San Joaquin
River
From: Cannon Michael, Fresno
Bee
A number of recent articles and
blog posts have highlighted salmon being released into the San Joaquin River.
From the pictures and glowing prose, one would imagine that the restoration of
the river is on its way and proceeding as planned. A closer look reveals a
different story whose outcome is far from certain.
Water Transfers
From: Antoine Abou-Diwan,
Imperial Valley Press
The Imperial Irrigation District
is one step closer to participating in a historic water agreement with Mexico.
The Board of Directors approved
on Tuesday an agreement with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California in which both agencies will equally share in the costs and benefits
of upgrading water infrastructure in the Mexicali Valley that suffered
earthquake damage in 2010.
Sacramento River
From: Amy Quinton, Capital
Public Radio
The cities of Woodland and Davis
in collaboration with the agricultural community have joined forces to replace
a century-old intake on the Sacramento River.
It's part of a larger regional
project that's designed to provide a reliable supply of water and improve water
quality for the cities of Woodland and Davis, and UC Davis.
Groundwater
Banking
From: Lois Henry, Bakersfield
Californian
Time for a McAllister Ranch water
banking update. If you're wondering why I keep such close tabs on this
water banking proposal, I have two reasons.
First, it's water. Any increase
in water storage is of acute interest to this community and Kern's economy
overall.
Second, and even closer to my
heart, the water banked at McAllister would most likely be from Buena Vista
Water Storage District's Kern River rights.
Salton Sea
From: Jerome H. Holmlund, mydesert.com
The Salton Sea water loss poses a
growing environmental and economic threat to the Coachella Valley, Imperial
County and the state. Salton Sea dewatering began in 2003, and will
significantly increase after 2017, adding to the regional threat. Seaside community
health, air quality, wildlife, recreation and tourism have all been affected.
Preservation, not restoration, is
the only solution. However, preservation will require water inflow to balance
natural evaporation plus limited desalination for the sea to again become an
attractive recreation asset. This following brief outline, based on reported
costs suggests an overall approach for preserving the Salton Sea.
Water Quality
From: Roberta Firoved, AgAlert
The rice harvest has wrapped up
and the crop has been sent to the dryers for storage in warehouses until delivery
to the mills. Rice farmers are collectively taking in the sense of
accomplishment that comes with the end of every season. Farmers take pride
seeing the results of their hard work in cultivating a crop from seed to grain.
The sense of accomplishment is what keeps them farming every year-the
anticipation and optimism of what the next year will bring.
From: Nick Welsh, Santa
Barbara Independent
A coalition of statewide
environmental organizations - including Santa Barbara's Channelkeeper - sued
the California Water Resources Control Board, charging that the new conditions
imposed on contaminated agricultural runoff do not go far enough in protecting
surface streams and underground water supplies from further pollution.
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