PRESS RELEASE: Conservation groups undaunted by court ruling: Sites Reservoir is a bad deal for rivers, for fish, and for California Conservation organizations & coalitions Press Release/Other June 6, 2024 883Court gives Sites Reservoir green light to degrade the environment Press release from Friends of the River: This week, a...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California governor welcomes judicial ruling in Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service News June 4, 2024 1166Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday noted that judges must rule on certain CEQA challenges within 270 days under a streamlining...
PRESS RELEASE: Real-time conditions show Sites Reservoir would be 100% full at close of 23-24 wet season Sites Project Authority Press Release/Other May 30, 2024 204Sites would be completely filled to 1.5 million acre-feet of water over the past 2 years if it was operational...
STANFORD NEWS: ‘Grey infrastructure’ can’t meet future water storage needs Stanford University News May 29, 2024A new study maps how energy and food systems depend on stored water to generate hydropower and feed irrigation. Dams...
SJV WATER: New Kern County groundwater bank gets underway with another shot of public funding SJV Water News April 4, 2024 201By Lois Henry, SJV Water The $171 million Kern Fan Groundwater Storage project – with a unique “eco-twist” – received...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Water Storage Investment Program Projects Maven Notebook News and Features February 29, 2024 639Proposition 1 of 2014 dedicated $2.7 billion for investments in water storage projects, which the California Water Commission administers through...
PRESS RELEASE: New Analysis Finds Sites Reservoir Would Be 80 Percent Full After Recent Storms If It Were Operational Today Sites Project Authority Press Release/Other February 17, 2024 2482023 and 2024 storms combined would have yielded 1.2 million acre-feet of water From the Sites JPA The Sites Project...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Conservation groups sue over Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service News December 21, 2023 305By Adam Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A legal challenge was filed Wednesday in Yolo County Superior Court over one of...
PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit: Sites Reservoir Proposal Threatens River, Climate, Fish Center for Biological Diversity Press Release/Other December 20, 2023 2233From the Center for Biological Diversity: Conservation and environmental justice groups filed a legal challenge today to the largest reservoir...
SITES RESERVOIR: Notice of assignment to the Administrative Hearings Office Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS December 6, 2023 64From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board’s Executive Director has assigned to the Administrative...
PRESS RELEASE: Sites Reservoir Reaches Milestone in Environmental Review Process Sites Project Authority Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 125Press release from the Sites JPA The Sites Project Authority, as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act,...
PRESS RELEASE: Friends of the River, Sierra Club, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Condemn Today’s Hastened Approval of Sites Reservoir’s Environmental Impact Report Conservation organizations & coalitions Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 922Press release from Friends of the River, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the Sierra Club On November 17, members of...
AG ALERT: Sites Reservoir on fast track for final legal green light Ag Alert News November 15, 2023 156By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert After decades of discussions and delays, a major new reservoir in Northern California is close...
DR. JAY LUND: Why can’t we capture all the water in wet years? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features November 7, 2023 1271Capturing and Managing Large Storms and Wet Winters in California—Prospects and Limitations Capturing water from wet periods for use in...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California governor taps new law to streamline Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service News November 6, 2023 244The Sites Reservoir Project is slated to hold up to 1.5 million acre-feet of water, enough for 3 million households...
