Feds seek water deal; west-side farmers balk The Fresno Bee By Mark Grossi September 8, 2010 The federal government wants to offer west Valley farmers some of the canals, pumps and other facilitie...

Delta talks going on behind closed doors Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher September 7, 2010 After three years of intense talks aimed at solving California's water problems, key people have quiet...

River's flow to ocean sign for San Joaquin rebirth The Fresno Bee By Mark Grossi August 19, 2010 On the Valley's west side near Los Banos, something strange is happening this summer in the San Joa...

Major threats remain to California water supply CAVIN By Greg Lucas August 19, 2010 Late spring storms, a heftier Sierra snowpack, and higher reservoir levels have largely made Californians believ...

Elite science panel wades into Calif. water war NY Times By Colin Sullivan August 2, 2010 Scientists tasked with unraveling one of the nation's most vexing environmental puzzles started their firs...

Previous money unspent as leaders urge new bond The San Francisco Chronicle By Wyatt Buchanan August 1, 2010 As California grapples with chronic and massive debt, state leaders are pushing voters ...

Californians should use less delta water, report says Los Angeles Times By Bettina Boxall July 21, 2010 Californians need to take significantly less water from the state's single largest supply, a...

CCWD begins operating new Delta pumping station Contra Costa Times By Sam Sutton July 20, 2010 With one flip of a giant switch, a project to produce more fresh water in the Delta kicked into gear ...

Water once again flowing in the San Joaquin River KGO News By Ken Miguel July 14, 2010 In California's Central Valley the second longest river in the state has been dry for more than 50 years, its...

Scientists might miss the boat on plans for Delta canal The Stockton Record By Alex Breitler July 14, 2010 A prestigious team of scientists on Tuesday began learning about a plan to build a periph...

Drills to test idea of Delta tunnel Stockton Record By Alex Breitler July 12, 2010 The Delta will be poked and prodded again starting next month, as the state drills hundreds of holes into river b...

South Valley farmers benefit in S.J. River plan Stockton Record By Alex Breitler July 9, 2010 It's been a year for milestones on the San Joaquin River. In September, a jet of water released from...

What's next for the water bond? The Fresno Bee By Dan Walters July 5, 2010 It appears certain that the $11.1 billion water bond, the centerpiece of a historic water policy agreement championed by ...

Water bond to be pulled from November ballot Sacramento Bee By E.J. Schultz June 30, 2010 Faced with potential defeat of one of his top priorities, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Tuesday for de...

Calif increases water allotment after storms The Sacramento Bee June 23, 2010 California officials plan to increase the amount of water they supply to farms and cities after a series of late sprin...

Bill seeks to strike clause from water bond The San Francisco Chronicle By Wyatt Buchanan June 19, 2010 Lawmakers backing November's $11 billion water bond proposition are seeking to strike a prov...

Libby Dam spill test for sturgeon spawning ends The Columbia Basin Bulletin June 18, 2010 The spill test at Libby Dam ended Thursday morning, but it's still unclear whether there was any success i...

San Joaquin Valley water allocation boosted again The Sacramento Bee By Michael Doyle June 15, 2010 Interior Department officials on Monday again boosted their planned irrigation water deliveries ...

Spring rains a shot in the arms for Lake Oroville Chico Enterprise-Record By Barbara Arrigoni June 15, 2010 Nature exceeded human expectations recently with late-spring storms that brought more wa...

Recycled water systems ripple out in Bay Area The San Francisco Chronicle By Kelly Zito June 14, 2010 The "whoosh" of the toilet at the new Rite Aid in north San Rafael sounds like any other. Bu...

Save the Stanislaus River Manteca Bulletin By Jeff Shields and Steve Knell June 13, 2010 Both the South San Joaquin and the Oakdale Irrigation Districts are in a fight for their lives against the ...

This time, will we end the water war? The San Francisco Chronicle By Matt Jenkins June 13, 2010 In the grand Western tradition of fistfights down at the water hole, no fight has quite rivaled the ...

Groups sue for more water over dams for salmon Seattle Times By Phuong Le June 3, 2010 Conservation and fishermen's groups sued the state Department of Ecology on Thursday to get more water to spi...

Extra pumping starts in Delta a day after court ruling The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser May 27, 2010 Cities and farmers quickly started pulling more water from the Delta following a controversial...

Fresno judge lifts delta pumping restrictions The Fresno Bee By John Ellis May. 26, 2010 A federal judge in Fresno on Tuesday temporarily lifted Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta pumping restrictions d...

Innovation will help to meet Central Valley water needs California Farm Bureau Federation By Donald R. Glaser May 26, 2010 The three-year drought has delivered a clear message to the Bureau of Rec...

California Delta faces many issues Fontana Herald News By Alejandro Cano May 20, 2010 It has been said that the water dinosaurs drank millions of years ago is the same water that falls in the form...

Fish passage improvement project on pace Daily News By Tang Lor May 18, 2010 More than a month after dignitaries held a groundbreaking ceremony near the Red Bluff Diversion Dam the dirt has finall...

Feds, PG&E warned about declining salmon runs Central Valley Business Times May 17, 2010 Conservation and fishing groups say Monday that they have notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis...

Voter anger could doom $11 billion water bond Daily Bulletin By Rebecca Kimitch May 16, 2010 Although Rep. Grace Napolitano supports an $11 billion bond intended to remedy the state's water woes, ...

Klamath Basin plan splits up meager water Contra Costa Times By John Driscoll May 7, 2010 Federal officials are giving Klamath River salmon a buffer against potentially deadly low flows this year ...

Final state snow survey of the year shows good outlook Lake County News May 2, 2010 On the heels of late season storms, manual and electronic readings taken during the final snow survey of the yea...

Can California finally solve Delta crisis? Contra Costa Times By Tom Barnidge April 30, 2010 STOP US if you've heard this one before: California has a water problem. Demand keeps growing, supply...

Calif. lawmakers reject hurdle for delta canal Mercury News By Samantha Young April 27, 2010 California lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a bill that would have required the Legislature to approve or ...

Calif. boosts water deliveries to cities, farms The Sacramento Bee April 23, 2010 State water managers are increasing deliveries to California's cities and farms, saying recent storms have boosted...

Lake Shasta just 10 feet from being full Record Searchlight By Dylan Darling April 20, 2010 Another pounding rain in the north state Tuesday pushed Lake Shasta to within 10 feet of full. But th...

Can California fix the Delta before disaster strikes? UC Berkeley News By Sarah Yang April 20, 2010 When visiting Sherman Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, it is easy to forget the...

UC Merced works to refine snowpack measurements The Fresno Bee By Mark Grossi April 18, 2010 Farmers and water officials throughout California wait anxiously each year for forecasts about snowmelt...

Water bond needed to save delta The San Francisco Chronicle By Graham Chisholm, Mike Sweeney April 16, 2010 The abundance of natural beauty and wildlife is stunning in the Sacramento-San Joaquin D...

Central Valley Project increases water allocations Central Valley Business Times April 15, 2010 The federal Central Valley Project will increase water deliveries to its customers, thanks to a wint...

Protect fish to protect fisheries The Columbian By Dan Grogan April 11, 2010 Here in the Northwest, salmon fishermen are used to uncertainty. Climate change, cyclical ocean conditions and low rain...

Valley water agencies await fish ruling The Fresno Bee By John Ellis April 7, 2010 Water agencies representing millions of Californians made a final pitch Wednesday in their effort to derail feder...

Conflicts alleged for 2 on Delta water council The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser April 3, 2010 The new governing body charged with fixing the Delta's many problems is off to a rocky start, with co...

Fishermen try to save Chinook salmon in Delta The San Francisco Chronicle By Carolyn Jones April 2, 2010 Pummeled by two straight years of canceled fishing seasons, enraged salmon fishermen held a...

Delta council faces critics, scrutiny Stockton Record By Alex Breitler April 2, 2010 A new council to oversee the Delta began its first meeting Thursday with no gavel - symbolizing critics' claim ...

Judge to farmers: water restrictions stay KGET News April 1, 2010 A federal judge in Fresno turned down an emergency request by farmers to lift water pumping restrictions in the Delta River. The...

Get a Lode of the spring snow Stockton Record By Dana M. Nichols April 1, 2010 A dusting of spring snow fell as low as 1,500 feet in Calaveras County on Wednesday morning, and more snow showers ar...

Full story of Delta stressors yet to be revealed Fresno Bee March 28, 2010 The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a crucial part of California's complicated and crumbling water system. But instead of...

San Joaquin River's flow extends to Pacific again The Fresno Bee By Mark Grossi March 24, 2010 The San Joaquin River is now flowing from Friant Dam to the Pacific Ocean, reaching the first milesto...

Historic renewal The Stockton Record By The Record March 22, 2010 A river runs through it, at least for a few months. The river, the San Joaquin, is flowing from Friant Dam near Fresno to the De...

Hearings could set new course for Delta Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher March 19, 2010 Hearings beginning today are one of the first steps to be taken under sweeping water reform laws meant to ...

Judge orders review of water pumping limits By Maria Dinezo March 17, 2010 A federal judge in Sacramento sided with California water agencies and contractors in their dispute with the federal gove...

Water bank violated environmental laws The Fresno Bee March 17, 2010 An Alameda County judge has ruled that California water managers violated state environmental laws when they set up a water ban...

Kulongoski declares drought in Klamath Basin OPB News By Chris Lehman March 17, 2010 Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski Wednesday issued a drought declaration for the Klamath Basin. The southern Orego...

Rain boosts Delta water supply allocations Sacramento Business Journal March 16, 2010 Farmers and cities north and south of the Delta will receive more water than previously allocated due to an in...

Changes needed to rules governing delta smelt Mercury News By Laura King Moon March 15, 2010 This winter, on certain days, it would take only two small fish known as delta smelt to show up at Cali...

The war on salmon The San Francisco Chronicle by Cynthia Koehler and Barry Nelson February 14, 2010 California is at war with its native salmon. Historically, hundreds of thousands - some estimate...

Delta oversight panel already being undermined Stockton Record By Alex Breitler March 10, 2010 Appointments to a new council overseeing the Delta are coming "very, very soon," the Schwarzenegger ...

Another water project could divide the state The Los Angeles Times By Bettina Boxall March 9, 2010 Reporting from Orange Cove, Calif. - Harvey Bailey was 11 when Friant Dam started spitting the Sa...

One wet year does not a drought-buster make Tracy Press By Jon Mendelson March 6, 2010 With storms sweeping through Northern California every few days, there's a question on water-watchers' lips: ...

NOAA proposes fish passage operations shift The Columbia Basin Bulletin March 5, 2010 NOAA Fisheries Service says that in low-flow years, such as 2010 is almost certain to be, a shutting off of sp...

Klamath water deal aces first big test OBP News By Rob Manning March 4, 2010 Farmers and environmentalists signed a deal just weeks ago to manage the Klamath basin's water. Now the agreement face...

So far, snow good The San Francisco Chronicle By Peter Fimrite March 4, 2010 Californians are experiencing a unique kind of drought - one in which there appears to be plenty of water to squirt aro...

Water allocations bring frustration as reservoirs rise California Farm Bureau Federation By Kate Campbell March 3, 2010 The much anticipated water allocation announcements from federal and state w...

Scarce water has local farmers squaring off The Modesto Bee By John Holland March 2, 2010 Northwest of Manteca, where salmon struggle to survive in the San Joaquin River, farmers face challenges o...

Delta residents told to ready for water war Central Valley Business Times March 2, 2010 Residents of the Discovery Bay area of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta were warned Monday night that powerf...

Central Valley Project increases water allocations Central Valley Business Times February 26, 2010 The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says it plans to deliver 30 percent of water allocations for agric...

Quick action by new Delta group The Stockton Record By Alex Breitler February 26, 2010 A leaner, locally leaning Delta Protection Commission made its debut Thursday night by refusing a request by...

Water package for San Joaquin Valley to be unvailed The Sacramento Bee By Michael Doyle and Mark Grossi February 26, 2010 The Obama administration is expected today to unveil an ambitious-soundin...

Despite predictions, state farm jobs aren't disappearing The Los Angeles Times By Bettina Boxall February 22, 2010 When California Sen. Dianne Feinstein drafted legislation that would weaken endan...

Feinstein water transfer bill would hurt salmon The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser February 21, 2010 Sen. Dianne Feinstein has proposed legislation to make it easier to transfer water to San Joaqui...

Delta water compromise will save jobs The Sacromento Bee By Dianne Feinstein February 20, 2010 Re "Feinstein's play threatens to roil the water world" (Editorial, Feb. 14): Given the magnitude of ...

Klamath dam pacts signed in Oregon Capitol The Times-Standard By John Driscoll February 19, 2010 Agreements to tear out four dams on the Klamath River and rebuild its storied salmon fisheries were...

Rev 'em up: With delta smelt moved, pumps are a go Los Angeles Times February 18, 2010 The delta smelt have moved, allowing water managers to turn up -- at least for now -- the federal pumps that ...

Feinstein's play threatens to roil the water world The Sacramento Bee February 14, 2010 In her long and mostly distinguished career, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has championed many environmental ca...

Tunnel emerges as favored way to deliver water The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser February 11, 2010 A giant tunnel now is the primary concept for delivering water from the Sacramento River to the ...

Ecologists say unrestricted pumping will harm fish Mercury News February 8, 2010 Environmentalists say a federal judge's order to temporarily allow unrestricted pumping in the Sacramento-San Joaqu...

Water commission wary of Delta plan Chico Enterprise-Record By Heather Hacking February 8, 2010 A conservation plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, including plans for a system of tunnels an...

Testing waters for salmon in San Joaquin River The San Francisco Chronicle By Peter Fimrite February 7, 2010 Water has begun flowing down 64 barren miles of the San Joaquin River in what is being ...

San Joaquin River water releases resume KFSN News By Dale Young February 1, 2010 Efforts to restore the San Joaquin River resumed Monday with water releases from Friant Dam. The roar was impress...

Wine grape watering clashes with salmon protection The San Francisco Chronicle By Jason Dearen January 29, 2010 In this cool, fertile wine growing county in Northern California, grape growers are ...

Steady flow of conflicting views marks Delta debate Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser January 27, 2010 It's even more vexing if you're trying to figure out how the Delta environment works. A federa...

National science panel convenes on Calif. delta San Francisco Chronicle By Samantha Young January 24, 2010 An expert in California's delta told a panel of the National Academies of Sciences on Sun...

Storms bring water year up to average Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher January 22, 2010 After a week of pounding storms, the state's major reservoirs are filling up fast, but they remain far be...

Global warming will require changes at Northwest dams The Oregonian By Matthew Preusch January 22, 2010 Northwest dam managers will need to start filling the region's reservoirs earlier in the spr...

Storms boost California snowpack The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser January 21, 2010 A week of powerful El Niño storms has boosted California's snowpack nearly back to normal for this time of year...

Water briefing provides little encouragement California Farm Bureau Federation By Kate Campbell January 20, 2010 Hope was in shorter supply than water at a briefing on the state's water supply sit...

As climate warms, what will our rivers do? Seattle PI By Fiona Cohen January 18, 2010 A team of University of Washington researchers is finishing the most detailed yet report what is likely to hap...

Group wants Hetch Hetchy on SF ballot The Union Democrat By Mike Morris January 13, 2010 Advocates of removing O'Shaughnessy Dam and restoring the Hetch Hetchy Valley are now focusing their effort...

Delta landowners fired up over water KCRA News January 8, 2010 Landowners in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta are telling California "no trespassing" on their land and are refusing to allow ...

Bottleneck at Delta must be opened The Sun By Jeff Kightlinger December 26, 2009 Heading into 2010, one thing is certain about the water situation for the Inland Valley and all of Southern Califor...

Federal plan to ease water crisis in California Bay-Delta Environment News Service December 22, 2009 To address the water crisis in California, the Obama administration today released a coordinate...

National Academy of Sciences studying Delta The Stockton Record December 18, 2009 The National Academy of Sciences - a kind of "Supreme Court" for scientists - said Thursday it has started a two-y...

Pumping depletes Central Valley water, data show The San Francisco Chronicle By Kelly Zito December 15, 2009 Drought, curtailed water exports from the delta and overzealous well pumping during the...

Calif. eyes $10.6 billion cost for water tunnel San Jose Mercury News December 3, 2009 Calif.-State water officials said Thursday it could cost $10.6 billion to send water to Southern California t...

California braces for fourth year of drought Contra Costa Times By Mike Taugher December 1, 2009 State water officials offered up their bleakest annual water supply prediction ever Tuesday in what...

MID sees bass as problem, not water The Modesto Bee By John Holland November 29, 2009 Every spring, some of the water that might have gone to farms instead flows down the Tuolumne River to help yo...

Delta residents vow to plug Delta damming plans Central Valley Business Times November 24, 2009 That giant sucking sound just might be Los Angeles water interests trying for a massive water grab f...

San Joaquin River flows stop below Mendota Dam The Fresno Bee By Mark Grossi November 21, 2009 The first revival flows of the San Joaquin River have stopped about 30 miles downstream of Mendota Da...

Water package lacks clout to reverse Delta's decline The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser November 15, 2009 The momentous reform of California's water system signed into law last week is largely too...