Trinity River
From: Elizabeth Warmerdam,
Courthouse News Service
California water districts sued
Uncle Sam for demanding that they release 355 million gallons of water from the
Trinity Reservoir to prevent a possible salmon die-off instead of delivering it
to cities and farmers who face a "growing water shortage catastrophe."
Water Supply
From: Staff, Merced Sun-Star
Merced Irrigation District wants
growers to know they have options for making it through a dry year, according
to a press release.
From: John A. Kochergen,
Fresno Bee
President Obama signed a disaster
relief declaration on Aug. 2 for a western Texas community where a fertilizer
plant blew up and killed 15 people. Obama declared it a major disaster and so
did the governor of Texas, guaranteeing all state and federal aid.
Why can't our governor lead the
way in calling our west Fresno farm area a disaster? It is already on the way
to a large disaster if our water is not increased from 20% for this year. And
the state predicts we will receive a 0% allotment next year if the drought
continues.
From: John Ellis, Fresno
Beehive
To Fresno County Supervisor Phil
Larson, it was the easiest vote in the world.
He wanted his colleagues to
approve sending a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, asking her support a House
resolution that seeks more Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water for the Valley's
west side.
From: Seth Nidever, Hanford
Sentinel
Confronting a two-year drought
and dwindling reservoir levels, speakers at a water hearing on Friday said that
San Joaquin Valley residents need to unite in a common front to pressure
legislators for more storage capacity.
From: Jessica Peres, ABC-TV
30
In the South Valley farmers and
government leaders gathered Friday to discuss a long-term solution to Kings
County water problems.
From: David Guy, Sacramento
Bee
Re "State needs more water,
not just improved sharing" ( Viewpoints, Aug. 5): Mayor Kevin Johnson is
right that the state needs more water. Gov. Jerry Brown should develop a more
comprehensive statewide water plan.
Dams
From: Amanda Venegas, KFSN-TV
30
Supporters of building a new dam
in the Valley are continuing their work to bring the project to life. One
supporter believes the proposed dam located near Millerton Lake could play a
crucial role in easing the water woes in Central California.
From: Don Perera, Sacramento
Bee
Re "State needs more water,
not just improved sharing" (Viewpoints, Aug. 5): I am in total agreement
with Mayor Kevin Johnson. California needs more water. Much of California could
be classified as desert if it were not for the Sierra snow pack. This snow pack
is becoming more and more questionable due to climate change.
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Staff, Marysville
Appeal-Democrat
Our congressman is concerned
about (adamantly opposed to) Gov. Jerry Brown's $24 billion plan to move water
from the north to the south of California.
U.S. Rep. John Garamendi,
D-Walnut Grove, is pretty vocal about his opposition to the plan which is
supposed to improve the Delta ecosystem while boosting water deliveries to dry
regions. It involves two 35-mile-long tunnels to carry fresh water under the
Delta and diversion of up to 67,500 gallons of water per second.
The plan wouldn't theoretically
have a direct impact on Yuba-Sutter, but should we be concerned? Curt Aikens,
general manager of Yuba County Water Agency, provided the following in an email
exchange.
Delta
From: Alex Breitler, Stockton
Record
And then, there was peace.
After decades of fighting, Delta
farmers and south San Joaquin Valley water interests have agreed to settle a
lawsuit over a plan to convert two farm islands into reservoirs.
Groundwater
From: Casey Hashimoto, Modesto
Bee
An Aug. 4 article in The Modesto
Bee attempted to explain Turlock Irrigation District's role within the region's
groundwater basin.
In a good-faith effort to inform
the public, TID cooperated with The Bee and provided information as requested,
and continues to do so. Unfortunately, the rationale supporting TID's
long-standing groundwater practices was represented in an incomplete manner in
the article.
From: Kelli Ballard,
Porterville Record
A lack of rain and snow this
winter is catching up to not only farmers, but rural areas where wells are
going dry.
This is the sixth driest year in
a record of 100 years, with 1977 being the driest, according to Richard Shafer,
water master of Tule River and secretary of the Tule River Association.
"This is probably one of the
worst years I've ever seen," Steve Arthur, vice president of Arthur and
Orum Well Drilling out of Fresno, stated. "The water level is dropping
dramatically right now - throughout the whole Valley, basically."
Fisheries
From: Matt Weiser, Sacramento
Bee
State and federal wildlife
officials are scrambling to figure out how hundreds of endangered salmon
recently became stranded in irrigation ditches in the Colusa basin, west of the
Sacramento River.
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