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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
After 10 years and multiple rounds of public hearings, the State Water Resources Control Board announced yesterday that it would postpone voting on whether to adopt new flow and water quality standards for the lower San Joaquin River and the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced rivers. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
During a campaign stop in Arizona last week, President Trump issued a memorandum outlining steps that the Federal Government will take to attack environmental prote [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
While many had hoped that the huge storms in October and December would bring an end to California’s drought, it was always going to take a lot more rain and snow to make up for the deficit after several dry years (as wonderfully illustrated in the [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
With the planned operations of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project threatening to cause the extinction of winter-run salmon and Delta Smelt if drought continues in 2022, as well as causing devastating impacts to other salmon runs and the Tribes, fishing fleet, and communiti [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
For several years, state and federal agencies, local water districts, and a few conservation groups have participated in negotiations regarding potential voluntary settlements on Delta flows. [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
On October 1, the Bureau of Reclamation formally began the multi-year process to replace the Trump Administration’s blatantly unlawful biological opinions for the operation of the State Water Project and federal Central Valley Project in California’s Bay-Delta watershed by requesting what is know [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
Since the State Water Resources Control Board began its public process to update the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan in 2008, the amount of water proposed for the Bay-Delta environment has continuously shrunk due to political pressure from those who profit from the destruction of the Delta. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
Over the past several weeks, a series of storms have lashed California, causing widespread damage across the state, including significant flooding of homes, landslides, sinkholes and road closures, downed trees, and sadly, loss of life. [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
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
After 10 years of study and extensive public outreach, the State Water Resources Control Board is scheduled to vote Wednesday to adopt new flow and water quality standa [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
While this year is shaping up to be a catastrophe for salmon in California, it is not a surprise—it was anticipated and, shockingly, authorized under the Trump Administration’s final permits (known as biological opinions, or "BiOps" for short). [read post]
3 May 2023, 1:14 pm by Doug Obegi
While it may not be an outlier, the absurdity of the Triangle T Water District is a great example of why people say that in California, water flows uphill towards money. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Doug Obegi
The Biden Administration has an opportunity later this year to begin the process of reforming one of the most unreasonable water contracts in California: the San Joaquin River Exchange Contract. [read post]