Federal Central Valley Project Archives

Peter Gleick’s National Water Plan for California

October 12, 2020 6:55 amOctober 12, 2020 11:11 am

California’s water policy is overwhelmingly a local matter. But if you read the mainstream media you might think that it was mostly a state or federal issue. For example, consider that two thirds of all spending on water projects in...

Shasta Dam Enlargement Might be in Play If California Expects Federal Help

August 17, 2020 12:04 pmAugust 17, 2020 12:06 pm

In 1933, California was financially broke and unable to issue municipal bonds to complete its ambitious water system plans. The state asked the Federal government to take over the project and the rest was history: The statewide Central Valley Project (CVP) was...

GOP Uses Obama Law to Fund Dams Barred By State Water Bond

March 9, 2020 2:12 amMarch 9, 2020 7:32 am

The 2014 California Water Bond mainly benefits constituents of the Democrat Party, such as environmentalists, scientists, commercial fishermen, Indian tribes and Bay-Delta farmers to the exclusion of Central Valley farmers and towns for which the federal Central Valley Project was...