Tag: California

  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 8, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 8, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Editorial: If not this California delta plan, then what? New York Times: Measure California’s Water USA Today: Israel to California: Here’s how to save water Los Angeles Times: Innovation or insanity? Californians’ ideas for busting the drought  Maven’s Notebook: News Worth Noting: Diverse coalition negotiating historic venture to reintroduce salmon to Sierra, Lawsuit seeks to halt illegal […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 7, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 7, 2015

Los Angeles Times: California water districts scramble to deal with ruling on rate tiers Capital Public Radio: Brown Defends Delta Tunnels Project, Agriculture Industry Capitol Weekly: Brown: Water woes have deep roots Los Angeles Times: Meeting water-saving goals will be ‘huge lift for everyone,’ regulator says New York Times: Water Pricing in Two Thirsty Cities: In One, Guzzlers Pay More, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 6, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 6, 2015

San Jose Mercury News: California drought: State water board passes first mandatory urban water limits in state history San Jose Mercury News: State begins Delta salinity barrier to protect water supplies in drought Fresno Bee: Gov. Brown must reduce water to fisheries, environment, Fresno County supervisors say Fresno Bee: State agriculture board listens to public concerns about drought Sacramento […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 5, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 5, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Amid drought, state is poised to adopt emergency water regulations Wall Street Journal: Nowhere Is Safe From California Drought—Not Even Beverly Hills San Francisco Chronicle: How to waste less of California’s precious water Fox KTVU: Delta construction project combats drought impacts San Jose Mercury News: California drought: Plans to make State Water Project flow backward shelved for this year […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 4, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 4, 2015

NPR: A Landscape Of Abundance Becomes A Landscape Of Scarcity New York Times: The End of California? Bloomberg: California’s Doomsday Water Cycle Sacramento Bee: Drought-hammered state curtails junior water rights in Delta, Sacramento River San Diego Union-Tribune: A drought like no other Los Angeles Times: Central Valley’s growing concern: Crops raised with oil field water Los Angeles Times: Amid drought, the West […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 1, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 1, 2015

Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown’s revised water tunnels plan adds political problems LA Times: Giant tunnels planned for delta ‘must move forward,’ Brown says San Jose Mercury: New $17 billion Delta tunnels plan with less environmental restoration unveiled by Brown Associated Press: California cuts wetland, wildlife restoration in water plan The Reporter: Solano County representatives oppose Governor’s latest water plan Sacramento […]

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A New Approach to Improving the Delta’s Ecosystem and Fixing California’s Primary Water Delivery System

A New Approach to Improving the Delta’s Ecosystem and Fixing California’s Water Delivery System ___________________________________ Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined state and federal officials today to announce a new approach for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The revised approach – known as California EcoRestore and California WaterFix (Alternative 4A)– is directly responsive to public feedback […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 30, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for April 30, 2015

Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown to revise plan for twin water tunnels in Delta Los Angeles Times: Gov. Jerry Brown set to unveil scaled-back delta conservation plan  Associated Press: California cuts wetland, wildlife restoration in water plan Central Valley Business Times: Delta conservation slashed by governor The Desert Sun: Report: California needs more farm water data Los Angeles Times: $10,000 fines a […]

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