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  • Modesto to pay $161,500 to end sewage spills lawsuit

    http://www.modbee.com/2013/12/05/3071507/modesto-to-pay-161500-to-end-sewage.html BY KEVIN VALINE MODESTO — Modesto has agreed to pay $161,500 to settle a lawsuit filed against it by a clean-water advocacy group, which claimed the city had violated the federal Clean Water Act because of more than 310 sewage spills from July 2007 through June 2012, which released nearly 379,000 gallons of raw…

  • Conservation, environmental justice groups sue state over ag runoff regulations

    http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/article_ad30dd2a-5c79-11e3-ae91-001a4bcf6878.html by Sara Rubin Water pollution seems to last longer than consensus on the Central Coast. It took years of debate and appeals until the state issued the final rule in September. Now, a coalition of organizations is joining Antonia Manzo, who lives in unincorporated Monterey County’s Camp 21 near Gonzales where she can’t drink…

  • Peripheral tunnels won’t address subsidence threat to Central Valley

    http://www.fishsniffer.com/blogs/details/peripheral-tunnels-wont-address-subsidence-threat-to-central-valley/ By Dan Bacher A U.S. Geological Survey report released on Thursday revealed that land subsidence caused by over drafting of ground water supplies in the San Joaquin Valley has resulted in a threat to water delivery systems, including the Delta Mendota-Canal and the California Aqueduct. Proponents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to build…

  • CA. State Water Project initial allocation is 5% – after summer of reservoir draining

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/20/1257038/-State-Water-Project-initial-allocation-is-5-after-summer-of-reservoir-draining# Department of Water Resources blames endangered fish for dire forecast   As rain began to fall on Northern California, state officials issued a dire water supply forecast for State Water Project contractors, citing “operational constraints” to protect endangered Central Valley salmon, Delta smelt and longfin smelt as one of “several factors” resulting in the…

  • Jennings: Water officials purposely disregarded issues

    http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131107/A_NEWS/311070319/-1/A_NEWS14 STOCKTON – The summer of 2013 was a bad one for fish in the San Joaquin River Delta, and California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Executive Director Bill Jennings says state water pollution cops exacerbated the situation by quietly promising they wouldn’t enforce state water quality standards. In particular, Jennings points to a May 29 letter…