BLOG ROUND-UP: Bloggers comment on the Water Fix; Reform before the next drought; Groundwater extraction oversight; Improving hatchery survival; Climate change; Public drinking fountains; and more ….
… ” Read more from the H2Outlook blog here: Water Fix Workshops, Part 1: The project More on the tunnels JPA: Alex Breitler writes, “The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California today released the first of three “white papers” on the Delta tunnels, which are supposed to inform MWD board members as the district moves toward a September vote on the project.
… ” Read more from Alex Breitler’s blog here: More on the tunnels JPA Biological Opinion for Delta Tunnels a Milestone?
“Not so fast,” say Delta protection advocates: Restore the Delta writes, “Yesterday, Jeffrey Kightlinger, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District issued a statement celebrating the federal biological opinions for CA WaterFix as “an important milestone” that brings the project one step closer to completion.
“In essence, they’re asking contractors to commit to paying for construction without knowing how the projects will be operated and how much water can be exported.” … ” Read more from Restore the Delta here: Biological Opinion for Delta Tunnels a Milestone?
… ” Read more from the California Fisheries Blog here: Improving hatchery salmon survival Managing climate: We think the real threat to our state are the humans who manage our water resources: Families Protecting the Valley writes, “It seems to us that climate change is a nice convenient answer to all the problems California water bureaucrats encounter.
Instead of dealing with it, we worry about future climate change.
… ” Read more from the Northern California Water Association here: The state of Sacramento Valley water San Joaquin Valley water supplies: Unavoidable variability and uncertainty: Brad Arnold, Alvar Escriva-Bou, and Jay Lund write: “Passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and the recent drought have brought attention to chronic shortages of water in the San Joaquin Valley.
Here we examine long-term balances for San Joaquin Valley’s water supplies and demands that we discussed in a prior blog post.
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