Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Terry Erlewine, Sacbee.com
Re "Delta plan makes
economic sense only without the tunnels" (Viewpoints, Forum, Oct. 6):
Jeffrey Michael thinks he has discovered the solution for the Delta by
dramatically reducing water supplies to water agencies, upgrading levees and
using existing pumping systems for the State Water Project/Central Valley Project.
From: Southern California
Water Committee, Valley Industry and Commerce Association
The Sacramento-San Joaquin River
Delta east of San Francisco Bay is so far from Southern California that most of
our residents probably don't know where it is or why it matters. Simply
put, water that originates in the Sierra Nevada Mountains moves through the
Delta providing drinking water for as many as 25 million California residents,
including many in Southern California.
Water Supply
From: Amy Quinton, Capitol
Public Radio
Before I set out to do this
story, I'd only been to the Delta a few times. And when I had, it was just a
scenic drive from Sacramento down Highway 160, which parallels the Sacramento
River. Turns out, that's not the ideal way to get to know the Delta.
Groundwater
From: A. Fisher, G. Fogg,
J. Viers, J. Lund, R. Langridge & P. Holden, California WaterBlog
For all the talk of climate
change adaptation, California has yet to comprehensively address the effects of
warmer temperatures and changing weather patterns on the state's limited
groundwater resources.
To start the process, several of
the leading University of California faculty and researchers on California
groundwater recently met with staff of the Governor's Office of Planning &
Research. We identified some key concerns and the information and actions
needed to address them.
Litigation
From: Antoine Abou-Diwan,
Imperial Valley Press
An El Centro farmer's lawsuit to
stop the implementation of the Imperial Irrigation District's water
apportionment plan has been halted.
Under the terms of the
stipulation, IID will transfer to Mike Abatti the remainder of his 3.7
acre-foot allocation before transferring an additional 5,000 acre-feet of water
in October from the district's Agricultural Water Clearinghouse. Abatti will be
allowed to distribute water he receives from the clearinghouse among the fields
in his farm unit. Abatti will allow the district to fill out the necessary
paperwork to enroll his business in the Equitable Distribution Plan and to
identify his farm unit.
Weather
From: David Bienick,
KCRA
Don't get too excited about the
first flakes of snow covering California's mountain tops, state officials said
Wednesday.
California still has a long way
to go to recover from two years of relatively dry winters, and avoiding an
official statewide drought will not be easy.
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