We support all of the recommendations in this report. These proposed reforms are long-overdue.– RTDExperts Urge Overhaul of California’s ‘Antiquated’ Water Laws Successful Farming, 2/4/22 As California enters its third year of drought, pressure is mounting for lawmakers to update the state’s antiquated water laws. On Thursday, a coalition of legal experts and retired state officials...Read More
For Immediate Release: 1/31/22 Contact: Spencer Fern, Restore the Delta, (209) 639-0077, spencer@restorethedelta.org Stockton, CA – A recent California State Department of Water Resources presentation on Harmful Algal Blooms in the Bay-Delta has garnered a strong response from Stockton-based, Restore the Delta.The comment letter intends to correct the record with the State Water Resources Control Board regarding the Department of...Read More
“Bill Jennings and Dave Hurley are two of the finest advocates we have worked with at Restore the Delta. They have taught us so much over the years. They are our friends, and both have served the Delta and local communities with courage and a true moral center.”– Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director, Restore the Delta Stockton’s...Read More
Every five years, the Delta Science Program, under the wing of the Delta Stewardship Council, plans for its next five years of investments it wants to make in Delta scientific research. In December 2021, the Program released its next “Delta Science Action Agenda,” which lays out a set of research priorities based on management needs.We at...Read More
A new UC Berkeley/UCLA study, Inequities in Drinking Water Quality Among Domestic Well Communities and Community Water Systems, California, 2011‒2019 has found that an estimated 370,000 Californians rely on contaminated drinking water sources that disproportionately impact communities of color in the state. The study examines both community water systems and domestic well areas of California, covering about 99 percent of the...Read More
For Immediate Release: 1/11/22Contact:Tim Stroshane, Restore the Delta, 510-847-7556, spillwayguy@gmail.comStockton, CA – This week Governor Gavin Newsom released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2022-23. After two years of “unimaginable challenges” the governor states that, “This budget is a new opportunity for us to address the greatest challenges facing our state – for the year ahead and...Read More
As life turns back on after the holidays, Restore the Delta has been busy. Here is our report out from the State Water Resources Control Board workshop held Wednesday, January 5, on the “Temporary Urgency Change Petition for the Delta” that would keep allowing the state to continue to ignore Clean Water Act violations in...Read More
It’s 2022, and we have to get to work starting January 5, 2022 to save the Delta.There will be a State Water Resources Control Board Workshop on a plan by the Department of Water Resources and the US Bureau of Reclamation to gut water quality standards for the Delta starting in February and to leave a “temporary” barrier in...Read More
– Tim Stroshane, policy analyst, Restore the DeltaLast Wednesday, December 15, staff of the State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) hosted an online workshop to address “possible alternatives to address water supply shortages in the Delta watershed.” As many Delta Flows readers are aware, “water supply shortages” are dealt with through a system of...Read More
This past week was action packed for Restore the Delta staff. Drought (part of our past and new climate normal) is tough on people, planning, agriculture – and especially fish, wildlife, and the natural world. California water management practices have also exacerbated the problems associated with drought because of a stubborn refusal by the Department of...Read More
