State Water Project

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

May 28, 2020

Water Code section 165 requires the California Water Commission to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge Throws Water on California Bid to Slow Delta Pumping

Courthouse News Service

Bureau of Reclamation News

May 7, 2020

The judge said the case is too complex to rule on quickly in the middle of a pandemic. By Nick...

THIS JUST IN … DOI Press Release: Governor Newsom Continues to Recklessly Jeopardize the Water Supply and Security of Millions of Californians

May 6, 2020

Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued this press release: This morning, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation Brenda...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California State Water Project Draws Ire of Environmentalists

Courthouse News Service

Center for Biological Diversity

April 29, 2020

Environmentalists say the State Water Project — California’s complex system of pumps and aqueducts that delivers water to thirsty farms...

THIS JUST IN … Lawsuit Challenges California’s Failure to Address State Water Project’s Threat to Bay Delta, Salmon Runs

Water project operations Water rights and water law

April 29, 2020

From the Center for Biological Diversity: Four environmental groups sued the California Department of Water Resources today over its approval...

THIS JUST IN … SLDMWA, FWA & TCCA Statement on Lawsuit to Protect the Central Valley Project

SJV water agencies

Water project operations Water rights and water law

April 28, 2020

From the San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority, the Friant Water Authority, and the Tehama Colusan Canal Authority: Today,...

THIS JUST IN … Secretary Bernhardt responds to Congressional letters received regarding Delta water project operations

Legislator/Elected Official

April 28, 2020

Today, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt responded to letters received from Senator Feinstein and other California Congressional leaders about...

THIS JUST IN … Democratic Congressmembers applaud California leadership efforts to uphold strict science-based policymaking

April 28, 2020

The letter encourages the State’s effort to require the Trump Administration to comply with federal and California law From the...

LETTERS: The State and Metropolitan exchange letters over the State Water Project’s Incidental Take Permit

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

April 21, 2020

At the end of March, the Department of Fish and Wildlife issued a new “Incidental Take Permit” (or ITP) for...

LETTER: Republican Congressmen send letter to Newsom requesting he withdraw ITP, lawsuit against federal biops

Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

April 8, 2020

Six Republican Congressmen led by Congressman Kevin McCarthy have send a letter to Governor Newsom requesting the State of California...

THIS JUST IN … CDFW Issues Permit to DWR for Long-Term Operations of the State Water Project

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

March 31, 2020

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Fish and...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Moves Forward With Water Project Without Federal Guidance

Courthouse News Service

March 31, 2020

In the latest break between the Trump administration and California on environmental policy, officials on Tuesday cemented plans that will...

REACTIONS to California’s lawsuit against the feds over the biological opinions

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

February 25, 2020

At the end of last week, Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit challenging the new biological opinions governing the...

THIS JUST IN … Newsom administration files lawsuit over biological opinions; Secretary Bernhardt responds