Water Supply
From: Harry Cline, Western
Farm Press
Earthquakes, floods and
hurricanes are visible disasters with heartbreaking human consequences.
No less consequential is the
water disaster in California. However, there are no gut-wrenching photos or
blaring headlines chronicling this slow moving catastrophe.
From: Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert
The farming
"gotta-haves"-water and labor-took center stage at the 32nd Annual
Agribusiness Management Conference in Fresno, with reports of timely
developments in each area.
And those who spoke on the water
front painted a mostly dark picture of the dangers of overdrafting groundwater
in the face of low precipitation and cutbacks in federal surface water
deliveries.
The view from water panelists was
influenced in large measure by low snow and rain levels in recent months,
coupled with constraints on federal water deliveries because of Endangered
Species Act restrictions intended to protect fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta.
From: Press release,
USBR
The Bureau of Reclamation's
Central Valley Project began water year 2014 (Oct. 1, 2013, to Sept. 30, 2014)
with 5.1 million acre-feet of water in six key CVP reservoirs (Shasta, Trinity,
Folsom, New Melones and Millerton reservoirs and the federal share of the joint
federal/state San Luis Reservoir). One acre-foot is the volume of water
sufficient to cover an acre of land to a depth of one foot, enough water to
sustain a typical California household of four for one year.
From: Lois Henry, Bakersfield
Californian
(A subscription may be required
to read this article.)
Water can be such a complex issue
that most people would rather not be bothered.
For filmmaker Juan Carlos
Oseguera, water became impossible to ignore as he watched family, friends and
whole communities suffer from political decisions made about water decades ago
and thousands of miles away.
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Peter Gleick, Sacramento
Bee
(The Sacramento Bee has
discontinued the option of readers commenting on stories.)
I and my colleagues at the
Pacific Institute have worked on California water issues for more than a
quarter of a century. It is therefore no surprise that we get asked on a
regular basis by friends, journalists and colleagues what we think about the
efforts underway to resolve the problems of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
and in particular, about the proposed massive tunnel project to divert water
from the Sacramento River to the conveyance aqueducts south of the Delta.
Delta
From: Todd Dayton, California
Water Blog
The sea is rising and the land is
sinking. Aging levees are giving way. Island communities find themselves at the
mercy of forces beyond their control.
Districts
From: John Holland, Modesto
Bee
Incumbents Joe Alamo and Ron
Macedo won second terms on the Turlock Irrigation District board Tuesday night.
From: Garth Stapley, Modesto
Bee
Three political newcomers - John
Mensinger, Paul Campbell and Jake Wenger - struck gold Tuesday to win seats on
the embattled Modesto Irrigation District board.
From: Erica Felci, Desert
Sun
Voters on Tuesday were endorsing
local leaders who are tasked with managing the Coachella Valley's groundwater
supplies.
Groundwater
From: Pamela Martineau, ACWA
The California State Board of
Food and Agriculture today examined California's groundwater challenges during
a day-long meeting, listening to experts who warned that many of California's
aquifers are critically overdrawn - especially in the Central Valley - due to a
need for more water created by drought conditions and restrictions on surface
water.
From: Roger h. Aylworth, Chico
Enterprise-Record
As has happened many times in
recent weeks, the word "marijuana" appeared nowhere on the Butte
County Board of Supervisors' agenda, but indisputably it was "the elephant
in the room."
Tuesday, the supervisors were
asked to provide guidance on the use of "exploratory" water wells on
illegal lots within county jurisdiction.
Water Plan
From: Steve Adler, Ag Alert
(A Farm Bureau membership is
required to read this article.)
Farm groups and water
organizations say they will emphasize the role of new water storage as a key
element, as state agencies finalize an action plan to help guide their efforts
and resources on water issues. Expanded storage is one of 10 elements in a
draft version of a California Water Action Plan released last week by three
agencies.
Meetings
From: Staff, Salinas
Californian
The Pacific Grove Museum of
Natural History, 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, plans to present a public
lecture by B. Lynn Ingram, author of "The West without Water: What Past
Floods, Droughts, and Other Climatic Clues Tell Us about Tomorrow," at 3
p.m. Nov. 16.
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