PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority (FWA) seeks more money from local groundwater pumping, while demanding that land subsidence cease Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 22, 2024 154Press release from the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) FWA and Arvin Edison Water Storage District have filed a...
C-WIN: State Water Resources Control Board counters big lie from Big Ag Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 22, 2024 222Agency Acknowledges Enhanced Delta Flows Won’t Harm Agriculture From the California Water Impact Network: Despite receiving the lion’s share of...
PRESS RELEASE: New Analysis Finds Sites Reservoir Would Be 80 Percent Full After Recent Storms If It Were Operational Today Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 17, 2024 2312023 and 2024 storms combined would have yielded 1.2 million acre-feet of water From the Sites JPA The Sites Project...
PRESS RELEASE: Friant Water Authority and Arvin-Edison Water Storage District file lawsuit against the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency for breach of settlement agreement and interference with contract for water deliveries Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 16, 2024 456Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) and the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District (AEWSD) have...
PRESS RELEASE: US Forest Service Chief allows company to drain water from San Bernardino National Forest. Taxpayers demand answers Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 16, 2024 177Activists forced to deliver petition to US Forest Service staff on sidewalk when barred entry to headquarters office in DC...
HOOPA TRIBE: Pressure grows on Biden administration to set aside illegal Trump-era water contract with Westlands Water District Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 7, 2024 209Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity cite California Supreme Court, federal law, Tribal rights, and Biden policy in call...
C-WIN: Trinity River: The glaring omission in the State Water Board’s Bay-Delta Plan Update Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 5, 2024 553Proposed Changes Ignore the Contributions and Needs of the Trinity River, Imperiling Salmon, Native Communities, and North State Fishing Economies...
THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom Launches California’s Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Press Release/Other January 30, 2024 1008From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced new actions and efforts already underway that California is...
PRESS RELEASE: Friends of the River calls upon State Water Resources Control Board to prevent the Merced River from running dry again Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other January 20, 2024 1598Press release from Friends of the River After providing the previously undisclosed story of the Merced River secretly running dry...
C-WIN: Muddying the Waters: State Water Board’s Bay-Delta Environmental Analysis Falls Short Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other January 18, 2024 263Agency’s CEQA Analysis Provides No Clear Plan for Restoring and Protecting California’s Greatest Aquatic Resource Press release from the California...
THIS JUST IN … Court sides with counties and agencies, dismissing DWR’s attempt to “validate” bond resolutions to finance controversial Delta tunnel project Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other January 17, 2024 1582Press release on behalf of the counties of San Joaquin, Contra Costa, Solano, Yolo, Butte and Plumas, and related water...
STATE WATER CONTRACTORS: Court strongly sides with DWR, rejects all legal challenges to continued long-term operation of State Water Project through 2085 Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other January 17, 2024 1550Appeals court affirms contract amendment for long-term operation of State Water Project, ensuring continued delivery of affordable water supplies for...
KLAMATH DAMS REMOVAL: Reservoir Drawdown Initiated at Iron Gate Dam Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other January 12, 2024 250Draining the reservoirs is the first step towards the removal of the 3 remaining Klamath hydroelectric dams. Yesterday, the Klamath...
C-WIN: Coming Clean: State Water Resources Control Board Finally Acknowledges “Paper Water” Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other January 10, 2024 750Figures in the Agency’s New Bay-Delta Plan Update Confirm What Water Reform Advocates Have Long Maintained: California Water Rights Claims...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: First dive survey of Lake Tahoe’s lakebed finds high amounts of plastic and other litter Elyse De Franco Press Release/Other January 3, 2024 424Scientists teamed up with nonprofit Clean Up the Lake to collect and analyze litter found on the bottom of Lake...