Friday, August 19, 2011

News articles and links from Aug. 19, 2011

Delta

State must achieve a Delta water solution

Editorial

From Fresno Bee – Friday, Aug. 19, 2011

Coalition response...This editorial gets it right, yet some critics will claim that fixing the Delta is nothing but a water grab and does not truly benefit California. They are wrong. Protecting the Delta’s ecosystem and securing a reliable water supply benefits our entire state. While water is delivered southward from the Delta to San Joaquin Valley farmers and cities and also Southern California, residents in the San Francisco east bay and south through Santa Clara and San Benito counties also benefit.

The result of this water flow not only provides the drinking supply for 25 million Californians but it also spurs production of millions of dollars of farm commodities and manufactured goods. As bad as our state’s economy is today, imagine what it would be like without the production spurred by California’s water supply.

Brown reaffirms support for Delta-killing peripheral canal

Blog

By Dan Bacher

From IndyBay Media – Friday, Aug. 19, 2011

Coalition response...A process with goals to restore the Delta’s ecosystem and provide a reliable supply of water benefits all of California and not one region over another---that is the goal of the Delta Stewardship Council. Gov. Brown made his recent remarks based on the ongoing efforts of the Council. A true restoration of the Delta’s ecosystem is a primary goal of the Council but critics of these efforts continue to focus on conveyance as a threat to the Delta. These critics do not want to “restore” the Delta, they simply want to keep it the way it is.

WATER SUPPLY

State water board funds Sites Reservoir study

Story

From Colusa Sun-Herald – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011

Hope Finds Fertile Ground As Water Returns to California’s Central Valley

TV News

From Fox – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011

Chris Austin does Imperial Valley water with style

Blog

By George J. Janczyn

From GrokSurf’s San Diego – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011

DELTA

Lawmakers pass bill to let Sacramento County’s sewer district sell treated water

Story

From Sacramento Bee – Friday, Aug. 19, 2011

Millions more for BDCP

Blog

By Alex Breitler

From The Record – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011

Corps’ 3D models of the Delta key to shared solutions

Report

From Army Corps – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011

BDCP meetings scheduled

Announcements

From BDCP – Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011

Seismically-repairable, river-protecting levees

Blog

By John Bass

From Delta National Park – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011

FISHERIES

Sacramento River Salmonid Spawning Gravel Augmentation Program Gets Under Way

Press release

From USBR – Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011

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