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	<title>Aquafornia &#187; San Joaquin Valley</title>
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		<title>Congressman Costa announces $6.8M for Valley water projects</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61551</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From The Business Journal: &#8220;Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced today that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has approved $6.8 million in funding for Central Valley water projects. The Madera Water Bank project alone will receive $1.5 million to further construction of the underground water storage initiative expected to store up to 250,000 acre-feet of groundwater. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lanare raises enough for an election</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61499</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee News Blog: &#8220;The Fresno County town of Lanare last weekend raised enough money to hold an election for its community service district board and keep hope alive for healthy drinking water. The district must hold the election to continue being recognized by the state, which has funding for drinking water fixes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delta National Park blog: Obama&#8217;s Westlands Solar District opportunity</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61456</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61456#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Delta National Park blog: &#8220;The Fresno Bee’s Mark Grossi reports that Westlands Water District is suing the feds for not providing drainage services for 600,000 acres of salt-laden lands. Why wouldn’t they sue? I have blogged about this issue here and here. Respectively, these posts address 1/ the dubious success of a pilot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Westlands Water District suing feds for $1 billion</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61301</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Westlands Water District is suing the federal government for $1 billion, claiming the Interior Department failed to deliver a court-ordered cleanup of salty irrigation drainage. About a dozen years after an appellate court upheld the cleanup order, bad water trapped below the ground surface still slowly poisons west Valley farmland. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merced Irrigation District has wells ready amid record dry winter</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61172</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61172#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Merced Sun-Star: &#8220;While a handful of regional water districts have approved early irrigation seasons, the Merced Irrigation District Board continues to rely on groundwater pumping to help farmers through the dry winter months. Not all irrigation districts have the luxury of pumping large amounts of groundwater, said Hicham Eltal, Merced Irrigation District&#8217;s deputy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valley farmers may have cure for poisoned cropland; Cactus is helping eliminate selenium and other soil contaminants</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61046</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;The prickly pear cactus may not sound like a trendy cash crop, but it could become a phenomenon among farmers on the arid west side of the San Joaquin Valley. The cactus can grow in the west-side&#8217;s salty soils, drink briny water and live just fine in very dry times. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lanare holds dinner-dance to raise money for an election just to stay in hunt for state water funding</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60967</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60967#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee News Blog: &#8220;I don&#8217;t often mention fundraisers, let alone dinner-dances in rural towns around the San Joaquin Valley. But stay with me on this one for a minute. The Fresno County community of Lanare is holding a dinner-dance fundraiser on Feb. 4 because it needs money to pay for the election [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Efforts to bring clean water to Tulare County</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60850</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60850#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drinking Water & Bottled Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From KFSN: &#8220;The effort to bring healthy water to Valley towns moved forward Wednesday after federal officials heard directly from residents about the ongoing problem. Members of the Environmental Protection Agency toured parts of the Valley, in hopes of getting a closer look at just how bad people&#8217;s drinking water is. The water coming out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty rain basins remain in southern San Joaquin Valley</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60847</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From KFSN: &#8220;This year&#8217;s rainfall is a stark contrast from last year&#8217;s totals. Farmers will need at least a half-dozen more storms like this last one to get through this winter without having to irrigate. At the Tulare Irrigation District, officials are closely monitoring this year&#8217;s rainfalls. Water recharge basins at the Tulare Irrigation District [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Joaquin Valley: After giving crops a midwinter drink, canals to empty once more</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60794</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Modesto Bee: &#8220;Irrigation canals will start to shut down this week after temporarily providing critical relief because of this winter&#8217;s late-arriving rain. Water deliveries will end Thursday in the South San Joaquin Irrigation District, which had started them Jan. 15. The Modesto Irrigation District plans to supply water through Friday, ending a 2½-week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal article: Modifying agricultural water management to adapt to climate change in California&#8217;s Central Valley</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60615</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60615#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate change & water supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockholm Environmental Institute: &#8220;Climate change impacts and potential adaptation strategies were assessed using an application of the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system developed for the Sacramento River basin and Delta export region of the San Joaquin Valley. The authors applied the model to evaluate the hydrologic implications of 12 climate change scenarios [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kettleman City water project gains momentum</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60457</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60457#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Hanford Sentinel: &#8220;Safe drinking water may finally arrive in Kettleman City, but it will be a few years yet before people can start enjoying the water right out of the tap, according to officials close to the project. State officials are expected to approve $8 million in funding for the project this spring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KMTG Natural Resources Blog: Central Valley Flood Protection Board receives public draft 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60426</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60426#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flood Control/Stormwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the KMTG Natural Resources Blog: &#8220;On December 30, 2011, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board (Board) received the Public Draft 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP) and the December 2011 Flood Control System Status Report (FCSSR) from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). Links to the draft plan and associated documents may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New tool for cleaning up soils and waterways in the San Joaquin Valley: Prickly Pear</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60408</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60408#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the USDA Agricultural Research Service: &#8220;A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has discovered what may be an effective tool for cleaning up soils and waterways in parts of California&#8217;s San Joaquin Valley: a drought-tolerant cactus. Ancient seas once covered the west side of the valley, and those seas left behind marine sediments, shale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation tillage jumps in Central Valley</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60406</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60406#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Central Valley Business Times: &#8220;Central Valley farmers, especially those in the San Joaquin portion of the Valley, are switching to conservation tillage at a furious pace an annual survey of farmers finds. The increase is good news for the Central Valley, as the region continues to struggle with a sluggish economy and some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kettleman City learns small town water upgrades take time</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60403</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60403#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Where do you start if you&#8217;re a small town trying to clean up tainted drinking water? For Kettleman City, it took an order from the state. That&#8217;s part of rural life in the San Joaquin Valley. Dozens of farm- worker com- munities live with tap water that is considered unsafe and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kettleman City set to receive water funds</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60274</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60274#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Kettleman City is poised to get $8 million from the state to eliminate tainted drinking water problems that have stalled new businesses and added to a shroud of health worries there. People in the Kings County town of 1,400 have been concerned about the water, air and soil for two decades. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visalia seeks to remove 600 walnut trees</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60118</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60118#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Visalia Times-Delta: &#8220;Walnuts are out. Pecans are in. With 600 acres of aging walnut trees starting to die off, the city of Visalia is looking to remove and replace the existing crop with a healthy new one. But patience is a virtue and the city is willing to wait until 2019, when a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turlock Irrigation District agrees to early water release for farmers starting Jan. 19</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60033</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Modesto Bee: &#8220;Farmers in the Turlock Irrigation District will get rare winter deliveries thanks to a board vote this morning. Directors approved refilling the canals to deal with the severe lack of rain so far this season. Deliveries will start Jan. 19 and likely last about 10 days, depending on the weather. Farmers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modesto Irrigation District keeps alive proposal to sell water to San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60031</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60031#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Modesto Bee: &#8220;The idea of selling water to San Francisco stayed alive Tuesday at the Modesto Irrigation District board meeting, despite protests from people who want to keep it for farming or fish. Directors voted 4-1 to have district staff complete negotiations on an initial sale of about 2,200 acre-feet of Tuolumne River [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lodi: Water plant hitting projected marks</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59948</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockton Record: &#8220;A 29-foot-high water tank, a basin plenty big enough to comfortably house Shamu, is now a landmark on a 12-acre parcel of land west of Lodi Lake. The tank is the centerpiece of Lodi&#8217;s latest public works project, a $37 million surface water treatment plant that will help deliver drinking water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modesto Irrigation District not ready yet for vote on sale of Tuolumne River water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59912</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Modesto Bee: &#8220;The Modesto Irrigation District is approaching a critical juncture in its history with a decision on whether to sell Tuolumne River water to the city and county of San Francisco on an ongoing basis. For many decades, the response to that suggestion has always been a firm and flat &#8220;no.&#8221; In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dry conditions prompting worries: Kings County drought resolution could be brought back</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59857</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Hanford Sentinel: &#8220;Kings County may be headed for another drought, county officials said Tuesday, prompting them to consider an official declaration. The driest December on record, tied with 1989&#8242;s rainfall, has prompted county supervisors to consider bringing back a drought declaration suspended last year because of two wet winters in a row. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modesto Irrigation District water sale might advance next week</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59777</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Modesto Bee: &#8220;The board of the Modesto Irrigation District could take steps next week toward selling water to San Francisco. The board Tuesday will consider directing the MID staff to continue negotiations with the city on an initial sale of up to 2,200 acre-feet from the Tuolumne River, spokeswoman Melissa Williams said Thursday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation group sues Fresno companies over industrial runoff</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59701</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flood Control/Stormwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;A Stockton-based conservation group that has sued dozens of businesses for allegedly polluting the state&#8217;s rivers is now targeting two Fresno companies, saying they illegally sent tainted water into the city&#8217;s storm-drain system. The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance says in separate federal lawsuits filed last week that the water released by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merced-area&#8217;s farmers not panicking yet over dry winter</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59697</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Merced Sun-Star: &#8220;A dry start to the winter season has many California growers concerned, but Merced County farmers may have reason to remain optimistic. Fear of another drought remains real, but many think it&#8217;s not quite time to panic. &#8220;The one thing that makes our situation better than, say, Fresno County, is our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Valley farmers to get early water delivery</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59695</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Modesto Bee: &#8220;Farmers starved for rain this winter soon will get water from canals that usually shut down for the season. The Modesto and Turlock irrigation districts are preparing to refill their canals with Tuolumne River water and deliver it to farmers for perhaps two weeks. The water will help dairy farmers grow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research paper: Groundwater storage estimates in the Central Valley aquifer using GRACE data</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59598</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Groundwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From EarthZine: &#8220;The role of the NASA Applied Sciences DEVELOP student internship program is to use NASA satellite missions to explore Earth-based research questions in collaboration with state and federal agencies. One recent project focused on the use of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), to estimate changes in groundwater storage in the Central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Luis Wildlife Refuge cashing in on tourism</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59523</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife & Endangered Species]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Merced Sun-Star: &#8220;The U.S. Fish and Wildlife opened a 16,000-square-foot visitor center and office in 2011, and it&#8217;s expected to double tourism dollars to the Los Banos area. The San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex Headquarters and Visitors Center, built with $9.8 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money secured in 2009, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect blend? Santa Nella looks for right mix of well, surface water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59488</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Westside Connect: &#8220;Increased production from a refurbished well has some members of the Santa Nella County Water District Board of Directors questioning whether too much ground water is being blended with imported surface water and degrading quality as a result. The issue came to the forefront at the December board meeting when directors were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Livingston gets rid of water rate consultant</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59443</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Merced Sun-Star: &#8220;The city&#8217;s most recent water rate study had a hiccup recently, as officials decided to fire the consultant on the project because of poor performance. However, a consultant at the company said performance wasn&#8217;t the issue &#8212; the city parted ways with his organization because of mere politics. City officials have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westlands moves closer to water transfer</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59252</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Business Journal: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation has determined that an environmental impact statement is not required for the approval of the partial assignment of 4,000 acre-feet of Oro Loma Water District’s Central Valley Project water service contract to Westlands Water District. The draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modesto Irrigation District board could discuss San Francisco water sale Jan. 10</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59250</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Modesto Bee: &#8220;The Modesto Irrigation District board has tentatively set a Jan. 10 discussion on proposed water sales to San Francisco. It would be the first time that the full board discusses the sales, which would involve Tuolumne River water that the MID plans to free up thanks to conservation projects on its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merced: Environmental cleanup effort running into delays</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59148</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Merced Sun-Star: &#8220;The long-awaited environmental cleanup of the Merced County Public Works Yard in South Merced has gotten off to a slow start &#8212; and some residents say that&#8217;s putting it mildly. Last February, the county started cleaning up gasoline and diesel fuel that had leaked from several underground storage tanks 25 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tule River: Flume ready to carry water again</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59146</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Porterville Recorder: &#8220;Within the next two weeks water will once again be flowing in the flume above Springville. It will be the first time in more than two years the 15-mile water conveyance system will contain water. Workers are putting the finishing touches on repairing more than 3,000 feet of the flume that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shaver Lake&#8217;s history exposed as water disappears; New look reveals long-forgotten tools from years past</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59041</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Hey, what happened to all the water? Instead of a lake here, there&#8217;s just an empty brown expanse littered with boulders, tree stumps and logs. But take a closer look, preferably with binoculars or a spotting scope. What you&#8217;re seeing is Fresno County history, much of it exposed to sunlight for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early rainfall totals concern Turlock Irrigation District</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58806</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Turlock Journal: &#8220;It has been a slow start to the Northern California rainy season. The low rainfall totals have Turlock Irrigation District officials mildly worried — and there is little to no chance of rain in the next week. Other than trace amounts on Monday, there has not been any rainfall since Nov. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valley Economy blog: Westlands has lowest fallowing in a decade in 2011 while Mendota sets unemployment record (according to CA EDD)</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58765</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Valley Economy blog: &#8220;Thanks to this year&#8217;s abundant precipitation, Westlands&#8217; 2011 crop report shows harvested acres increased by 139,000 acres compared to 2009 (and about 70,000 acres higher than 2010). This is the highest level of harvested acres reported by Westlands Water District since 2000. Cotton increased by more than 70,000 acres with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresno Bee News Blog: Frustrated farmer bans feds from crossing his land</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58533</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin River Restoration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee News Blog: &#8220;A frustrated riverside farmer this week announced he would no longer cooperate with federal officials in the restoration of the San Joaquin. He&#8217;s not letting them pass through his west Valley property anymore to work on the river. That could be a bad sign for the river restoration. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Luis wildlife complex opens a visitor center</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;The patch Jack Sparks and his co-workers at the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex wear on the left shoulder of their work uniforms is a constant source of confusion. &#8220;Everyone thinks we work for Fish and Game, even when they look at my patch,&#8221; Sparks said. &#8220;And when I tell [...]]]></description>
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