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CSPA Submits Comments on Proposed WDRs for San Joaquin County and Delta Agricultural Waste Discharges
On 17 January 2014, CSPA submitted extensive comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board regarding proposed waste discharge requirements (WDRs) for discharges of waste from farmers within San Joaquin County and Delta area. The WDRs will replace the present “agricultural waivers” for the San Joaquin County and Delta Irrigated Lands Coalition and
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against West Sacramento Beverage Facility
On 16 January 2014, CSPA settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Nor-Cal Beverage Co. Inc., a 10.5 acre beverage manufacturing and distribution facility in West Sacramento, for violations of the federal Clean Water Act and California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. The lawsuit alleged that the facility discharged polluted stormwater, including aluminum, iron, zinc, copper,
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CSPA, Coalition Submits Comments on Westlands’ Contract Renewals
On 14 January 2014, CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing organizations submitted comments on six interim contract renewals for the delivery of 1,192,948 million acre feet of Central Valley Project (CVP) water to Westlands Water District. The comments pointed out numerous inadequacies in the Environmental Assessment (EA) and call for a full Environmental
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Press Conference: Can California Tunnel its Way Out of Drought?
On Monday, 13 January 2013, Bill Jennings, CSPA’s Executive Director, joined Jonas Minton, Planning and Conservation League; John Herrick, South Delta Water Agency; Dr. Jeffrey Michael, University of the Pacific; Tom Stokely, California Water Impact Network and Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta on a press conference to discuss the BDCP’s peripheral tunnels as a flawed
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CSPA, Coalition Comment on Trinity River Restoration Projects
CSPA and a coalition of environmental and fishing interests submitted comments on the draft Environmental Assessment/Initial Study for the Bucktail and Lower Junction City rehabilitation projects on the Trinity River. Despite predictions of a banner year for fall salmon, the Trinity River had some of the lowest recorded numbers of natural spawners, as well as
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