Groundwater
From: Felix Smith, Sacbee.com
Re "Parts of Merced County
are sinking" (Capitol and California, Nov 22): The U.S. Geological Survey
got sucked in with the cries from Westlands Water District of regulatory
drought.
Coalition response... Felix Smith needs to check the history books on the Central Valley
Project (CVP), subsidence and the impacts from recent environmental
regulations. The CVP was, indeed, built in part to resolve subsidence issues in
the San Joaquin Valley. And the problem abated for many years until federal
Endangered Species Act restrictions started cutting water supplies to farmers
in the 1990s. Rather than walk away from their businesses they returned to
groundwater while hoping science would pave the way for a more sensible
approach to species management. So far that hasn't happened, despite study
after study indicating that Delta exports aren't the problem facing endangered
smelt and salmon.
Meetings
From: Eddie Hughes, Fresno
State News
With forecasts painting a
sobering picture of the 2013-14 state water supply, the California Department
of Water Resources and the Center for Irrigation Technology will conduct a
drought preparedness workshop for Valley agriculture professionals.
The workshop, aimed at growers,
irrigation managers, water district personnel, engineers and policy makers,
will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at Fresno State's Alice Peters
Auditorium (room 191 in the Peters Business building).
Salton Sea
From: AP Staff, U-T San Diego
A recent state audit calls for a
more thorough estimate of how much it will cost to alleviate expected clouds of
dust and other hazards along the receding shores of the Salton Sea.
Water Supply
From: Staff, The
Press-Enterprise
California needs water systems
that are reliable even in dry years. The threat of another drought provides a
clear reminder that the state remains far from that goal, however. Residents
will need to boost conservation efforts, to make more efficient use of existing
supplies. But legislators also need to safeguard the state's primary water
system and boost water storage capacity.
Groundwater
From: Staff, The
Record-Searchlight
Irrigators and the U.S.
Department of Interior spent more than $200 million on the controversial
project to dismantle the Red Bluff Diversion Dam in favor of a modern pumping
station that fills the Tehama-Colusa Canal with water for farms without
blocking passage of the Sacramento Rover's rare wild fish.
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