Water Supply
From: Erik Rosales, KMPH-TV 26
A bit of Hollywood came to the
valley, comedian and actor Paul Rodriguez made a stop in Visalia.
However, Rodriguez was not there
to tell jokes.
He spent the time talking about
one of the valley's most precious resource, water!
From: Amy Quinton, Capital
Public Radio
California is the nation's
largest agricultural state. It would not be possible without water from the
Delta. Farmers say the water is their lifeblood, but it's been cut back year
after year.
California's farms and ranches
generated nearly $45 billion in revenue last year. Without water exported from
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to arid Central Valley land, much of the
produce we get in restaurants and grocery stores wouldn't come from California.
From: Staff, Chico
Enterprise-Record
After what seemed like a
never-ending wrangling in court, Butte County can have about $2 million more
funding available each year and is more secure in its water rights due to a
court settlement with the Department of Water Resources.
One of the key points is a
contractual acknowledgment that as the "area of origin" - the place
the state water project gets its water - Butte County has special status.
Water Quality
From: Valerie Gibbons, Visalia
Times-Delta
Water from the Alta Irrigation
District is being lauded as an inexpensive solution to one of the county's most
vexing problems.
A $247,580 state-funded study may
signal the beginning of a new era for water districts in East Orosi, Sultana,
Monson, Seville and Yettem that have each gained national attention for their
contaminated drinking water and dilapidated delivery systems.
From: Susan Meeker, Glenn
County Transcript
The Glenn County Board of
Supervisors is protesting new regulatory requirements that may soon apply to
local farmers with irrigated agriculture land.
The Central Valley Regional Water
Quality Control Board's Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, which was adopted
in the San Joaquin area in December, is quickly heading for expansion to cover
all agricultural water discharges to groundwater, officials said.
Growers will be expected to track
their nitrogen use and efforts to protect both surface and ground water
starting in 2014.
Groundwater
From: David Sneed, SLO Tribune
With newly sworn-in Supervisor
Caren Ray on board, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday
extended a controversial emergency ordinance banning new pumping from the Paso
Robles groundwater basin to its maximum two-year limit.
Water Legislation
From: Sharon Bernstein,
Chicago Tribune
California Governor Jerry Brown
on Tuesday signed more than a dozen bills aimed at improving access to water in
the state, where drought is common and tension is high over the competing needs
of residents, agriculture and the environment.
From: Staff, Imperial Valley
News
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
today signed a package of bills to help expand access to clean drinking water
in California.
From: Patrick McGreevy, LA
Times
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday
signed a flood of bills aimed at improving water quality and reliability in California,
including a controversial measure introduced in the middle of a dispute between
water agencies in Los Angeles County.
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