Wednesday, June 19, 2013

June 18, 2013 Delta Water and News Links


Delta Related and Water News
Jerry Cadagan's Water Clips

Hey all you Facebook types -- please go to this site, which is part of the effort to help educate our neighbors down south about the problems with the Tunnels, and give it a like, a share and a love -

here is the CV Business Times story about the suit by CSPA, C-WIN,  RTD, CBD, and FOR against the Delta Stewardship Council over the Delta Plan; the full suit is linked -

and here is Sacto TV Channel 3 coverage of the litigation featuring FOR's Bob Wright -

Matt Weiser at the SacBee is keeping a scorecard on the number of suits filed in connection with the DSC's Delta Plan -

and here's Matt's follow up story (at least we think it's different) -

and Gosia Wozniacka of AP wrote this summary of the suits -

and the DSC stopped ducking just long enough to issue this statement about all the suits -

Capital Public Radio covers the suits -

Alex Breitler says we're up to 7 suits on the Delta Plan -

SF Appeal could only count 6; note here that Mike Jackson predicts all the suits will be consolidated into a single case in one of the courts they are currently filed in -

the San Joaquin County Advisory Water Commision will be discussing the Tunnels tomorrow at 1pm -

Jay Lund talks about the difficult problem of subsidence in the Delta -

Garamendi and LaMalfa urge faster progress in levee improvements -

in  this opinion piece in the Sonoma News John McManus explains why the ESA is important and points out the salmon fishing is a billion dollar business -

Orange County continues to lead the way in high tech potable reuse water recycling (are ya' listening SF?) -

US EPA is about to dole out some $5 million in grant funds for SF Bay water quality improvement projects -

this item in the San Luis Obispo paper points out the embarrassing truth that California and Texas have one thing in common-- a refusal to manage groundwater -

NPR tries to cover US water law in a couple of paragraphs, but does focus on the problems in the Klamath Basin -

and Klamath ranchers fight back over water shutdowns -

while the tribes continue to squabble over KBRA -

the Paso Robles paper is running a 5 part series on the impact the burgeoning winery business is having on groundwater; here's Part 3 with links to 1 and 2 -

Tuesday Twofer Pubs
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2013/06/tuesday-twofer-pubs-1-governance-usa-freshwater-management-2-the-law-policy-of-hydrofracking.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

McNerney Statement
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2013/06/18/mcnerney-statement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+san-joaquin-river-delta+%28Alex+Breitler%27s+San+Joaquin+Delta%2C+Delta+College+Blog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Maven's Notebook
http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/06/18/blog-round-up-reusing-tunnel-muck-changing-bdcp-baselines-north-south-water-wars-headwater-health-endangered-water-reporters-gods-bathtub-and-more/

http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/06/18/delta-vision-foundation-issues-2013-report-card-tunnel-vision-not-enough/

Double Whammy - How the USBR Can Help the West Adapt to Drought and Climate Change
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2013/06/paper-the-double-whammy-how-the-usbr-can-help-the-west-adapt-to-drought-climate-change.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fwaterwired+%28WaterWired%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Delta Related Private/Public Propaganda News
Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2013/06/news-articles-and-links-from-june-18.html

Land Use/Sustainable Development
Hijacking the Heartland

http://www.newswithviews.com/Hannes/doreen119.htm
(Has anyone heard about this?  I hadn't until this article.  That is disturbing, more behind-closed-doors shenanigans from the feds.  THIS is another example of why a National Heritage Area designation subjugating the Delta to more whims of the federal government and the Secretary of Interior in particular.)

Constitutional/2nd Amendment News

Agriculture/Science News
Avenge Tesla, Elite Truth Warriors Only

http://jinnwe.com/quest.php?id=1259

Teens' Science Experiment on Wi-Fi Dangers Prompts Praise, Concerns
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/13808/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thecollegefixfeed+%28The+College+Fix%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Levee/Infrastructure News

Fisheries/Wildlife/Habitat News


Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/28/5298444/bay-delta-conservation-plan-documents.html#storylink=cpyEnvironmental News
Economic/Tourism News
McDowell Estates' Delta Grown
http://www.mcdowellestate.com/McDowell_Estate_files/Tour%20Guide%20page%201%262-1.pdf

High Speed Rail/BDCP Conveyance News

National Political News  
A Republic in Danger
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/55970#When:11:00:36Z

Watch Your Cash: New BAIL-IN Rules Will Force "Failed Bank Losses" on Investors
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo159.html

California Political News
Showdown over PG&E Penalties for San Bruno Explosion
http://www.calitics.com/diary/15085/showdown-over-pge-penalties-for-san-bruno-explosion

Litigation News
The PDF Link to the suit filed by LAND, et al
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/files/2013/06/DeltaPlanPetition06.16.13FINAL.pdf

Tribal News

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Written Comment Opportunities

  
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