Delta Conveyance Project Archives ~ Page 39 of 46 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

January 29, 2014

Friends of the River, the Environmental Water Caucus and Restore the Delta have sent a demand letter to the state...

California Water Commission: Water storage, dry conditions, “Safeguarding California”, and an update on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

January 22, 2014

At the California Water Commission’s January meeting, the Commission re-elected the Chair and Vice-Chair to another one-year term, heard briefings...

Rally at the Capitol: Legislators, water leaders, residents and farmworkers call for a drought declaration and a water bond this year, while opponents urge Brown to abandon the tunnel plan

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Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

January 17, 2014

About 800 to 1000 people rallied on the steps of the Capitol yesterday, urging Governor Brown to declare a drought and calling for the passage of a water bond this year. The event was organized by the California Latino Water...

Delta Stewardship Council briefing: The BDCP’s impacts in the Delta

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

January 15, 2014

With the draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) and the draft environmental documents now released and the public review process...

Reading the BDCP: What page are you on? plus how to sound like you’re reading the BDCP, even if you’re not

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

January 1, 2014

It’s New Years Day – what better day to check in with all of you BDCP readers out there, just...

Sierra Club releases white paper on alternatives to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

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Delta Conveyance Project

December 30, 2013

The BDCP is not the right plan for the 21st century, says the Sierra Club in a newly released white paper. It would accelerate the decline of the Delta and do nothing to reverse the damage related to the flow...

Maven’s Minutes: Independent Science Review Panel hears presentation on changes made to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s Effects Analysis (Chapter 5)

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

December 24, 2013

At the request of BDCP participants, the Delta Science Program has convened an Independent Science Review Panel to assess the...

Reading the BDCP: How many pages should you have read by now?

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Delta Conveyance Project

December 20, 2013

My apologies, folks. I stand corrected. Although there are some differing counts on the exact number of pages of the...

Jerry Meral blogs on the Delta controversy and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

Guest Contributor

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

December 20, 2013

Jerry Meral has posted a three-part blog series over at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website which covers the history of the controversy in the Delta, from development of the State Water Project to present day. “Californians have been debating...

Santa Clara Valley Water District BDCP workshop, part 1: Dr. Martin McCann on Delta levees

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

December 18, 2013

The Santa Clara Valley Water District board members continued their examination of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan with a workshop...

Radio show transcript: Mark Cowin, Tim Quinn, Gary Bobker, and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla discuss the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

December 17, 2013

Last week, a segment of KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny featured Mark Cowin, Tim Quinn, Gary Bobker, and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla...

Evaluating the economics of the BDCP: Dr. Thornberg reviews all the economic analyses for Metropolitan and says “From my perspective, this is a no-brainer.”

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

December 16, 2013

At the joint meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee and the Special Committee on the Bay-Delta held on December 9, Dr. Chris Thornberg, economist and founding partner of Beacon Economics, gave his opinion on the competing...

Guest commentary: Steven Kasower – “BDCP 11 Financial Red Flags Report”

Guest Contributor

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

December 16, 2013

From Steven Kasower, Strategic Economic Applications Company: “Federal and State water contractors are being asked by the Brown administration to...

Wading through the economics of the BDCP: A recap of the reports, posts, fact sheets and more on the BDCP’s economic analyses

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Delta Conveyance Project

December 16, 2013

Updated June 21 with latest documents released by the BDCP. There has been much posted and written about the economic...

Agencies, organizations and legislators react to the release of Bay Delta Conservation Plan documents

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Delta Conveyance Project

December 10, 2013

With the long-awaited release of the public review draft documents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, reactions poured in from organizations and legislators around the state. Included in this post: A joint statement from American Rivers, The Bay Institute, Defenders...