Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Delta Plan are due by February 2. A common observation among those commenting is that the Delta Plan doesn’t provide a clear and specific project for which the environmental impact can be evaluated. And if it is a programmatic EIR, what are the measurable standards...Read More
In November, the news was full of the name Paterno – Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach who was fired after the arrest of one of his long-time assistant coaches on child sexual abuse charges. For people who follow water issues in the Central Valley, the name Paterno has another association – the 2003...Read More
Restore the Delta has heard that BDCP planners think the state has no obligation to do a cost/benefit analysis of building conveyance in the Delta. If you want to know about costs and benefits, we can listen in on board meetings for the Metropolitan Water District and Westlands. They’re the ones who will be paying...Read More
In December, in a truly sneaky move, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, quietly and at the last minute, inserted into a 1,221-page year-end spending bill a couple of sentences that lifted restrictions designed to prevent water speculation in California. Westlands Water District and the Kern Water Bank benefit. They can now get more from irrigation districts...Read More
