Secretary John Laird issued the following statement: “California has just ended one of the driest years in recorded history in...
It’s New Years Day – what better day to check in with all of you BDCP readers out there, just...
The Bureau of Reclamation has released a progress report on the North of the Delta Offstream Storage (NODOS), otherwise known as Sites Reservoir, which presents the results to date of the feasibility study. The storage investigation, now in its third...
The BDCP is not the right plan for the 21st century, says the Sierra Club in a newly released white...
At the request of BDCP participants, the Delta Science Program has convened an Independent Science Review Panel to assess the...
My apologies, folks. I stand corrected. Although there are some differing counts on the exact number of pages of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan documents – is it 40,115 or 40,214? – it appears the figure of 283 pages per...
Jerry Meral has posted a three-part blog series over at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website which covers the history...
Governor Brown has directed the Department of Water Resources, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Food and...
The Santa Clara Valley Water District board members continued their examination of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan with a workshop session on November 14 that focused on Delta levees, as well as the BDCP’s effects on the ecosystem. During the...
From Congressman David Valadao’s website: “Today, United States Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) and California Senator Jean Fuller (SD-18) joined...
Last week, a segment of KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny featured Mark Cowin, Tim Quinn, Gary Bobker, and Barbara Barrigan-Parilla...
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...
From Steven Kasower, Strategic Economic Applications Company: “Federal and State water contractors are being asked by the Brown administration to...
Updated June 21 with latest documents released by the BDCP. There has been much posted and written about the economic...
With the draft California Water Action Plan expected to be finalized and released later this month, the Plan was a focus at the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) fall convention. After hearing from Natural Resources Secretary John Laird, Secretary...