SJV WATER: The Tule River watershed remains a wild card in a wild water year SJV Water Current Conditions April 17, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Residents and farms along the Tule River have been hammered by flood waters this year....
SJV WATER: Isabella Dam safety project done just in time for record snowpack SJV Water Water project operations April 4, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Speaker after speaker on Tuesday noted the years long construction project to increase safety on...
SJV WATER: Boswell holds flood water off some lake bed ground while planting tomatoes SJV Water Current Conditions April 2, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water The rumors were so rampant, that Kings County sent agricultural inspectors into the old Tulare...
SJV WATER: In defense of tomatoes: “Wherever it isn’t going to flood, we’re going to try to farm.” – Boswell president SJV Water Current Conditions April 2, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Representatives of the J.G. Boswell Company defended both the agricultural giant’s handling of flood water...
SJV WATER: Poso Creek water ends standoff with powerful the J.G. Boswell when it busts through berms, heads north SJV Water Current Conditions April 1, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Poso Creek took control of a days-long stand off between the powerful J.G. Boswell...
SJV WATER: Another San Joaquin Valley groundwater plan appears headed for rejection SJV Water Groundwater NewsUncategorized March 29, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Madera subbasin’s groundwater plan appears headed for state rejection after one of the region’s...
SJV WATER: Flooding out other farmers was “premeditated” by the powerful J.G. Boswell Company, one farmer asserts SJV Water Current Conditions March 25, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water By the time Erik Hansen had a moment to sit down in a Corcoran pizza...
SJV WATER: Valley salmon are riding high in the high flows of the San Joaquin River SJV Water Fish and wildlife March 25, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Life is good for spring-run salmon in the San Joaquin River. As Friant Dam in...
SJV WATER: State Water Resources Chief in the valley to assess flood response and whether state intervention is needed SJV Water Policy and regulation March 23, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water In what could be a precursor to state intervention in the San Joaquin Valley’s –...
SJV WATER: Boswell-Poso Creek “stand off” continues as flood waters build SJV Water Current Conditions March 22, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water The stand off over draining Poso Creek flood waters into a canal owned by the...
SJV WATER: Threats of arrest force hard decisions on Poso Creek, which could swamp two towns SJV Water Current Conditions March 21, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Jack Mitchell’s phone is ringing off the hook these days, but he almost always picks...
SJV WATER: Ugly deeds, politics and high drama swirl amid the waters of a re-emerging Tulare Lake SJV Water Current Conditions March 19, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water The drama was high on the Tulare Lake bed Saturday as flood waters pushed some...
SJV WATER: Hoping to “take the pressure off” flooded areas, a levee is cut in the old Tulare Lake SJV Water Current Conditions March 19, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water After days of debate and delay the Kings County Board of Supervisors ordered a levee...
SJV WATER: Damage from “severe breach” of Friant-Kern Canal construction at Deer Creek difficult to assess SJV Water Water project operations March 14, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water An unfinished section of the new Friant-Kern Canal suffered a “severe breach” at Deer Creek...
SJV WATER: Kern River outflow from Lake Isabella is ramping up but, no, it is not a “flood release” SJV Water Current Conditions March 14, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Outflow from Lake Isabella into the Kern River increased on Tuesday but only because downriver...
