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Tag: State Water Project

California Increasing State Water Release from 0% to 15% of Requested, Following Winter Storms

January 20, 2022   4:02 pmJanuary 21, 2022   11:57 am
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced on Thursday that they would be releasing more stored water through the State Water Project, due to several weeks of wet weather, increasing the allocation from 0% to 15%. In early December, the...
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State Water Project Announces 0% Allocation of Requested Water To Districts

December 2, 2021   12:31 pmDecember 4, 2021   7:46 am
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced on Wednesday that the initial 2022 State Water Project (SWP) will be at 0% for the first time in state history due to the ongoing drought. The decision by the State Water Project,...
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State Reduces Water Usage By 1.8% in July, Far Lower Than the 15% Reduction Target

September 22, 2021   2:29 amSeptember 21, 2021   6:29 pm
According to new findings by the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Water Resources on Tuesday, Californians only reduced water usage statewide by an accumulative 1.8% in July, despite Governor Newsom’s urging that month to hit the...
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Why Do Californians Have to Choose Between Food, Agriculture, and Fish?

May 6, 2021   8:34 amMay 7, 2021   3:46 pm
The long time political dispute between California farmers and state and federal water regulators predates the latest drought and will continue long after, unless some political honesty takes place. Most of the media and public officials paint California farmers and...
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Enviros and GOP Oppose Gov. Newsom Having Fish Agency Divvy Out Farmers’ Water

April 14, 2020   3:17 pmApril 16, 2020   9:12 am
The true test of Newsom’s “use-some-water/take-some-fish” water deal (called Incidental Take Permit) is will water be diverted to Los Angeles in a dry year, thus subverting Pres. Trump’s allocation of Federal water to farmers?   Environmentalists and farmers both oppose...
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Is Water and Power Rationing California’s Future?

October 23, 2019   2:04 amOctober 24, 2019   6:16 am
Tuesday, another text message warning came in from Pacific Gas & Electric that power outages are imminent. Again. Couple that with a same-day heads-up message from the El Dorado Irrigation District that when the power is out, they cannot pump...
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Senate Bill 1 Doubles Down on ‘Trump Resistance’ While Threatening CA Water Supply

September 12, 2019   7:56 amSeptember 12, 2019   6:02 pm
Another bill which would put the brakes on California’s economy is being heard and debated in the California Legislature this week. When President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, California’s newly-elected Democrat supermajority used the usually congenial legislative swearing-in ceremonies...
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