January 11, 2012 News Links

Aquafornia.com
Vacaville Reporter
Senator Wolk's SB200 Levee Reimbursement plan extended in legislation (NDWA Sponsored)
http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_19718300

While Huber's bill failed to pass in committee, this time there was a 7-5 vote.  This was improvement as the last time the bill failed to receive a 'second'!  (sometimes positive progress is in the eye of the beholder)
http://aquafornia.com/archives/60094

AgAlert.com
Dry start to winter means early start of crop irrigation
http://agalert.com/story/?id=3720

Several links regarding dry January
http://aquafornia.com/archives/60083

Time Magazine
The Year That Winter Forgot
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2104040,00.html?xid=gonewsedit

NRDC Tina Swanson
When science is lost in translation
Good comments
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/tswanson/when_science_is_lost_in_transl.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+switchboard_all+%28Switchboard%3A+Blogs+from+NRDC%27s+Environmental+Experts%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

California Water Blog (Jeff Lund et al)
Whither the Delta Economy
http://californiawaterblog.com/2012/01/10/whither-the-delta-economy/

KQED's
A Few May Lose Big as Delta Changes: How to Contain the Cost
This piece is disturbing...many misstatements
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2012/01/11/a-few-may-lose-big-as-delta-changes-how-to-contain-the-cost/

Valley Economy
The Scenario Modeled in the New PPIC Delta Report Doesn't Look Anything Like the BDCP or Delta Plan
http://valleyecon.blogspot.com/2012/01/scenario-modeled-in-new-ppic-delta.html

AgAlert.com
Farmers can convert a water crisis into an opportunity
http://agalert.com/story/?id=3717

Delta Conservancy seeks Public Input to develop strategic plan
Conservancy wants to know what the Delta residents/people want/need from the Conservancy
http://aquafornia.com/archives/60054

Appeal-Democrat
6 North State counties seek water plan
Shasta, Colusa, Tehema, Glenn, Butte and Sutter
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/water-112881-management-plan.html

Monterey Herald
Monterey Peninsula cities to decide on forming joint water authority
http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_19718390

Modesto Bee
Turlock Irrigation District agrees to early water
http://www.modbee.com/2012/01/10/2019891/turlock-tid-agrees-to-early-water.html

Modesto Bee
MID keeps alive proposal to sell water to SF
http://www.modbee.com/2012/01/10/2019807/modesto-mid-keeps-alive-proposal.html

Press Enterprise
Metropolitan Water District sets hearings for proposed rate increase
http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20120110-water-wholesaler-sets-hearing-for-proposed-rate-increase.ece

Imperial Valley Press
Imperial Irrigation District looks at new Salton Sea environmental mitigation plan
http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-news-imperial-irrigation-district-looks-at-new-salton-sea-environmental-mitigation-plan-20120111,0,2495688.story
Earthzine.com
New Atlas Maps Renewable Energy
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/10/falsehoods-abound-in-case-of-california-high-speed-rail/

Inkstain Blog John Fleck
Dust and North American Mega-drought
http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/2012/01/dust-and-north-american-megadrought/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JfleckAtInkstain+%28jfleck+at+inkstain%29

ACWA
Value of Water Headlines Latest Issue of 'Water for Tomorrow' Magazine
http://www.acwa.com/news/communications-committee/value-water-headlines-latest-issue-water-tomorrow-magazine

Bills on Water Bond Reduction, Peripheral Canal Fail in Committee
http://www.acwa.com/news/state-legislation/bills-water-bond-reduction-peripheral-canal-fail-assembly-committee

Central Valley Hydrologic Model Workshop offered
http://www.acwa.com/news/groundwater/central-valley-hydrologic-model-workshop-offered

Report Points to Water Reuse as Significant Source of Future Supplies
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/report-points-water-reuse-significant-source-future-water-supplies

High Speed Rail
CalWatchDog.com
A Stake Through the Heart of HSR
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/01/11/a-stake-through-the-heart-of-rail/

The Foundry Blog
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/01/10/falsehoods-abound-in-case-of-california-high-speed-rail/

Sacramento Business Journal
Feinstein's letter to Brown
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2012/01/10/feinstein-brown-federal-rail-funds.html

Alex Breitler Blog
http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2012/01/10/notebook-dump-2/?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

Farm Water News
http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/01/news-articles-and-links-from-jan-11.html

Environmental Research Web via The Guardian
Leaked Document reveals Rio+20 Sustainable Development Goals
http://www.acwa.com/news/water-news/report-points-water-reuse-significant-source-future-water-supplies

Sac Business Journal
City Approves Public-Private Deal for 1-5 Interchange Deal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/michael-shaw/2012/01/sacramento-public-private-i-5-interchang.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sacramento+%28Sacramento+Business+Journal%29

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