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CSPA Comments on Sites Reservoir Project
CSPA, AquAlliance and the California Water Impact Network submitted comments on January 12, 2018 on the proposed Sites Reservoir Draft Environmental Impact Report/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIR/DEIS). The proposed Sites Project would create a $4 billion reservoir outside of Maxwell, Colusa County, in the Sacramento Valley. The reservoir would be built “off stream” in a…
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CSPA Submits Testimony on Delta Tunnels – Months of Hearings Start in January
On November 30, CSPA filed testimony and exhibits for the State Water Board’s hearings on the Delta Tunnels (“WaterFix”). This new testimony is for Part 2 of the hearings: impacts to fish and wildlife, recreation, and other Public Trust values. Some of the highlights are described below. CSPA’s biologist Tom Cannon presents thirty pages of…
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Potter Valley Project Dam Relicensing – Second Comment Letter Submitted to FERC Urging Dam Safety Considerations
In early November, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Friends of the River and American Whitewater filed a comment letter with FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) in response to their Scoping Document 2 for the Potter Valley Project. The letter calls for FERC to change its policy of not considering dam safety and infrastructure adequacy in relicensing.…
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Report on Oroville Describes Urgent Dam Safety and Flood Lessons
Much of California’s dam and flood infrastructure is obsolete and falling apart. It needs to be fixed now, says a report entitled “The Oroville Dam Spillway Incident and Lessons from the Feather River Basin.” The authors of report are from CSPA, Friends of the River, South Yuba River Citizens League, and American Whitewater. These organizations…
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CSPA Et Al. Challenges Legality of WaterFix Project Financing
On 13 September 2017, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance and the California Indian Water Commission challenged the legality of proposed bonds that will be used to pay for the construction of the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) WaterFix project. The project would construct twin 35 mile-long tunnels under the Delta…
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