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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: 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: How Much Water Will $30 Billion Buy?

April 10, 2024 2:20 pmApril 10, 2024 2:20 pm

So far this year I had the privilege of attending two water oriented events. The first, in February, was at the annual CalDesal conference in Sacramento. The second, in March, was at the Kern County Water Summit in Bakersfield. I...

State Water Board Report Updates to Bay/Delta Plan Shows Bias Against San Joaquin Valley

February 8, 2024 2:45 amFebruary 8, 2024 2:46 am

Proposals contained in a draft report prepared by the State Water Resources Control Board staff recommending updates to the Bay/Delta Plan have triggered warnings of extensive harm due to bias against the San Joaquin Valley and its people. The draft report...

Ringside: Water Rationing is the Worst Way to Build Resiliency

January 11, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 11, 2024 2:46 am

When a public policy decision is flawed, and the reasons it is flawed are simple and obvious, and the consequences are huge and costly, the appropriate response for a concerned observer is to call attention to the looming debacle. Not...