State Water Project contract amendments Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS: Court strongly sides with DWR, rejects all legal challenges to continued long-term operation of State Water Project through 2085

January 17, 2024

Appeals court affirms contract amendment for long-term operation of State Water Project, ensuring continued delivery of affordable water supplies for...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS: Judge Sides with DWR, Rejects Plaintiffs’ Challenge to Extension of State Water Project Contracts

State Water Contractors

Water rights and water law

March 15, 2022

Decision highlights negative impact of pursuing costly and unnecessary litigation over collaboration Press release from the State Water Contractors: On...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS: A Quarter Century of CEQA Litigation Over the Monterey Agreement Comes to an End

State Water Contractors

Water rights and water law

January 25, 2022

Decision paves the way for improved water management as extended drought continues to impact millions of Californians Press release from...

NOTICE: End of Negotiations for State Water Project Contract Amendment for Delta Conveyance

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Water project operations

April 20, 2021

From the Department of Water Resources: On March 29, 2021, DWR (The Department of Water Resources) and Public Water Agencies...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Ensuring the reliability of the State Water Project, part 1: Strategic priorities and programs

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management

April 6, 2021

One of the California Water Commission’s statutory responsibilities is to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of...

DELTA CONVEYANCE: Metropolitan Committee discusses funding planning costs, how to account for project benefits, and who is in and who is out

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

November 4, 2020

At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, staff continued preparing the committee members for the upcoming decision on funding...

MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Delta Conveyance Update: Preliminary cost and benefits, the mechanics of opting out, and more …

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

September 30, 2020

Presentation covers the preliminary cost estimate, the preliminary benefits analysis, the agreement in principle for the State Water Project Delta...

MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Delta Conveyance update

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

August 5, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the end of July, Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta held a meeting; the main agenda...

SWP CONTRACT AMENDMENT: Negotiations to extend into April

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 16, 2020

Per the Governor’s updated policy on gatherings to protect public health and slow the spread of COVID-19, upcoming public meetings...

METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on the voluntary agreements post-Trump and an update on the State Water Project contract amendment for Delta conveyance

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

March 4, 2020

It was a busy time for California water issues last month when Trump visited the San Joaquin Valley, signed the...

METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Delta conveyance update, plus a brief update on the Voluntary Agreements

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

February 5, 2020

Status of the negotiations for the State Water Project contract amendment for Delta Conveyance also discussed At the January meeting...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: SWP contract amendment for Delta conveyance; Activities of the Delta conveyance JPAs; Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy

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Notebook News and Features Water project operations

October 9, 2019

At the September meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, Steve Arakawa, Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Initiatives Manager, updated...