Farm Water News

Thursday, October 21, 2010

News articles and links from Oct. 21, 2010

The cost of a global food chain

Opinion

from Los Angeles Times – Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010

Coalition viewpoint…California farmers have been resilient in shifting food production from one area to another in times when water supplies have been cut short by drought and environmental regulations. Continuing efforts to take water away from our farmers and 25 million Californians by reducing the amount of water flowing southward from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta may eventually overcome the ability of our farmers to make up for any shortfalls in production. When that happens, the problems outlined by Director Gottlieb will increase.

Environmental Water Caucus Unveils California Water Solutions

Blog

from Indybay newswire – Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

by Dan Bacher

Coalition viewpoint…This “solution” offered by EWC represents a narrow focus of taking water from farmers and 25 million Californians as a plan for fixing the Delta. It fails to acknowledge recent scientific studies and reports that point to factors---such as upstream water discharges laden with ammonium, ocean conditions, water quality and more---that have a greater effect on the health of the Delta than water exports. This “solution” is a thinly-veiled attempt to take water away from the people of California.

What’s happening across the river

Story

from Red Bluff Daily News – Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010

Madera Irrigation District will end water season

Story

from Fresno Bee – Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010

Carly Fiorina in the Valley

from California TV News – Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

News articles and links from Oct. 20, 2010

Saving salmon: One dramatic proposal would transport fish around dams

Story

from Chico E-R – Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010

Report says Klamath dam removal would be economic boon

Story

from Eureka Times-Standard – Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

News articles and links from Oct. 19, 2010

GOP taps water as wedge issue in Fresno County

Story

from San Jose Mercury News – Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010

Water leaders say conservation is not enough

Story

from Riverside Press Enterprise – Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010

Senate Bill requires water monitoring

Story

from Siskiyou Daily News – Monday, Oct. 18, 2010

Monday, October 18, 2010

News articles and links from Oct. 18, 2010

River lawsuits head to S.F.

Story

from Redding Record Searchlight – Monday, Oct. 18, 2010

A fresh battle between Southern California water adversaries

Story

from Los Angeles Times – Monday, Oct. 18, 2010

Sunken Delta Islands and Rose Bowls

Blog

from SF Chronicle – Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010

By Tom Philp

Choices in new members could cause pumping fee to resurface

Story

from Stockton Record – Monday, Oct. 18, 2010

Westlands Water investigation sought

Story

from Fresno Bee – Saturday, Oct. 16, 23010

Friday, October 15, 2010

News articles and links from Oct. 15, 2010

Ground finally broken on Delta 'intertie'

Story

from Stockton Record – Friday, Oct. 15, 2010

Building begins on Delta water pipeline

Story

from Sacramento Bee – Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

Work begins to link two south Delta canals

Story

from Contra Costa Times – Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

Coalition viewpoint…While problems in the Delta must still be resolved to assure a reliable water delivery system, the completion of this linkage between the State and federal canals will provide some increased assurance of water delivery to farmers and 25 million Californians. Updating California's water infrastructure should be a goal of every individual in our state in order to build the water system that is needed now and in the future. This Intertie project is an important step in that direction and it is important that more projects be undertaken.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

News articles and links from Oct. 14, 2010

Save water: Retire ruined land

Letter

from Modesto Bee – Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010

Your Oct. 4 story "Water users alarmed by salmon report" (Page A-1) includes comments by representatives of Modesto, Turlock and Oakdale irrigation districts that remind one of Chicken Little's cry that the sky is falling.

Coalition viewpoint…Taking water from agriculture and giving it to “fish and wildlife” will not solve the problems threatening the Delta. More and more science is pointing to causes other than water deliveries as having more impact on Delta fish and habitat. Predator fish are eating juvenile salmon…ocean conditions are robbing salmon of a needed food supply…wastewater discharges from the City of Sacramento are destroying the food supply for Delta smelt…the list goes on. Taking water from our farmers will only serve to increase the consumer’s reliance on an imported food supply.

Proposal to Restore Delta Bogs Down

Story

Wall Street Journal- Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010