Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – Page 3

Ringside: Ways California Can Have Abundant Water

October 31, 2024 2:58 amOctober 31, 2024 2:59 am

A few years ago a group of volunteers, myself included, attempted to qualify a state ballot initiative called “The Water Infrastructure Funding Act.” Those of us involved with this project remain convinced that had it qualified for the ballot and...

Sites Reservoir Project Appellate Court Victory Over Environmental Groups

September 21, 2024 3:00 amSeptember 21, 2024 3:01 am

The Sites Reservoir project moved forward on Friday following an appellate court agreeing with California and the Sites Project Authority, rejecting a CEQA lawsuit against the Sites Reservoir project. While the Sites Reservoir had been proposed off and on since...

Ringside: More Water Supply Requires Industry Unity

September 4, 2024 2:30 pmSeptember 4, 2024 2:37 pm

Probably the most consequential and controversial water policy decisions in California involve how much water to pump out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and into southbound aqueducts, and we’re in the middle of another one right now. For the last...

Ringside: An Overview of California’s Water Economy

July 13, 2024 10:06 amJuly 13, 2024 10:06 am

If energy powers civilization, water gives it life. One of the biggest challenges of our time is to develop the means to deliver both of these essentials in abundance, while also keeping them affordable and ecologically sustainable. We believe this...

California Has a Long History of Squandering its Precious Water

June 1, 2024 2:55 amJune 1, 2024 2:56 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom is bragging about more than $140 million coming from the Biden-Harris Administration to support “critical water storage projects here in California, including the Sites Reservoir.” This is curious since voters already approved Proposition 1 in 2014 together...

Ringside: Water Czars Ignore Solutions to Scarcity

May 9, 2024 2:55 amMay 9, 2024 2:56 am

The Delta Tunnel proposal exemplifies California’s political dysfunction. It will probably never get built, but it promises to dominate all discussions of major state and federal spending on water infrastructure for the next decade, preventing any other big ideas from...

Ringside: California is Hardly Harvesting the Deluge

February 8, 2024 2:55 amFebruary 8, 2024 11:15 am

A historic barrage of atmospheric rivers hit California. Across the Sierra Nevada and down through the foothills into the valley, rivers turned into raging torrents, overflowing their banks and flooding entire communities. California’s Central Valley turned into an inland sea,...