Water Supply
From: Press Release, DWR
The Department of Water Resources
(DWR) today announced an initial allocation of five percent of requested
deliveries to State Water Project (SWP) contractors in calendar year 2014.
From: Press Release,
California Farm Water Coalition
"Today's announcement by the
Department of Water Resources should be a wake-up call to all Californians that
our water supply system is broken. More than 750,000 acres of farmland in the
State Water Project service area will once again face severe water shortages.
From: Press Release, Kern
County Water Agency
The California Department of
Water Resources (DWR) announced today that the State Water Project (SWP)
initial water allocation will be just 5 percent of contracted amounts. The SWP
provides water to more than 25 million residents and more than 750,000 acres of
agricultural land throughout California.
"The extremely low initial
allocation is alarming and woefully inadequate for Kern County residents, farms
and businesses, and it provides no hope for replenishment of groundwater
banking reserves that have been tapped to provide agricultural and urban water
during previous dry years," said Kern County Water Agency (Agency) Board
of Directors President Ted Page. "The Agency will adopt a formal
declaration of emergency at today's Board meeting and is considering options
for improving water supplies for 2014."
From: Press Release, State
Water Contractors
On the heels of a very dry year,
the California Department of Water Resources announced today that California's
water agencies, those that get water from the State Water Project (SWP), should
initially expect only five percent of SWP water supplies. Only one other time
in the history of the SWP has the initial allocation been such a small
percentage.
This announcement comes as
California faces two major water supply challenges-persistent dry conditions
and an antiquated water infrastructure system.
From: Matt Williams, ACWA
Precipitation finally is on the
way this week for much of California, but it will take more than a brief
drenching to ease a prolonged dry spell that's shattering state records.
Approximately 84% of California's
land area is experiencing "severe drought" conditions, unchanged from
statistics gathered at the start of the new water year on Oct. 1, according to
the U.S. Drought Monitor. The National Climatic Data Center reports that
the first 10 months of 2013 have been the driest such period in California
since recordkeeping began in 1895.
From: Mark Grossi, Modesto Bee
When John Laird, secretary of the
California Natural Resources Agency, comes to Fresno these days, people want to
talk with him about water - specifically, the lack of it.
He met last week with the Latino
Water Coalition to chat about the far-reaching Bay Delta Conservation Plan, the
final draft of which is supposed to hit the streets Dec. 13.
Groundwater
From: J.N. Sbranti, Modesto
Bee
Warning that "disaster is
imminent," the Oakdale Irrigation District's board president on Tuesday
called for an immediate moratorium on new water wells in Stanislaus County.
"You cannot on a consistent
basis take more water out of the ground basin than you put in," Frank
Clark told a standing-room-only crowd, which came out for an OID presentation
about the region's groundwater situation. "We need a moratorium on new
wells until more and better data is available."
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Lois Henry, Bakersfield
Californian
A discussion item at the Kern
County Water Agency's October meeting regarding the state's "twin
tunnel" proposal to fix the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta set off alarm
bells with at least one northern California newspaper.
Hey, water's a touchy subject.
From: Bruce Ross, Redding
Record Searchlight
I wasn't able to make it in
person, but thanks to the wonders of the Internet, I could catch the talk Jerry
Meral, the deputy director of the California Department of Natural Resources
shepherding the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, gave to the Redding City Council
last night.
California Water
Action Plan
From: Eric Vodden, Marysville
Appeal-Democrat
Water issues facing the North
State will be the focus of a Town Hall in Yuba City tonight that will feature
the state's top natural resources official.
State Natural Resources Secretary
John Laird will be on hand for the event hosted by area Assemblyman Dan Logue,
R-Loma Rica. The session will be at The Plaza Room in the Hillcrest shopping
center at 210 Julie Drive.
The chief topic for the session,
during which those attending will be given the chance to ask questions, will be
a new state water action plan.
Salton Sea
From: K. Kaufmann, Desert Sun
The University of California,
Riverside on Tuesday unveiled a new test plant for turning organic materials -
from agricultural waste to sewage or algae - into synthetic natural gas, a
project that could help California cut its greenhouse gas emissions and
possibly help fund restoration efforts at the Salton Sea.
Salmon
From: Ross Farrow, Lodi
News-Sentinel
Despite the lack of rainfall in
Northern California this year, the Mokelumne River's salmon run is about as
plentiful as it was in 2012 - 2,500 salmon have found their way through the
fish hatchery at Lake Camanche.
People
From: Antoine Abou-Diwan,
Imperial Valley Press
The Imperial Irrigation District
Board of Directors began its public meeting Tuesday by honoring Roy Alsip for
his 52 years of service to the IID and the community.
"Roy began a long career as
a zanjero in the IID water department in September of 1960 and retired in 1996
- or so he thought," said Energy Manager Carl Stills.
From: Staff, Glenn County
Transcript
Congressman John Garamendi,
D-Walnut Grove, whose district includes approximately 200 miles of the
Sacramento River, was named to the Water Resources and Development Act
Conference Committee on Friday.
Meetings
From: Staff, Lake County News
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson
(D-CA-05), chair of the bipartisan Invasive Species Caucus, hosted a caucus
hearing in Washington, DC about the threat invasive species pose to local
budgets, agriculture, infrastructure and the environment across California's
Fifth Congressional District and other communities across the country.
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