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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
On January 31, the Trump Administration is scheduled to release its new proposal for the operations of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project under the Endangered Species Act (known as a biological assessment). [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
After years of exclusionary backroom negotiations over Bay-Delta voluntary agreements, earlier this week the State made a ham-fisted attempt to greenwash these proposed voluntary agreements, sending [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
In addition to Trumpian arguments about “new” science (See part one of this blog), agribusinesses and water agencies that would benefit from increased water diversions from California’s Bay-De [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Late Friday the State Water Resources Control Board appeared to tentatively approve a temperature management plan for Shasta Dam that sacrifices salmon and fishing jobs for agribusiness profits th [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Why is the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) collaborating with the Trump Administration to weaken protections for salmon and other endangered species in the Bay-Delta, even as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has strongly opposed these rollbacks, and the State [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Why does the Department of Water Resources’ draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed Delta tunnel project refuse to consider any operational alternatives that increase flows into and through the Delta to protect salmon and the environment? [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
There will undoubtedly always be some folks who believe the myth that building new dams and reservoirs will be a silver bullet that solves California’s water supply challenges. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
When was the last time that you heard a water district in California complaining that in the future, they will have too much water supply? [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
In recent weeks, there have been howls of protest aimed at the California Water Commission from the proponents of big new dams like Temperance Flat and Sites Reservoir, because the Commission rigorou [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
The House Interior Appropriations Committee, led by Rep. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
After spending the past several months reviewing the Bureau of Reclamation’s biological assessment (BA) for the Trump Administration’s rewrite of the 2008 and 2009 biological opinions protecting Delta Smelt and salmon in the Bay-Delta watershed, [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Yesterday, the federal Court for the Eastern District of California issued a ruling granting in part the motions for preliminary injunction filed against the Trump Administration by the State o [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Will the Biden Administration act before October 17th to begin renegotiating one of the most inequitable and unsustainable water contracts in California, the San Joaquin River Exchange Contract? [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
California’s ongoing drought – or more accurately, our new normal in light of the reality of climate change – demonstrates that California’s water system is effectively bankrupt and broken, the result of having promised far more water ( [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
It’s been a bad several months for the Trump Administration’s efforts to weaken and eliminate protections for Endangered Species in California’s Bay-Delta watershed. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Not only does the proposed Bay-Delta voluntary agreement wholly fail to provide the water [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
On Thursday (11/21) we may find out whether the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is proposing operations of the State Water Project that are significantly more protective than the Trump Administration’s biological opinions, or whether DWR will be aligning with the Trump Administrati [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Updated water supply allocations announced last week would still drain upstream reservoirs in order to deliver 4.5 million acre feet of water to th [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Governor Newsom issued an Executive Order this week that legalizes the State Water Board’s waiver of minimum water quality objectives in the Bay-Delta and pressures the State Water B [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Earlier this week, the Department of Water Resources released an “Economic Analysis of Stage I of the California WaterFix” prepared by Dr. [read post]