Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Mike Wade, Orange County
Register
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In a normal year about 30 percent
of the water supply needed by Southern California flows through the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. A portion of that water is stored in San Luis
Reservoir along Highway 152 near the town of Los Baños. But this year was
anything but normal.
From December through February
Northern California experienced some of the heaviest rainfall it has seen in
years. That's usually good news for Southern California because the water that
makes it way through the system helps meet the needs of people from the Bay
Area to San Diego. It is also an important water supply for farmers who grow
much of the food that fills the produce aisles of our grocery stores here and
across the nation.
From: Maven, Maven's
Notebook
At the August 27th, 2013 of
Metropolitan's Special Committee on the Bay Delta, the Committee heard a
presentation on the impacts of Bay Delta Conservation Plan on Metropolitan's
Integrated Resources Plan, costs, and water rates.
State Water
Project
From: Maven, Maven's Notebook
Negotiations continue between the
Department of Water Resources and the water suppliers who contract for water
from the State Water Project. Some of the issues on the table include
extending the length of the contracts from between 40 and 75 years, increasing
the financial reserves for the Department of Water Resources, and increasing
contractor input on financial management issues regarding operation of the
project.
Water Supply
From: Staff, Fresno Business
Journal
Speaking at the final Fresno
Grizzlies' Farm Forum of the season Friday, Valley water experts warned of
serious economic damage - especially to impoverished areas - if the Valley
experiences another dry winter and water allocations for the Central Valley
Project are further reduced.
From: Antoine Abou-Diwan,
Imperial Valley Press
After showing an overrun well
into this year, Bureau of Reclamation projections recently showed that the
Imperial Irrigation District is staying within its allocation of Colorado River
water.
From: Staff, Laughlin Times
After back-to-back driest years
in a century on the Colorado River, federal water managers are giving Arizona
and Nevada a 50-50 chance of having water deliveries cut in 2016, reports the
Mohave Valley Daily News.
A U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
operations plan made public in August will for the first time slow the flow of
water from the Lake Powell reservoir upstream of the Grand Canyon to the huge
Lake Mead reservoir that provides almost all of Las Vegas' water.
From: Henry Soloway, Las Vegas
Sun
Kudos to Ed Dornlas for his
letter, "Don't bet against Mother Nature," regarding the fragility of
our community's water supply. Dornlas correctly notes that "just a few
hours west we have an unlimited water supply in the Pacific Ocean." But he
fails to note that there is another - and possibly less expensive - way for Las
Vegans to use ocean water than to simply pipe it to Las Vegas.
Drought
From: Angela Bowman, AG
Professional
"We've been living off the
snowpack from a couple of seasons ago. It has become a very serious issue and
probably exacerbated some of the other issues we are seeing, such as the
(wildland) fires."
That's what Val Dolcini,
executive director of the U.S. Farm Service Agency in California, told The
Record as federal farm officials declared nearly the entire state of California
as a drought disaster area.
Salton Sea
From: Kim Delfino, Salinas
Californian
(This article was previously
printed in The Desert Sun.)
Right now, the California
Legislature is discussing the next statewide water bond. Key issues are being
decided: How much money should California spend to provide safe and reliable
drinking water for people and healthy aquatic ecosystems for fish and wildlife?
Toward what activities should the state direct the bond funding?
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