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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Temperance Flat Dam Feasibility Report
On 21 April 2014, CSPA joined NRDC, Friends of the River and The Bay Institute in submitting comments on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Draft Feasibility Report for the Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation – Temperance Flat Reservoir. The detailed comment letter pointed out that the investigation is significantly flawed, does not accurately…
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CSPA, Coalition Urge Governor Brown to Establish Groundwater Regulations that Protect Public Trust Resources
On 15 April 2014, CSPA joined PCFFA, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Environmental Water Caucus, California Water Impact Network, Earth Law Center, Karuk Tribe, Environment Now and Klamath Riverkeeper in urging Governor Jerry Brown to reform groundwater management in California. The coalition recommended specific measures that would help prevent the overdraft and waste of critical groundwater resources…
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Where is the Missing BDCP Implementation Agreement?
When the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) released its 40,000 pages of planning and environmental review documents for public comment, the Implementation Agreement was conspicuously absent. However, the Implementation Agreement revealing the commitments to species recovery and how the Delta tunnels project will be financed, built and operated is a necessary and integral component of…
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CSPA Appeals Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin County/Delta WDRs for Irrigated Lands to State Water Board
On 11 April 2014, CSPA appealed the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s approval of general waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for growers within the Western San Joaquin River Watershed and San Joaquin County and Delta that are members of a Third Party Group to the State Water Resources Control Board. The new general WDRs…
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CSPA Assails BDCP at the San Joaquin State of Our Rivers Symposium
On 3 April 2014, CSPA Executive Director Bill Jennings presented a critique of the devastating impacts that implementation of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) will have on the Delta and local tributary rivers. Other Key Note speakers included DWR Deputy Director Paul Hellicker, South Delta Water Agency Manager John Herrick and Kim Delfino of…
