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How we move water in California and put it to its best use is a vibrant and ongoing discussion. Who's water is it and how is it being used? Read more to learn about where your water comes from and where it is going.
Revive the San Joaquin Wins Court Battle!
With our legal partners the Dumna Tribal Council and Madera Oversight Coalition, Revive the San Joaquin just got word that we won our lawsuit against the poorly planned Tesoro Viejo Development along the river in Madera County. This State Appellate Court decision will reverse County approvals for a master planned community of 15,000 residents that would have dumped wastewater to the river, paved over impo
Dems Costa and Miller spar over Valley water
Posted at 11:46 PM on Friday, Oct. 01, 2010
By Michael Doyle / Bee Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- California congressional Democrats are engaged in another of their periodic intramural fights over the state's water, this time involving the giant Westlands Water District.
Illustrating once more that regional loyalty trumps party labels when it comes to water, Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, on Friday pledged "the fight of a lifetime" if some of his Democratic colleagues continued to criticize a proposed Westlands water deal.
In particular, Costa targeted Rep.
Kings County farmers land lucrative water sales
Posted at 11:59 PM on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010
By Mark Grossi / The Fresno Bee
More farmers in Kings County plan to sell their water to Southern California at an eye-popping price, raising worries about the future of the region's thriving agricultural economy.
Two Kings farmers last month announced a pending water sale involving nearly $12 million. Another farmer last year sold some of his state water allotment for $73 million.
Westlands district pulls out of delta water plan
Posted at 11:13 PM on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
By Mark Grossi / The Fresno Bee
After investing millions of dollars, Westlands Water District is pulling out of an extensive planning effort to heal the troubled Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, saying high-ranking federal officials are derailing it.
The draft of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan offers hope of restoring slumping water deliveries to west Valley farmers, Westlands officials said this week.
Feinstein Transfer Legislation Would Facilitate Sale of Westside Ag Water to Urban Development
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March 11, 2010
Contact: Chris Acree, Revive the San Joaquin chris.acree@revivethesanjoaquin.org 559 226-0733
Feinstein Transfer Legislation Would Facilitate Sale of Westside Ag Water to Urban Development
Washington – Senator Diane Feinstein has moved legislation to the Senate floor that would deregulate the transfer and sale of Central Valley Project irrigation water between South of Delta agricultural and u
As Protestors Gather, Feinstein Denies Water Bill Would Benefit Resnick
For Immediate Release
March 26,2010
Contact: Deirdre Des Jardins 831 423-6857
As Protestors Gather, Feinstein Denies Water Bill Would Benefit Resnick
Fresno -- Yesterday, a group of local Sierra Club protestors gathered in front of the Fresno Federal building, calling attention to provisions in Senator Dianne Feinstein's Water Transfer Facilitation Act that would enable transfers of San Joaquin River water to the Kern Water Bank. Feinstein's office has denied that the legislation would facilitate the transfer and sale of water out of t
Talk of the Town: Media Joins Outcry Over Feinstein’s Push to Remove Protections for Endangered Species
February 22, 2010 in Water | by evonchambers
The state’s editorial boards have voiced near unanimous opposition to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s plans to eviscerate protections for California’s endangered chinook salmon.
Feinstein announced last week that she is preparing a rider to a federal jobs bill to suspend rules protecting the iconic fish.
Federal Agencies' "Double Standard" on Fish Science Compels Call for Relief from Endangered Species Act
dBusinessNews-1/20/10
The public agency responsible for supplying water to more than a million acres of the Central Valley as well as 1.8 million people in the Bay Area today called on California's senior Senator Diane Feinstein and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to proceed immediately with legislation to lift some of the constraints on California's water system that have been imposed under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The action comes amidst growing concerns that those constraints will prevent California from capturing and storing the water that is currently pouring into
Science panel's review of California water woes prompts fight
Sacramento Bee-1/21/10
By Matt Weiser
An elite science panel's work to clarify California's water problems has become, instead, the latest front in a battle over the Delta's endangered species.
Experts on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta say political meddling prompted the review by the National Academy of Sciences.
The Cadillac of California irrigation districts' has more than a tiny fish to blame for its troubles
Feature story - From the January 11, 2010 issue of High Country News by Matt Jenkins
On Sept. 17 of last year, the famously hypertensive right-wing Fox News commentator Sean Hannity rolled into the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley, satellite truck in tow. Months earlier, when it became clear that a 2-year-old drought would grind on for another year, the federal government announced plans to slash water deliveries to local farmers. Hannity smelled blood.
