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20-mile replacement canal is preferred fix for the sagging Friant-Kern Canal

September 19, 2020

• by Lois Henry

A rapid-fire review of potential fixes to the Friant-Kern Canal favors building a replacement canal for 20 miles alongside the existing canal where land subsidence has caused it to sag, severely restricting water flow, according to final environmental documents released Friday. The environmental documents, which looked at the project under both state and federal environmental…

Drinking Water • Groundwater • Water Banking

Tainted valley groundwater could stymie banking deals

September 3, 2020

• by Lois Henry

The big kahuna of California water — Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — has stopped taking supplies from one Kern County groundwater bank because the water is heavily tainted with a cancer-causing agent that is pervasive in Central Valley’s aquifers. While only one banking program has been affected so far, the emergence of this…

Federal System • Friant-Kern Canal • Water Banking

California to Friant-Kern Canal: “No $ for you!”

August 24, 2020

• by Lois Henry

Any hope that California might kick in money to fix the sagging Friant-Kern Canal was killed Thursday when a bill that would have provided $400 million toward the effort was stripped of all funding. The bill, SB 559 by State Sen. Melissa Hurtado, D-Sanger, had been stuck in the suspense file (a kind of legislative…

Federal System

Could “angel investors” buy a piece of the Friant-Kern Canal?

July 18, 2020

• by Lois Henry

An investor funding proposal that could substantially increase the Friant-Kern Canal’s historic flow capacity is gaining interest among the Friant Water Authority’s member districts. In theory, that investor money could bump the amount of water that has historically flowed down the canal on the Central Valley’s eastern flank by up to 800 cubic feet per…

Federal System • Groundwater

Plans to fix the Friant-Kern Canal moving fast. Funding — not so fast.

June 19, 2020

• by Lois Henry

Planning to fix the Friant-Kern Canal is moving at a lightning clip even as funding to put those plans into action lags. The massive project went from its initial notice on Dec. 3, 2019, to release of the draft environmental impact statement on May 8, 2020 — just five months. Comments on the draft environmental…

Groundwater • Uncategorized

Friant-Kern Canal is getting a lot of bipartisan love – but no money so far

February 6, 2020

• by Lois Henry

Politicians of all persuasions have jumped in to fix the Friant-Kern Canal “sag,” which has severely reduced the canal’s ability to carry a full load of water in recent years. Congressman TJ Cox (D-Fresno) introduced H.R. 5316 on Friday. It would provide $200 million to fix the canal, which brings water 152 miles from Millerton…

Groundwater • State System • Uncategorized

Extreme ag pumping threatens California’s main water artery

February 6, 2020

• by Lois Henry

Heavy groundwater pumping to sustain a massive increase in orchards and vineyards in the San Joaquin Valley has brought the state’s main water artery to the brink of permanent damage, according to report released by the Department of Water Resources Dec. 31. If groundwater pumping near the California Aqueduct continues at current levels through the…

Uncategorized

Triple sunset

February 5, 2020

• by Lois Henry

NEWS

20-mile replacement canal is preferred fix for the sagging Friant-Kern Canal

Tainted valley groundwater could stymie banking deals

California to Friant-Kern Canal: “No $ for you!”

Could “angel investors” buy a piece of the Friant-Kern Canal?

Plans to fix the Friant-Kern Canal moving fast. Funding — not so fast.

Friant-Kern Canal is getting a lot of bipartisan love – but no money so far

Extreme ag pumping threatens California’s main water artery

Triple sunset

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