This just in from the U. S. Department of Agriculture: “Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined President Barack Obama in Fresno,...
On January 9, 2014, the San Diego County Water Authority’s Imported Water Committee held another workshop in a continuing series...
From the Office of Assemblyman Jim Frazier: “[Wednesday], Assemblymember Jim Frazier (D-Oakley), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review, held a fiscal oversight hearing regarding the proposed funding structure for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). Testimony...
From the Department of Water Resources: In an effort to help alleviate Central Valley water shortages due to extreme drought...
On January 9, 2014, the San Diego County Water Authority’s Imported Water Committee held another workshop in a continuing series...
Last week. Peter Gleick was a guest on the syndicated weekly radio show, Sea Change Radio, where he discussed California’s drought. Here is a transcript of the program: Alex Wise, Host: 2013 was the driest year on record in California,...
A much more tempered response to the introduction of drought legislation by Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. I’ll continue...
Natural Resources and Water Committee approves Wolk water bond to address state’s urgent water needs
From Senator Wolk’s office: “The Senate’s Natural Resources and Water Committee voted 6-0 today to approve a $6.895 billion water...
From the Metropolitan Water District: Southern California’s primary supplier of imported water today formally endorsed Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s statewide call for conservation in response to the ongoing drought. Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors declared a Water Supply...
From Senator Feinstein’s office: “Washington—Senators from California and Oregon today introduced the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014, a...
On January 28 and 29, the Delta Science Program convened an independent science review panel for the third phase of...
Dr. Marty Ralph is the director of the new Center for Western Water and Water Extremes, as well as the director of the Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. In the fall of 2013 at the National Water Research Institute’s...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: (note: the emphasis added below is Maven’s) “On January 29, 2014, the Department...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: With extreme drought conditions persisting throughout California and efforts underway to conserve water...
The Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee has prepared a comparison between the three proposed bonds: AB 1331, the $6.5 Billion bond being developed by the Assembly water committee; SB 848, Senator Wolk’s $6.825 Billion bond measure, and SB 927,...