NEWS WORTH NOTING: New PPIC report: Building drought resilience in California’s cities and suburbs; Folsom Dam Water Control Manual update out for public review; Lawsuit filed against DWR over Oroville Dam records.
This report looks at evolving state and local roles in managing urban water supply during drought, and lessons to help us better prepare for droughts of the future.
Folsom Dam Water Control Manual update out for public review From the Army Corps of Engineers: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District released a draft environmental document today addressing the proposed Folsom Dam Water Control Manual update.
The JFP includes a new control structure and a 3,027-foot-long spillway that will work in conjunction with the main dam to manage releases from Folsom Reservoir.
Public meetings are scheduled for June 14-15, 2017, to allow the public to learn more about the proposed update, ask questions of Corps staff and to submit comments.
The public meetings will be held: Wednesday June 14, 2017; 3-4:30 p.m. Sacramento Library Galleria 828 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Thursday June 15, 2017; 6-7:30 p.m. Folsom Community Center 52 Natoma Street Folsom, CA 95630 Scheduled for completion in October, the JFP is an approximately $900-million cooperative effort between the Corps, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, California Department of Water Resources and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency designed to improve the safety of Folsom Dam and reduce flood risk for the Sacramento metropolitan area.
Lawsuit Filed Against DWR over Oroville Dam Records From AquAlliance: AquAlliance filed a lawsuit in state court on June 6, 2017 against the California Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) over its failure to release records related to the Oroville Dam main and emergency spillways crisis that started in February 2017.
On April 19, 2017 AquAlliance filed a Public Records Act (“PRA”) request to DWR to release records that explicitly pertained to the asbestos.
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