Water Supply
From: Harry Cline, Western
Farm Press
It does not take long for a
conversation with a California farmer to reach the topic of water. It has
always been that way.
However, the topic strikes real
fear like it has never before. California has faced numerous water crises, but
nothing like this one.
From: Antoine Abou-Diwan,
Imperial Valley Press
With a little less than three
months remaining in 2013, the Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors
on Tuesday will consider making some changes to the district's 2013 water
apportionment pilot program while staff revises the program for 2014.
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Eastern Municipal Water
District, Western Municipal Water District, Riverside Public Utilities,
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District
"This document was inserted
in the Sunday edition of the Riverside Press-Telegram by the above
districts."
The Sacramento-San Joaquin River
Delta east of San Francisco Bay is so far from Southern California that many of
our residents may not 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.
In addition to water supplies for
millions, water that moves through the Delta supplies an agricultural industry
that, in turn, feeds millions of people, producing much of the nation's
produce.
Fisheries
From: Alex Breitler, Stockton
Record
Exotic fish such as striped bass
undoubtedly eat imperiled baby salmon in the Delta, but a team of experts in a
new report says there's not enough evidence to say whether the predators are
harming salmon populations overall.
From: Press Release,
Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish
and Wildlife (CDFW) has released a draft environmental impact report (DEIR) for
a conservation fish hatchery to assist with the restoration of salmon runs in
the San Joaquin River.
The proposed site of the new
Salmon Conservation and Research Facility (SCARF) is located in Friant in
Fresno County and adjacent to the San Joaquin River approximately 1.1 miles
downstream of Friant Dam.
Delta
From: Amy Quinton, Capital
Public Radio
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
was once a vast tidal marshland and inland estuary. Now thousands of miles of
fragile levees surround artificial islands below sea level. More than 90
percent of wetlands have disappeared, and native fish are dying.
Meetings
From: Antoine Abou-Diwan,
Imperial Valley Press
The University of California
Desert Research & Extension Center is hosting an Irrigation and water
management workshop Wednesday for Imperial Valley growers and irrigators.
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