Monday, March 21, 2011

News articles and links from March 21, 2011

WATER SUPPLY

NYT Green Blog: Divvying up the water down under

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By Felicity Barringer

From the New York Times Green Blog - Monday, March 21, 2011

Andrew Gregson, an official with the New South Wales Irrigators Council, is the kind of Australian completely at home in the agricultural sea that is California's San Joaquin Valley. He knows all about the business and the social fabric of farming and about irrigated agriculture. He believes that [...]

DELTA

On the Public Record blog: Delta Plan, second draft: instantaneous impression

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From Aquafornia/On the Public Record - Sunday, March 20, 2011

From the On the Public Record blog: "BOOOOO!! Booo! BOOO! Boooo! BOOOO!!! A bureaucrat got hold of this plan! BOOOO! If I wanted to read bureaucratic weaseling, I could read my own professional work. BOOOOO! Fire someone! (Not me.) What the hell?! Booooo! The first plan was so swashbuckling. It was awesome. It asserted things [...]

Delta Stewardship Council to meet this Thursday and Friday

Meeting Notice

The Delta Stewardship Council will be meeting on Thursday, March 24th, and Friday, March 25th, in Sacramento. You can review the agenda and meeting materials by clicking here.

Tom Philp: Sizing Delta conveyance - Part two

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By Tom Philp

From CityBrights/SF Chronicle

From Tom Philp at the City Brights - Sunday, March 20, 2011

This [link available on click-through] must be one insightful PowerPoint on future Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water supply options. Both "sides" think that it proves their point. One of the big ongoing debates is (1) whether to build a new conveyance system to separate the movement of water [...]

GROUNDWATER

San Joaquin Valley: Wet weather doesn't boost district wells; Groundwater in eastern S.J. still on decline

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Stockton Record - Saturday, March 19, 2011

From the Stockton Record: "The end of California's three-year drought brought a welcome boost to San Joaquin County's underground water supply. With one exception. The North San Joaquin Water Conservation District - which has received national attention for its struggle to draw more water from the Mokelumne River, and for infighting over a proposed groundwater [...]


FISHERIES

Returning salmon to San Joaquin River will cost millions

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By Mark Grossi

From Modesto Bee - Saturday, March 19, 2011

Reviving chinook salmon on the San Joaquin River will cost more than $20 million, which may sound like a lot of money for 40,000 fish. But this rare project will take years of work, scientists say

OTHER

With water levels rising, levee patrols begin

TV News

From KXTV Channel 10 - Saturday, March 19, 2011

SACRAMENTO - Water levels are up, so patrols are out now keeping watch on the levees, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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