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Group of valley water users files appeal against proposed new dam

August 15, 2023

• by Lois Henry

A group of water users on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley is continuing its unlikely quest to stop a proposed new dam on the west side of the valley. Back in Oct. 2022, a Stanislaus County Superior Court judge dismissed a host of environmental challenges against the project as well as concerns…

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Question of water rights looms over controversial proposed new dam

November 21, 2022

• by Jesse Vad, SJV Water

A controversial proposed dam seems to have a new pathway forward. But how far will it get through California’s byzantine world of water rights? Nobody seems to agree on an answer. The Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir is a joint project between the Del Puerto Water District and the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractor Authority on…

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Proposed Central Valley dam likely to move forward after judge’s ruling

November 5, 2022

• by Jesse Vad and Rose Horowitch, SJV Water

Both sides of a controversial proposed Central Valley dam hailed a Nov. 3 court ruling kicking back the project’s environmental documents as a success. A Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge ruled there was insufficient information about a road relocation that is part of the proposed Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir project, which would sit just above…

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Group of valley water users files appeal against proposed new dam

Question of water rights looms over controversial proposed new dam

Proposed Central Valley dam likely to move forward after judge’s ruling

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