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  • Retire westside farmlands, environmentalists say

    http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=25188 Would ease current water emergency “There is only so much water in California during normal periods” California’s water woes could be eased if some of the farms on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley were fallowed, say environmental groups Monday. The farms grow permanent crops, such as almonds and pistachios, on land…

  • California Water Officials Made the Drought Worse

    http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/california-water-officials-made-the-drought-worse/Content?oid=3830041 There’s strong evidence that the state shipped extra water in 2013 — enough for about four million people — despite the threat of a third year of little to no rain. By Robert Gammon There’s no doubt that California is facing a potentially devastating drought this year. After a record-dry year in 2013, the…

  • Tell Your Representatives to Oppose HR 3964, the Delta Destruction Bill

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/02/04/18750283.php by Dan Bacher Restore the Delta, a coalition opposing Governor Jerry Brown’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to build the peripheral tunnels, has launched an action alert to oppose the “Emergency Water Delivery Act,” HR 3964. The legislation, a virtual wish list for heavily subsidized corporate agribusiness interests on the west side of the…

  • California officials forecast “zero” water deliveries

    http://www.modbee.com/2014/01/31/3164427/california-officials-forecast.html BY MATT WEISER The Sacramento BeeJanuary 31, 2014 State officials announced Friday that 29 water agencies serving 25 million people across California can expect “zero” water deliveries from the State Water Project this summer because of the worsening drought. Although that delivery projection could change, it is the first time a “zero allocation” forecast…

  • Brown Fails to Discuss Wholesale Draining of Reservoirs in Drought Statement

    https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/31/18750103.php Written By: Dan Bacher, January 31, 2014 Governor Jerry Brown today issued a statement after the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that State Water Project allocation is being dropped to zero – but failed to mention anything about the alarming fact that northern California reservoirs were drained last summer during the drought to fill…