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Injunction Denied, Trinity Water Releases to Resume
Today, 22 August 2013, Fresno Federal District Court Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill lifted his TRO and denied the request for a preliminary injunction by Westlands Water District and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority. As a result, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will resume releases of water from Trinity Reservoir to prevent a repeat of
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USBR, USFWS Gives Away 451,000 Acre Feet of Fish Water to San Joaquin Valley Farmers
San Joaquin Valley farmers who received a gift of many thousands of acre-feet of water necessary to support fisheries and meet water quality standards, have sued and secured a temporary injunction preventing the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from releasing water in the Trinity River to prevent a repeat of the massive 2002 Klamath River fish
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CSPA Settles Lawsuit Against Modesto Manufacturing Facility
CSPA has settled a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Parker-Hannifin Corporation for violations of the California General Industrial Stormwater Permit. Parker-Hannifin operates an 8-acre fuel filter manufacturing facility in Modesto California. The lawsuit alleged that the Facility discharged polluted stormwater into the Tuolumne River. The settlement agreement obligates Parker-Hannifin to comply fully with the Clean
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CSPA Submits Comments On Sacramento Treatment Plant Permit
On 14 August 2013, CSPA submitted comments to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board on proposed amendments to the waste discharge permit regulating pollutant discharges from the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. The proposed amendments further relax already inadequate water quality limits in the existing permit and improperly extend the timelines for achieving
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CSPA Rips Economic Analysis at BDCP Finance Meeting
CSPA assailed the Bay Delta Conservation Program’s statewide economic assessment prepared by the Brattle Group at the BDCP Finance Committee’s 8 August 2013 meeting in West Sacramento. The study claimed that construction of twin tunnels to divert the Sacramento River around the Delta would result in statewide economic benefits. Bill Jennings, CSPA’s Executive Director, testified
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