Corps’ engineers climb, inspect New Hogan Dam
Posted by: Maven on April 18, 2012 at 7:37 amFrom the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
“Suspended by ropes 150 feet in the air, Chris Abela, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, slowly lowers himself along a large flood gate at the Corps’ New Hogan Dam, near Valley Springs April 10.
Abela is a member of a special climb team that inspects hard-to-reach places on dams and other concrete and steel structures. The team inspected the New Hogan Dam tainter gates, a type of floodgate used to control water flow. … “
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Merced Irrigation District OKs out-of-district water sales; Dozen farmers receive good news in dry year
Posted by: Maven on April 18, 2012 at 7:34 amFrom the Merced Sun-Star:
“In a year when growers are finding water resources scarce, a handful of local farmers received a bit of long-awaited good news.
On Tuesday, the Merced Irrigation District board unanimously approved a water sale to a dozen sphere-of-influence growers — farmers who can hook up to district water canals but are not part of the MID. Will Hunter abstained from the vote based on a possible conflict of interest.
Over recent years, these out-of-district growers have formed a group to negotiate water transfers in dry years. … “
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Enjoy the barren, bountiful drive up I-5
Posted by: Maven on April 17, 2012 at 8:27 amFrom the Sacramento Bee:
“Coming down off the Grapevine, negotiating the curves as skillfully as a stock-car driver, you get momentary glimpses of the Valley floor. Then, just past the runaway truck ramp, the hills part and the view widens. Spread out in front of you is a vast expanse of Interstate 5, miles of shimmering road heading off to the horizon.
A depressing sight.
A beautiful sight.
It’s a matter of perspective, of course. … “
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Stockton: ‘State of our Rivers’ event set
Posted by: Maven on April 17, 2012 at 8:11 amFrom the Stockton Record:
“At a symposium on Stockton-area rivers last spring, attendants were asked to fill out “river report cards” grading the quality of each stream.
It quickly became apparent that the grades they awarded had a great deal to do with their individual stake in the matter – whether they were environmentalists or fishermen or water district officials.
The “State of Our Rivers” symposium will be held again Thursday, but this time there will be no report cards. Instead, organizers hope to emphasize the possible partnerships and collaborations that could improve these rivers for everyone. … “
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Atwater struggles with water, sanitation funds
Posted by: Maven on April 17, 2012 at 8:02 amFrom the Merced Sun-Star:
“It’s been 20 years since the city raised its water rates, and with the water enterprise fund running at a significant deficit, some city officials think it’s time to tackle the issue.
Similarly, the sanitation fund is also lagging.
However, during a meeting last month, the City Council voted down a motion to form an advisory committee to jump-start possible rate increases. … “
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For community of Lindsay, April showers bring sigh of relief
Posted by: Maven on April 17, 2012 at 7:59 amFrom Sierra 2 the Sea:
“The City of Lindsay got some good news last Friday when the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced April storms have now allowed them to increase the allocation for Central Valley Project ag contractors and municipal water companies including Lindsay in Tulare County as well as Orange Cove and Fresno in Fresno County.
The Bureau said precipitation in the Sacramento River Basin is currently 81 percent of the seasonal average to date, precipitation in the San Joaquin River Basin is 58 percent of the seasonal average to date, and the snow water content ranges from 81 percent of the April 1 average for the Northern Sierra to 32 percent for the Southern Sierra. … “
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Commentary: Political calculus of the MID water sale
Posted by: Maven on April 16, 2012 at 5:57 amFrom the Valley Citizen, this commentary:
“If there's anything each of the members of the Modesto Irrigation District Board of Directors (MID) knows for sure, it's that voters hate rate increases. This fact was painfully evident May 13, 2010, when an angry crowd packed the MID boardroom to protest a five dollar a month rate increase in their electrical bills.
And if an angry crowd isn't enough to discourage rate increases, the Directors also know that anytime an increase is even mentioned, it brings about accusations of mismanagement and waste that most of them would prefer long forgotten, including expanding into the Mountain House District in west San Joaquin County and authorizing a water treatment plant that has been both a monument to slapdash construction and a bottomless money pit. … “
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Saturday’s top of the scroll: Friant sues feds over piece of river settlement
Posted by: Maven on April 14, 2012 at 7:14 amFrom The Business Journal:
“The Friant Water Authority has filed suit against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation over the federal agency’s plan to give flood control flows from Friant Dam into the San Joaquin River to other water users, including westside growers.
The authority said the bureau’s decision is a misinterpretation of the San Joaquin River Settlement Act that would fly in the face of the authority’s goal to recirculate water released under the settlement and return it to Friant water users. … “
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SEE ALSO: Friant Water Authority Files Suit Against Bureau of Reclamation, from KSEE News
Farmers assessing damage from storm: Crop values plummet after severe weather
Posted by: Maven on April 14, 2012 at 6:25 amFrom the Merced Sun-Star:
“From drought to punishing storms, Central Valley farmers this year have felt the wrath of Mother Nature.
White ice rained from the sky Thursday night, smashing strawberries, brutalizing almond trees and inflicting other harm.
Farmers suffered thousands of dollars in crop damage in less than an hour. … “
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A ‘precarious’ water situation developing in Lindsay
Posted by: Maven on April 13, 2012 at 7:23 amFrom the Porterville Recorder:
“Lindsay's city services director on Tuesday said there are “a lot of potential problems on the near horizon\” in regards to the city's water supply, but if all the chips fall right, he said the city should be able to dodge a nasty bullet this year.
Mike Camarena delivered the news during the City Council's regular meeting as he gave an update on the city's three wells and its water contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
The city was informed by the bureau in February that it will receive 875 acre feet of water from the Friant-Kern Canal this water year, which runs from March 1 to Feb. 28. That number is 1,625 acre feet less than the city's contract allotment, but because rain and snow have been scarce this season, the bureau has been forced to scale back on water deliveries to cities. … “
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Valley farmers weather effects of punishing storm
Posted by: Maven on April 13, 2012 at 7:22 amFrom the Fresno Bee:
“San Joaquin Valley growers and agriculture officials on Thursday said damage from a punishing storm that dropped half-inch sized hail on the region was more severe than expected — and financial losses could reach into the millions.
Parts of the Valley’s tree fruit orchards got pelted Wednesday by hail that shredded leaves, knocked fruit off trees and slashed developing fruit.
Among the hardest hit were farmers in the Traver area near Highway 99 south of Kingsburg, where hail blanketed the ground after nearly a 20-minute downpour. … “
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Planada eyes water fixes; District looks to grants, loans for sewer system upgrades
Posted by: Maven on April 10, 2012 at 7:26 amFrom the Merced Sun-Star:
“After years of environmental violations, the Planada Community Service District is pushing forward with needed improvements to its waste-water treatment facility.
But finishing the project will mean securing state and federal grants that remain in limbo.
“It looks good,” said Daniel Chavez, who became district manager about a month ago. “All indications look very positive that in the future we’re going to have the funding for the expansion.” … “
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Excess MID water? “No Way,\”? say experts
Posted by: Maven on April 10, 2012 at 7:13 amFrom the Valley Citizen:
“To hear the Modesto Irrigation District tell it, selling 2,000,000 gallons per day of Tuolumne River Water will have no significant impacts on the river. Stanislaus County Supervisor and Westside farmer Jim DeMartini finds such a claim hard to believe.
“I just had my water allotment reduced by fifty percent,\” said DeMartini recently. “I get my water from the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) and TID gets its water from the Tuolumne River, the same source as the MID.
DeMartini isn't the only one who thinks the MID has overstated the Tuolumne's capacity for water deliveries. Former Palo Alto Mayor Peter Drekmeier is the Bay Area Director for the Tuolumne River Trust. The Trust works closely with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and a host of other agencies to insure the health of the river and associated ecosystems. On March 28, Drekmeier sent a letter to SFPUC expressing “serious concerns about the proposed water transfer. … “
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RELATED: Will MID Directors Be Fleeced In the New Gold Rush, commentary from The Valley Citizen
Water levels OK in West Kern’s well field
Posted by: Maven on April 10, 2012 at 7:05 amFrom the Taft Midway Driller:
“The pumps in the West Kern Water District's well field have been turned on now that warm and dry conditions are approaching.
But they won't have to reach as far to quench domestic and industrial thirst as they did a year ago.
Last year at this time the average production well in the district's underground storage field north of Tupman had to reach down 225 feet to find water, but this year that level was just 96 feet. … “
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Poor, unincorporated areas face health risks from sewage
Posted by: Maven on April 8, 2012 at 7:22 amFrom the Fresno Bee:
“In Lanare, an unincorporated community 30 miles outside Fresno, everyone has a story about the water.
Corrine Nelson, 70, grew up in Lanare with her twin sister, Florine. When they were children, their mother cooked with tap water that turned her rice green. Other longtime residents recall how their tap water smelled like rotten eggs.
The water doesn’t smell as bad now, but Nelson and her neighbors still can’t drink from the faucet because the water is contaminated with high levels of arsenic and, at times, E. coli. … “
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Federal funds to help fight pollution; Money will assist farmers to reduce effects of runoff
Posted by: Maven on April 7, 2012 at 8:02 amFrom the Stockton Record:
“A sprinkling of federal money should help farmers clean up runoff from their fields, reducing pollution in nearby creeks and streams.
The money, about $1.5 million this year, won’t solve all of our waterways’ problems.
But it ought to allow 30 or so landowners to do more to protect French Camp Slough and Duck, Lone Tree and Littlejohns creeks.
Those streams have occasionally registered high levels of pesticides and herbicides. … “
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Modesto Irrigation District water sale hits snag
Posted by: Maven on April 7, 2012 at 7:49 amFrom the Modesto Bee:
“A last-minute hitch delayed Friday’s planned release of a proposed water sale contract between the Modesto Irrigation District and the city of San Francisco.
The city asked to postpone the release after reviewing a March 28 letter from the Tuolumne River Trust objecting to the sale.
The group contends that the deal involving a fraction of the total water that eventually could be sold would interfere with efforts to revive the river ecosystem. It also says the water is not needed anyway because of reduced demand. … “
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Visalia water bills may be heading down, but they could climb after utility asks for rate hike
Posted by: Maven on April 7, 2012 at 7:46 amFrom the Visalia Times-Delta:
“Thousands of Visalia homeowners who now have water meters should be seeing their bills go down, the California Water Service Co. says.
But those lower water bills may not last long.
Cal Water is preparing to ask the California Public Utilities Commission to raise Visalia water rates. If the commission agrees, all Cal Water customers not just those who previously were paying a flat rate may see their bills go up by the beginning of 2014.
How much … “
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Perea pursues laws on consolidating small water systems
Posted by: Maven on April 6, 2012 at 7:48 amFrom the Fresno Bee News Blog:
“Maybe a new state law will have to be passed to get a study that could save taxpayers millions of dollars and healthy drinking water for two small Fresno County towns.
That’s the conclusion Assembly Member Henry T. Perea, D-Fresno, reached after months of talking with the California Department of Public Health about the two small towns and their problems.
The towns in southwest Fresno County are Lanare and Riverdale. Side by side, only a few miles apart, they both have problems with naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water. … “
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Growers criticize transfer of Merced Irrigation District water: MID sale comes as Sierra snowpack is half of normal
Posted by: Maven on April 5, 2012 at 7:53 amFrom the Merced Sun-Star:
“The Sierra Nevada snowpack is still only about half of normal, and as dry times persist, so does the infighting over water.
Local disgruntled farmers continue to take issue with Merced Irrigation District’s sale of 15,000 acre-feet of water to the San Luis Water District.
At Tuesday’s MID meeting, El Nido farmers blasted the board for going ahead with the deal despite issuing water curtailments for growers. … “
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Commentary: Refuting arguments against Modesto Irrigation District water sale to SF
Posted by: Maven on April 5, 2012 at 7:48 amFrom the Modesto Bee, this commentary by Modesto attorney and small-businessman Armando Flores:
“The Modesto Irrigation District’s proposed water transfer is a major issue and has drawn some pointed criticism. The critics, however, ignore the most obvious benefit of the water transfer significant revenue to the district and its owners, the ratepayers, for water that would otherwise will be lost or wasted.
Some counter points:
\”¢ Critics assert that there is a groundwater crisis in our region, when in fact groundwater in the MID service area is the healthiest it has been in the last 50 years. It seems reasonable for the district to establish a revenue stream that would, without placing the cost burden on ratepayers, modernize and improve the water district’s declining infrastructure. … “
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Lodi Lake dock put on order: Lodi hopeful state will fund complete renovation of lake’s launching facilities
Posted by: Maven on April 4, 2012 at 8:11 amFrom the Stockton Record:
“City of Lodi officials are hopeful that a state grant could help the city significantly upgrade its boating and kayak launching facilities at Lodi Lake, creating better access to the Mokelumne River.
The Lodi Recreation Commission on Tuesday night approved plans for a $707,238 makeover to Lodi’s crumbling north side infrastructure, including a renovated boat launch ramp and an expanded parking lot that would more than triple the number of boats and trailers that could park at the lake at one time. … “
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Corps to allow more water in Success Lake; Lake could get three-fourths full
Posted by: Maven on April 4, 2012 at 7:59 amFrom the Porterville Recorder:
“Success Lake will hold more water this year than it has in nearly 10 years.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Monday that it will allow Success Lake to hold 56,000 acre feet of water this year, an increase of 16,000 acre feet over last year and an increase of 27,000 acre feet of what the Corps had been holding capacity at due to concerns over the safety of the dam.
“We've decided to raise the pool from 620 feet to 640 feet,\” said Chris Gray of the Army Corps of Engineers. That increase of 20 feet of water depth will provide more water for recreation and more water for farmers facing a very dry year. Darren Suen, project manager for Success Dam remediation, said initial evaluations of the safety of the dam led to the decision to allow more water. … “
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Harmful pesticide TCP not mentioned in Fresno Co. water reports: Lawsuits in works regarding TCP, found in wells all over the Valley
Posted by: Maven on April 3, 2012 at 7:25 amFrom the Fresno Bee:
“For years, Fresno County has been No. 1 on a California list that you won’t find at the chamber of commerce — pesticide detections in water wells. On the latest list, the county had more than one-third of the state’s 286 detections.
But the real news is what the state leaves out of this and other annual pesticide reports, say advocates for healthy drinking water.
There is no mention of perhaps the most dangerous and widespread chemical related to pesticides in the San Joaquin Valley.
It is 1,2,3-trichloropropane, or TCP, a toxic leftover from a fumigant used decades ago to kill tiny worms called nematodes. … “
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Natural dedication: Friends intimately honor area conservationist Waldo Holt
Posted by: Maven on April 1, 2012 at 6:26 amFrom the Stockton Record:
“There are no suits, no speeches. No ribbons to cut or plaques to unveil.
Waldo Holt would not have wanted any of that.
Instead, friends and companions of the late conservationist strap on backpacks and boots, string binoculars around their necks and push their way into a thick jungle along the Mokelumne River, under a threatening sky.
Their plan: to dedicate the Waldo Holt Preserve, 8.5 acres of wilderness on a crook in the river east of Lodi. … “
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Water meters added to all Visalia homes
Posted by: Maven on April 1, 2012 at 6:22 amFrom the Fresno Bee:
“California Water Service last week finished installing 18,000 water meters to Visalia homes.
Now every home in the city is metered, said district manager Scott Bailey. Homes built after 1987 already had meters.
“It feels pretty good,” Bailey said.
Likewise, the Fresno Public Works Department is installing 110,000 water meters and expects to finish in October. To date, 75,000 meters have been installed. … “
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Calaveras Water District moves forward on new headquarters
Posted by: Maven on March 29, 2012 at 7:18 amFrom the Stockton Record:
“A contractor will break ground in June on a new $2.3 million headquarters building for Calaveras Water District, district leaders say.
Joone Lopez, the district’s general manager, told the district’s board of directors Wednesday that negotiations with design/build contractor Simile Construction Service of Modesto had gone smoothly.
“This is well under budget,” Lopez said of the $2,373,569 contract she presented to the board. … “
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Farm bureau suffers setback in keeping solar projects off farmland
Posted by: Maven on March 26, 2012 at 7:35 amFrom the Fresno Bee:
“The California farm bureau’s efforts to steer solar projects away from farmland suffered a setback last week.
A Fresno County Superior Court judge told the California Farm Bureau Federation that it didn’t have the right to sue Fresno County over a solar project the county approved in August. Specifically, the judge said the farm bureau didn’t have legal standing in the case because it couldn’t show that the bureau or its members were directly harmed.
The farm bureau was given 10 days to amend its suit, which farm bureau officials said they would do — in the name of protecting agriculture. … “
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Valley water managers fear drought: Fresno, Orange Cove, Lindsay make contingency plans
Posted by: Maven on March 26, 2012 at 6:24 amFrom the Fresno Bee:
“After a winter of below-normal rain and snow, water managers are starting to use the D-word — drought.
In Lindsay and Orange Cove, they’re preparing to ask residents to use water sparingly on lawns and gardens. In Fresno, they’ll hire monitors to look for water waste.
All three cities get water from the Friant-Kern Canal, a water artery from Millerton Lake to Bakersfield on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley.
Two weeks ago, the Bureau of Reclamation, which puts San Joaquin River water in the canal, warned cities and irrigation districts to expect only 35% of normal deliveries this year. The low figure jolted Orange Cove and Lindsay because they get all or most of their water from the canal. … “
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Need to conserve use of water, says the Porterville Recorder
Posted by: Maven on March 26, 2012 at 6:22 amFrom the Porterville Recorder, this editorial:
“It is always a good time to conserve your use of water, but in this critically dry year, conserving the use of water needs to begin now.
Even with this past weekend's storm, rainfall and snowfall have not been even close to average. In fact, this year could go down as one of the driest in years.
Already, the city of Lindsay is facing a critical shortage of water. Lindsay gets much of its water supply from the Friant-Kern Canal that flows out of Millerton Lake east of Fresno. Because of the lack of rainfall and snowpack, federal officials who manage Millerton Lake have announced they would send only 35 percent of average of water to Friant eastside water users, like Lindsay. … “
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Dairy cleanup ordered after carcasses found buried in manure
Posted by: Maven on March 26, 2012 at 6:16 amFrom Westside Connect:
“The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board issued a cleanup and abatement order last week to the Rego Dairy No. 2 in rural Gustine, after more than 50 decomposing cow carcasses were found partially buried in manure piles in the dairy's production area during a February inspection of the facility.
According to a news release, the routine inspection of the property found numerous serious violations of the Federal Clean Water Act and state water quality regulations, including the Water Board's Dairy General Order waste discharge requirements.
“We are going to be cleaning it up,\” said Larry S. Rego, a partner in the business operated by the Rego Family Trust. “We were trying to clean it up (before the cleanup order was issued), asking them what we needed to do. It will be clean in a short time. … “
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Testing resumes for barium in west Modesto
Posted by: Maven on March 25, 2012 at 6:20 amFrom the Modesto Bee:
“Fearing soil contamination from cancer-causing metals, state government has resumed testing groundwater beneath a future expressway west of Modesto.
Some neighbors are uneasy, however, after 12 days with no word on test results. One jaded local leader and a former official question whether the proposed freeway segment should be reconsidered.
Others cheer a move by the California Department of Transportation to accept responsibility for toxins, removing a significant financial burden from local agencies. Although bumpy, the process ultimately will lead to improved commerce and will boost the regional economy, they say. … “
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Water deal: Farmers object to Merced Irrigation District’s sale plan
Posted by: Maven on March 23, 2012 at 7:34 amFrom the Merced Sun-Star:
“Local farmers are calling on the Merced Irrigation District board of directors to stop an out-of-district sale and send the water their way.
The MID board voted on March 6 to move forward with a roughly 15,000-acre-foot water transfer to the San Luis Water District that’s been shaping up since late last year.
The board first approved negotiations with the SLWD on Dec. 20. At that time, the deal was for a 30,000-acre-foot transfer at $85 an acre-foot over five years. … “
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Some growers fear worse year outside Merced Irrigation District; Growers in MID sphere of influence may have to rely solely on groundwater
Posted by: Maven on March 23, 2012 at 7:31 amFrom the Merced Sun-Star:
“It’s a dry year for people in the Merced Irrigation District. But for those just outside the district, it’s even worse.
There are roughly 40,000 acres of farmland hooked up to MID canals that are not technically part of the district. Most years, the district sells a limited amount of water to these “sphere of influence” farms at a price negotiated each year.
Last year, sphere of influence growers were able to buy water at $42 an acre-foot. This year, these farmers might have to rely solely on groundwater, a topic of increasing concern. … “
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California water wars spotlight: The San Joaquin Valley
Posted by: Maven on March 22, 2012 at 8:50 amFrom the Independent Voter Network:
“One of the most contentious areas in the California water wars is the San Joaquin Valley, which is in the middle of the state. It is home to massive agricultural operations and produces fruit, vegetables, grains, cotton, and even crops like Sorghum Sudan grass for biofuel. The San Joaquin Valley (also known as the Central Valley) doesn't just feed California. It feeds the nation too and is an important source of revenue and jobs for California. Agriculture, of course, uses prodigious amounts of water. California doesn't have enough water to go around. That's why the water wars are so contentious in the Central Valley.
This is the first in a series of articles focusing on water issues in various parts of California, the politics involved, who the players are, and who opposes them. And there will always be someone in opposition to whatever a water plan might be. The water wars are bedrock to California politics. … “
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