SJV WATER: Lawsuit accuses Friant Water Authority of holding secret meetings that resulted in massive fees pinned on a handful of Tulare County irrigation districts SJV Water News November 6, 2024 430By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal fracas over who should pay to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal grew Friday...
SJV WATER: Accusations of “extortion” and “bullying” fly in dispute over who should pay for sinking the Friant-Kern Canal SJV Water News October 11, 2024 357By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A last-resort attempt to shore up funding for ongoing Friant-Kern Canal repairs has run into...
PRESS RELEASE: Notice of Availability Of Friant-Kern Canal Pump-Back Project Draft Environmental Impact Report Friant Water Authority ANNOUNCEMENTS October 10, 2024 271Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) has released a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft...
CORNELL CHRONICLE: AI modeling delivers more benefits, less risk for water partnerships Cornell University News August 29, 2024 140By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle A Cornell-led research collaboration found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of...
SJV WATER: Two sides attempt mediation to settle lawsuit over sinking Friant-Kern Canal Maven News August 17, 2024 450By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Attorneys for the Friant Water Authority and Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency agreed to mediation...
SJV WATER: Friant Water Authority pins projected canal project shortfall on four ag water districts, wants them to pony up SJV Water News August 13, 2024 420By Lois Henry, SJV Water Even as work on the first phase of fixing the sinking Friant-Kern Canal is nearly...
PRESS RELEASE: FWA / AEWSD Statement on court ruling on lawsuit against ETGSA over Friant-Kern Canal subsidence Friant Water Authority Press Release/Other July 3, 2024 183Press release from the Friant Water Authority and the Arvin Edison Water Storage District: The Tulare County Superior Court issued...
PRESS RELEASE: Court confirms ETGSA’s view of settlement agreement SJV water agencies Press Release/Other July 2, 2024 184Press release from the East Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency: Today the Court met for the first time with lawyers for...
SJV WATER: Kaweah’s new groundwater plan may be enough to negate state action, if they can see eye-to-eye on subsidence SJV Water News July 2, 2024 298By Lisa McEwen , SJV Water The state came to Tulare County and gave water managers in the Kaweah subbasin...
NOTICE: Friant Water Authority Announces Public Scoping Meeting for the Friant-Kern Canal Pump-Back Project Friant Water Authority ANNOUNCEMENTS May 29, 2024 185From the Friant Water Authority: Friant Water Authority, in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), is holding a...
SJV WATER: Friant lawsuit over sinking canal altered but moving forward SJV Water News May 8, 2024 417By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water One of multiple charges in a lawsuit that pins blame for the perpetually sinking Friant-Kern...
SJV WATER: Sinking canal has “everyone’s attention” and could put entire Tule subbasin under state control Maven News March 5, 2024 1084By Lois Henry and Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Fallout over the ever sinking Friant-Kern Canal could affect growers throughout the...
SJV WATER: Newly rebuilt Friant-Kern Canal still sinking from overpumping, Tulare farmers not paying their share for the fix, lawsuit alleges SJV Water News February 17, 2024 1126By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in Tulare County are being allowed to continue pumping so much groundwater that it...
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 Friant Water Authority Press Release/Other February 16, 2024 507Press release from the Friant Water Authority The Friant Water Authority (FWA) and the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District (AEWSD) have...
USBR NEWS: Making the Friant-Kern Canal Whole Again Bureau of Reclamation News News January 23, 2023 52Project Aims to Restore the Venerable Asset’s Ability to Convey Water By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation When a key...
