We rarely agree with the Association of California Water Agencies about anything, but we’re with them in their opposition to AB 145, a piece of legislation that was approved by the Senate Health Committee last week. This legislation would move the state’s drinking water program from the Department of Public Health to the State Water...Read More

Another matter worth mentioning at the July 17 BDCP meeting is the current violation of West Delta salinity standards by the state and federal governments. We’re in the second year of a dry period, not even a drought, and DWR and the Bureau of Reclamation have already asked the State Water Resources Control Board to...Read More

Westlands Water District and other Central Valley Project (CVP) contractors have a sweet deal with the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR).  Contractors pay only for the water they receive, so in years when water deliveries are less than projected, revenues don’t recover the federal investment in the project.  But in years when actual water deliveries exceed...Read More

A BDCP Finance Working Group meeting scheduled for July 10 to review the Statewide Economic Impact Study has been rescheduled for August 8. We hope they realized that this study will not take the place of the cost/benefit analysis that BDCP promised at the beginning of the year and that we still haven’t seen. We...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta In case you missed it… A voice in the desert wilderness By Lloyd Carter Originally Published Mon, 07/01/2013 Chronicles of the hydraulic brotherhood Click here to read online On the day before the start of...Read More

Two important BDCP meetings are coming up in July that we encourage Restore the Delta supporters to attend/monitor if they have time.  (Remember, we are not yet reviewing the public draft  of the EIR.  That is due to begin in October, so if your time to participate is limited, save it up for commenting during...Read More

In case you missed it… The Sacramento Bee Viewpoints: Calls for new storage ignore need for reforms of how we use water By John A. Lawrence Special to The Bee Originally Published Thursday, Jun. 20, 2013 There are no politics like water politics. For Westerners, and Californians in particular, no issue excites passions, fuels regionalism...Read More

Dear Restore the Delta Friends, The California Legislature is beginning the process to craft a new water bond. We are asking all our members to call and/or write Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and tell him: We are calling on you to protect the Sacramento River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta estuary. Therefore,...Read More

Media Advisory for Monday, June 17, 2013                 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Twitter: @shopcraft Statewide Coalition of Fishing, Wildlife, Farming Community Advocates Sues to Halt Delta Plan, Water Export Tunnels “Arbitrary, Destructive” State Action Violates Delta Reform Act and CEQA; Lawsuit Aims to “Set Aside” State Plan, Require Study of Alternatives   SAN FRANCISCO, CA...Read More

  Media Advisory for Monday, June 17, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Twitter: @shopcraft Fishing, Environmental, Farming Advocates to Sue to Halt Delta Plan, Water Export Tunnels San Francisco, CA – A statewide group of fishing, environmental and farming groups will announce the filing of a lawsuit to stop the Delta Plan, which lays...Read More