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A Deal is a Deal – El Dorado Irrigation District Seeks to Add More Diversions from SF American River
By Cindy Charles CSPA and a coalition of environmental and recreation organizations submitted comments in response to the April 17, 2020 Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for El Dorado Irrigation District’s (EID) proposed modification of Water Right Permit 21112.[1] EID proposes to add points of diversion and rediversion to its existing…
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CSPA, Coalition Sues Bureau Over Long-Term Water Transfers
On 11 May 2020, CSPA, AquAlliance, California Water Impact Network and the South and Central Delta Water Agencies filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority over the EIS/EIR for the proposed Long-Term Water Transfer Project (Project). The Project proposes to transfer as much…
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The First Law of Holes Is: Stop Digging.
Water in California is overallocated and overappropriated. Too much is promised, too much is delivered, and not enough is left in rivers and in the ground. The result is ecosystem collapse, sinking land and dry wells, and dying communities in diverse parts of the state. The Governor directed in April 2019 that three of his…
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Calaveras River Plan Takes 14 Years to Keep All the Water
On November 14, 2019, CSPA filed comments critical of a new Habitat Conservation Plan for the Calaveras River and also filed comments critical of a supporting environmental review document.[1] Stockton East Water District (Stockton East) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released the Plan and the supporting environmental review document on September 30, 2019. …
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Opposing AB 313 – Negatively Effects State Water Control Board Water Rights Hearings
On July 5th, CSPA joined with other environmental organizations in opposing AB 313 which would impede the orderly administration of water rights in California. It threatens water rights holders, California’s rivers and fisheries and the communities and jobs that depend on healthy fisheries. The letter was sent to Senator Jackson and members of the State…
