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State Board cancels San Joaquin application
By Chris Shutes, CSPA Projects Director The Division of Water Rights of the State Water Resources Control Board has canceled the application of San Joaquin County to divert South Fork American River water through EBMUD’s Freeport diversion on the Sacramento River. The proposed application would have sent the water to Pardee Reservoir on the Mokelumne…
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CSPA Comments on Draft EIR for El Dorado Water Rights Applications
Chris Shutes, CSPA Water Rights Advocate CSPA has filed comments on El Dorado Water and Power Authority’s Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Supplemental Water Rights Project Acquisition of 40,000 Acre- Feet Per Year of New Consumptive Water Rights. Under the proposed project, El Dorado seeks to use water stored in reservoirs owned by the…
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CSPA Protests DWR Water Rights Petitions
Chris Shutes, CSPA Water Rights Advocate CSPA has protested petitions for extension of time filed by the Department of Water Resources with the State Water Resources Control Board. DWR seeks an additional 5 years to increase the amount of water it is permitted to use at DWR’s Oroville Reservoir, Delta pumps, and San Luis Reservoir.…
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CSPA, CWIN and AquAlliance comment on DFG’s draft flow criteria for the Delta and Tributaries
By Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance have submitted comments on the draft flow report issued by the California Department of Fish and Game. In November 2009, the California Legislature passed the Delta Reform Act, which established and requires the Delta Stewardship to develop, adopt…
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Governor Signs Bill to Improve Regional Water Self Sufficiency
By John Beuttler, CSPA Conservation Director Governor Schwarzenegger has signed Senate Bill 918 authored by State Senator Fran Pavley and co-sponsored by the Planning & Conservation League and the WateReuse Association. The new law directs the State Department of Public Health to develop criteria for safely using recycled water to supplement groundwater basins, reservoirs and…
