Water Supply
From: Press Release, CFWC
Governor Jerry Brown's continued
leadership in resolving California's water problems was the number one request
from a panel of farm water representatives speaking during a joint meeting
today of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture and the California
Water Commission.
That answer was in response to a
question asked by Craig McNamara, president of the Board of Food and
Agriculture, as to what were the top messages that his board could deliver to
the Governor.
Executive Director Mike Wade of
the California Farm Water Coalition said securing a reliable water future for
California is important for jobs and the economy.
From: Pamela Martineau, ACWA
California growers joined local
and state water managers Tuesday at a joint meeting of the California State
Board of Food and Agriculture and the California Water Commission to examine
how the state's water supply and agricultural industry would be impacted by
another dry year.
"What California grows is
what the world is looking for...," said Craig McNamara, chair of the
California State Board of Food and Agriculture. "But if we don't have
water we can't continue this tremendous record of achievement."
From: Dennis Wyatt, Manteca
Bulletin
If California snaps the current
dry trend and has average snowpack and rainfall in the water year starting Oct.
1 it won't break the back of the current water crisis.
That's because Bureau of
Reclamation water levels behind reservoirs such as New Melones, Friant, San
Luis, Folsom, and Shasta are so depleted tit will still be a struggle even with
normal precipitation over the next 13 months to replenish storage.
Groundwater
From: Garth Stapley, Modesto
Bee
What used to be an encouraging
sign of more business for water agencies - people signing up to buy electricity
- is starting to scare the Modesto Irrigation District.
That's because the MID also
worries about water supply. And those recently asking for scads more power,
district leaders fear, are using it to pump - and maybe deplete - groundwater.
From: Kate Campbell, Ag Alert
To increase understanding of
groundwater quality and how Central Coast aquifers work, farmers and ranchers
in four counties have formed a coalition for cooperative well-water testing to
share costs and reporting requirements. The new organization provides services
to landowners and growers in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz
counties, intended to assist with regulatory compliance.
Salton Sea
From: Antoine Abou-Diwan,
Imperial Valley Press
The sparsely populated Owens
Valley is the site of some of the highest levels of particulate matter air
pollution ever recorded in the United States, with most of it originating from
the dried Owens Lake bed.
And while Imperial County's
Salton Sea still contains water, it will likely be worse than Owens Lake if the
sea is allowed to dry up, said Ted Schade, air pollution control officer with
Great Basin Air Pollution Control District.
Delta
From: Paul Burgarino, Contra
Costa Times
The ability to draw water from
the Delta without state permits has been a liquid asset for this city for
nearly a century.
Antioch leaders made sure Tuesday
night to keep it that way.
The City Council agreed to an
extension of its 1968 agreement with the state's Department of Water Resources
allowing Antioch to draw water from the San Joaquin River 208 days a year for
the next 15 years.
Drought
From: Tim Hearden, Capital
Press
The persistent drought that has
developed in California this year is beginning to take its toll on a variety of
commodities.
Honey production, for instance,
is way down this summer because of drought and agricultural water curtailments
that have caused wildflowers to suffer, said Shannon Wooten, a beekeeper and
bee breeder here.
Climate Change
From: Kat Kerlin, Woodland
Daily Democrat
California farmers feel more
threatened by climate policy than they do by climate change itself, according
to a new study from UC Davis.
The study, published in the
journal Global Environmental Change, found that the greatest climate risk Yolo
County farmers believe they face in the future is not drought, water shortages,
or temperature changes, but government regulations.
Meetings
From: Press Release, USBR
The Bureau of Reclamation today
announces three public hearings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
the Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation. The hearings are being held to
provide the public an opportunity to submit comments that will be recorded and
included in the hearing transcript as part of the official record.
The three public hearings will be
held:
* Tuesday, September 10, 6-8
p.m., Holiday Inn, Palomino Room, 1900 Hilltop Drive, Redding, CA 96002 *
Wednesday, September 11, 1-3 p.m., Cal Expo Quality Inn & Suites, Conference
Room, 1413 Howe Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95825 * Thursday, September 12, 6-8
p.m., Merced County Spring Fairgrounds, Germino Building, 403 "F"
Street, Los Banos, CA 93635 (enter using the 5th Street Gate).
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