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Calif. Water Board pauses Delta rules, boosting water supplies for storage
The move follows a call from Gov. Gavin Newsom and the two agencies tasked with managing water flow on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to pause flushing more water to the Pacific amid uncertain storm patterns.
February 23, 2023
After storms, Feds to deliver 35% water allocation to Valley farmers
Farmers and Valley water users in Central Valley are looking at a better start to the year than 2022.
February 22, 2023
Calif.’s drought cure starts with adapting to changing circumstances
Gov. Gavin Newsom, and state and Federal water officials are calling for a temporary shift to save and store water after intense storms. It's time for California's Water Board to heed the call, writes Willam Bourdeau.
February 21, 2023
After flushing stormwater, Newsom signs order to boost water flow to Valley
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a new executive order affecting the flow of the state's water. Here's what is in it.
February 16, 2023
McCarthy delivers D.C. to Valley’s farmers during Farm Show
Flanked by nine colleagues, Speaker Kevin McCarthy focused his trip to the 2023 World Ag Expo on delivering wins in this year's Farm Bill.
February 14, 2023
Calif. water rules foreshadow eliminating $4.5bil from Valley’s economy, report says.
A severe loss of water supplies, courtesy of full implementation of SGMA, would have a seismic effect on the Valley's economy.
February 13, 2023
Harder pushes back on Newsom’s embrace of Delta tunnel
The idea first floated by Gov. Jerry Brown and revived by Gov. Gavin Newsom is coming under assault from Northern California Democrats on Capitol Hill.
February 12, 2023
Drought doom paralyzed California. Now, we’re dumping water into the ocean.
'Only in California can you have the ability to save several years’ worth of water demand, be fortunate enough to have it met by Mother Nature, and have your fellow man waste it all.'
February 9, 2023
Heavy Calif. snowpack hits deepest levels in four decades
A month's worth of storms delivered historically good news for California's water supplies later in the year.
February 2, 2023
Calif.’s storms are gone. Here’s how much water we flushed to the Pacific.
California's water rules flushed ten times amount of Los Angeles’ annual water needs in January.
February 2, 2023