News articles and links from March 17, 2011

Water report controversial

Letter

By Jerry Cadagan

From Modesto Bee - Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Coalition response --- Jerry Cadagan is guilty of the same kind of omission of which he accuses writers from The Bee. The PPIC report doesn't propose any meaningful conservation goal from farmers because it concluded that agricultural water conservation will not generate any significant amount of water for other uses. Cadagan left that part out of his review, presumably because it didn't tell the story he wanted. Also, he continues to intentionally mislead the public by stating that farmers use 80 percent of California's developed water supply. Wrong again. Environmental flows are a big part of our developed water supply and they account for 48 percent of the total, according to the Department of Water Resources.

California's farming future focused on water

Story

by cbennett

From Western Farm Press

Coalition response --- It is important to note that stories covering the Rain Bird Summit quote a misrepresentation of a speaker's comments from Rain Bird press information. Tim Quinn, executive director of the Association of California Water Agencies was quoting Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson in his presentation when he said that agricultural water conservation could generate significant new water supplies. Quinn's message was just the opposite and was using Wilson's quote only as an example.

GROUNDWATER

Unsafe Drinking Water for California's Poor: Unfair, Unnecessary, and Unacceptable

Blog

By Peter Gleick

From CityBrights - Wednesday, March 16, 2011

WATER SUPPLY

Dam operators dumping more water into Sac River

Reservoirs releasing water, swelling rivers

Reservoirs release water as Calif. storms continue

Water released from reservoirs as storms continue

Higher flows in Sacramento and American rivers, too

Falls Full Of Winter Runoff

Reservoirs release water as storms continue

Story

From AP/TV News - Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Ag water used for ecology

Letter

By Kendall Bates

From Modesto Bee - Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Leak of the Week: California is in a drought - no kidding

Story

By Greg Lucas

Capitol Weekly - Thursday, March 17, 2011

DELTA

Commentary: Are striped bass really killing salmon? Environmentalists believe a group that says it wants to protect Chinook salmon actually wants more water for big agribusiness

Commentary

By Alistair Bland

From East Bay Express - Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Event: Managing California's water: From conflict to reconciliation

Press Release

by Maven

From Aquafornia - Thursday, March 17, 2011