CA and Feds Still Plan to Drain Reservoirs & Kill Salmon
Updated water supply allocations announced last week would still drain upstream reservoirs in order to deliver 4.5 million acre feet of water to the...
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Bad News: CVP and SWP Plan to Drain CA’s Largest Reservoirs
The Bureau of Reclamation and Department of Water Resources plan to allocate approximately 5 million acre feet of water this year—as long as California allows...
The Cost of the Delta Tunnel Threatens SoCal’s Water Future
Amidst everything going on in the world these days, it’s easy to miss that the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Met) is in the process of...
Raising Shasta Dam Is an Even Worse Idea Than We Knew
The Trump Administration’s efforts to enlarge Shasta Dam was always a bad idea. In addition to being illegal under California law, it’s been clear for years...
DWR Is Suing Everyone for a Blank Check for a Delta Tunnel
In the middle of a pandemic, an economic recession, and everything else that 2020 is throwing at us, in early August the California Department of Water Resource...
Federal Court Enjoins Trump Admin’s Delta Pumping in May
Yesterday, the federal Court for the Eastern District of California issued a ruling granting in part the motions for preliminary injunction filed against the...