On February 12, 2013, agency officials held a press conference to announce that mandatory restrictions put in place to protect Delta smelt had reduced water deliveries from the Delta by 700,000 acre-feet since November 1, which they say is enough...
The UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences is hosting the California Water Policy Seminar Series, bringing in a wide variety of speakers over the upcoming months to speak on current water topics. On January 14, Professor Jay Lund spoke about the...
There wasn’t much love shown for the Delta Plan and its proposed regulations at last week’s Delta Stewardship Council hearing to take public comment on the proposed rulemaking package. “I wanted to ask you to call on any speakers that...
In a letter sent last month to Natural Resources Secretary John Laird and State Water Board Chairman Charles Hoppin, Northern California water agencies expressed their concern of what the impact of changes in flow standards for the Delta along with a...
The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is required by law to establish flow and water quality objectives that ensure the reasonable protection of beneficial uses. With the revision of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan underway, and even...
