades later, as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of its grand beginning, we
would be remiss to not acknowledge its tremendous value to our state. Capable
of holding more than 6 billion tons of water, Shasta Dam is the second largest
in the nation. Can we fully grasp how much water this is?
People
From: Press Release, Office of
the Governor
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
today announced the following appointments.
Laura King Moon, 60, of Woodland,
has been appointed chief deputy director at the California Department of Water
Resources, where she has been a project manager for the Bay Delta Conservation
Plan since 2011.
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