I received and collected a few reactions from various organizations to yesterday’s announcement. Here’s what I have, listed in alphabetical...
On August 13th, the Senate Governance and Finance and the Natural Resources and Water Committees held a joint information hearing...
The documents detailing the proposed changes to the tunnels and other project details are now posted at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website. Changes include moving some construction activities and the area for storing ‘reusable tunnel material’ (sometimes referred to...
Yes, apparently Matt Weiser has all the details on what will be announced at today’s media call. You can read...
From Senator Wolk’s office, this press release: Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) today introduced a $5.6 billion water bond to provide...
On August 5, the Brown Administration released a draft Statewide Economic Impact Study that estimated that implementation of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) would result in positive economic benefits to residents statewide of $4.8 to $5.4 billion. Some of...
This just in from the Delta Stewardship Council: the Office of Administrative Law has approved the Delta Plan’s fourteen regulations,...
The five Fresno County supervisors have written Senator Feinstein, asking her to introduce legislation to aid the Central Valley in...
At the August 6th meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson updated Board members on the activities of his office. Complaint against DFG’s water use in the Delta resolved: A complaint had been made alleging...
With at least seventeen seawater desalination facilities currently proposed along California’s coast in such locales as Huntington Beach, Monterey Bay,...
Filling in today for the vacationing Maven is a guest blogger. So what do you do when you have two...
From the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website: “The Bay Delta Conservation Plan has released a draft statewide economic impact study that analyzes the project as an investment for the state as a whole. The study indicates that the BDCP would...
At the July 25th meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the Council heard an update from the Department of Water...
With large restoration acreage targets and potentially billions of dollars to be spent by multiple agencies on restoration in the...
Today, Maven welcomes guest blogger Robert Shibatani to the Notebook blog. Robert Shibatani is a physical hydrologist and long-time consultant for the California water industry, and is Vice Chair of the Environmental & Water Resources Institute/ASCE Norcal Chapter, among other...