Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley

Ringside: Will Advocates for More Water Supply Projects Find Unity?

December 11, 2025 9:00 amDecember 11, 2025 9:01 am

There’s only one way to restore reliable water allocations to farmers, avoid turning our cities into rationed “xeriscaped” heat islands, and cope with whatever the climate ultimately delivers. That’s to build more infrastructure to safely and sustainably produce millions of...

Water Supply Disaster Looming for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California

August 28, 2024 7:03 amAugust 28, 2024 7:03 am

There is a water supply disaster looming for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California on the near horizon. It’s come about as part political indifference and political theater; part bureaucratic inertia and irascible imperviousness by appointed officials. At stake...

BIG Water Decision This Week: Over 350,000 Acre-Feet of Stored Surface Water is at Stake

August 27, 2024 4:02 pmAugust 27, 2024 7:19 pm

The following article is from the Milk Producers Council, warning about misguided water policy set to go into effect January 1, 2025, “Making Conservation A Way of Life.” As another Milk Producers Council member member told the Globe, “’Making Conservation A...

Environmentally Friendly Delta Diversions Can Increase Water to California’s Cities and Farms

December 7, 2022 2:45 amDecember 6, 2022 9:11 pm

When it comes to cost-effective ways to increase the supply of water to California’s cities and farms, every idea should be considered. The residential, commercial and industrial water requirements of California’s 40 million people add up to about 8 million...