Restore the Delta’s just-released documentary, Over Troubled Waters, has touched a nerve with its assertion that some interests maneuvering to get Delta water want to sell it at a profit. The State Water Contractors are accusing us of “fact-free discourse” in a new publication they’re calling “Delta Doozy.” To support their case, they point to...Read More
Fishing and conservation groups have won the first round in their attempt to get state and federal officials to follow water quality laws and comply with the Clean Water Act. Selenium in agricultural water discharges from the west side of the San Joaquin Valley has been a problem since 1985, when cow deaths and migratory...Read More
At the BDCP public meeting on August 29, Resources deputy secretary Jerry Meral provided an updated project description consistent with the one announced by the Governor and federal officials on July 26. Still unresolved are upstream effects such as reservoir operation and temperature issues; the exact location of the three proposed intakes; and how the...Read More
