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Campaign Against the Tunnels Launched

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On Monday 9 December 2013, CSPA and a broad statewide coalition, operating upper the banner of Californians for a Fair Water Policy, launched a campaign opposing Governor Brown’s water export tunnels.  In a press conference on the steps of the … Continue reading →

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CSPA Action Alert

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Bill Jennings

State and Federal Water Contractors Launch Great Water Grab JOIN US FOR A RALLY TO SAVE THE DELTA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RIVERS  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013 at NOON  WEST STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL, SACRAMENTO (CAPITOL MALL AND 10TH between … Continue reading →

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CSPA, CWIN Submit Comments of Westside San Joaquin River Waste Discharge Requirements for Agricultural Discharges

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 2 December 2013, CSPA submitted extensive comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding the proposed waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for pollutant discharges from the Westside San Joaquin River Irrigated Lands Coalition.  The WDRs will replace the … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Sue State over Agricultural Pollution

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 27 November 2013, CSPA joined with Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, PCFFA, Otter Project, Environmental Justice Coalition for Water and an elderly woman on a fixed income who cannot drink water from her tap because it is contaminated with agricultural waste … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on Grassland Monitoring

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 26 November 2013, CSPA and a coalition of environmental, fishing, environmental justice and tribal organizations submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. EPA on the proposed reduction in monitoring requirements … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Redding Auto Dismantler

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Viking Auto Parts, a four-acre vehicle dismantling and automotive parts recycling facility in Redding, for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted … Continue reading →

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CSPA Settles Modesto Lawsuit

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 13 November 2013, CSPA settled a lawsuit against the City of Modesto over illegal sanitary sewer spills in violation of the City’s Clean Water Act permit.  The lawsuit was filed 13 December 2012.  The City agreed to enhanced inspection … Continue reading →

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Fisheries Plummet, Standards are Violated, Regulators Refuse to Enforce the Law

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Bill Jennings

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has released the 2013 September-October Fall Mid Water Trawl (FMWT) abundance indices of Delta fish.  Fisheries continue to collapse.  Delta smelt, striped bass, longfin smelt, American shad and threadfin shad populations in … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on FONSI and Draft EA For Tracy Interim CVP Contract Renewal

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 4 November 2013, CSPA and a coalition of eleven other fishing, environmental and tribal organizations submitted comments on the Find of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Central Valley Project’s water service interim … Continue reading →

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CSPA, Coalition Submit Comments on Central Valley Project Interim Renewal Contracts

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 1 November 2013, CSPA and a coalition of nine other organizations submitted comments to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding the proposed interim renewal contracts for water delivery from the Central Valley Protect to Westlands Water District (incl. Widren, … Continue reading →

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CSPA Report: The Loss of VAMP’s Export Limitations

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has released a report detailing the impacts to delta smelt and salmon from the demise of the mid-April – mid-May limits on Delta exports.  The export restrictions were part of the Vernalis Adaptive Management Program (VAMP) and served to … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Waste Transfer Facility in San Martin California

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 24 October 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to San Martin Transfer Station in San Martin California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The notice letter alleges that the facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to Llagas … Continue reading →

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A Compilation of Fish Salvage & Water Exports

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Bill Jennings

To provide a perspective on the interrelationship between fish salvage and water exports from the state and federal project export facilities in the South Delta, CSPA has assembled the graphs of salvage/exports between January & October for the years 1993 … Continue reading →

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CSPA Sues Metal Services Facility in Ripon

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 21 October 2013, CSPA filed a lawsuit against Guntert Sales & Zimmerman in Ripon California for substantive and procedural violations of the federal Clean Water Act and the state’s General Industrial Stormwater Permit.  The facility is used for the … Continue reading →

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CSPA Joins in Comments Opposing BDCP

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 7 October 2013, the Environmental Water Caucus (EWC), an organization of 34 environmental, fishing and tribal groups addressing water issues in California, including CSPA, issued a letter formally opposing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).  The letter was sent … Continue reading →

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CSPA Analysis Reveals Water Project Operations Butchered Delta Smelt in the Summer of 2013

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Bill Jennings

Operation of the state and federal export projects led to a massive kill of endangered Delta smelt in early July 2013.  CSPA has released a report, prepared by its consultant Thomas Cannon, chronicling this needless massacre of Delta smelt. The … Continue reading →

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Fish Predation Final Report Released: Cannot Identify Predators as Cause of Salmon Decline

Posted on October 2, 2013 by Bill Jennings

For years, water contractors have been attempting to deflect attention from the massive fish carnage at the state and federal export pumping facilities by blaming striped bass and predators for the demise of salmon and Delta smelt fisheries.  In 2008, … Continue reading →

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CSPA Joins in Comments on Shasta Dam Raise EIS

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 30 September 2013, CSPA and the Environmental Water Caucus submitted voluminous comments on the major inadequacies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed raising of Shasta Dam.  Shasta Dam captures water from the Upper Sacramento, McCloud and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Submits Comments on MAST Report

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bill Jennings

CSPA has provided extensive comments on the draft Interagency Ecological Program’s (IEP) MAST (Management, Analysis and Synthesis Team) report.   The MAST report is an updated conceptual model for Delta smelt and is intended to synthesize the latest scientific data and … Continue reading →

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CSPA Issues Notice of Intent to Sue Recycling Facility in Gault California

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Bill Jennings

On 30 September 2013, CSPA sent a Notice of Intent to Sue Gault Recyclers in Gault California for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.  The notice letter alleges that the scrap materials recycling facility illegally discharges polluted stormwater to … Continue reading →

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