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		<title>Bureau of Reclamation discusses preliminary Water Year 2012 Central Valley Project water supply conditions</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60996</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;In preparation for the Bureau of Reclamation&#8217;s initial Water Year (WY) 2012 water allocation announcement in mid-February, Reclamation is providing information on water supply conditions for the federal Central Valley Project (CVP) and comparisons of CVP reservoir storage for January 2012 with January 2011, 2010 and 2009 and the 15-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California’s Central Valley Project? The feds bailed us out, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60559</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/60559#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Ethan Rarick at Fox &#038; Hounds: &#8220;In making his case during the State of the State speech for the proposed high-speed rail system and the pending water bond, Gov. Jerry Brown acknowledged that big-bucks projects are often met with derision. He noted that the Central Valley Project was begun during the 1930s, when critics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bureau of Reclamation announces additional water available for California’s Central Valley Project South-of-Delta contractors</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59825</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation, this press release: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that current hydrologic conditions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, export and operational capability at the C.W. “Bill” Jones Pumping Plant (Jones Pumping Plant), and storage conditions at San Luis Reservoir have provided an opportunity to make available otherwise non-storable Section 215 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Bacher: CSPA, Winnemem Wintu sue Bureau over Central Valley Project contracts</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59803</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/59803#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dan Bacher at IndyBay.org: &#8220;The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), North Coast River Alliance, Friends of the River and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe have sued the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) in Federal Court over interim Central Valley Project water delivery contracts. The water is exported from the imperiled Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delta Science Program releases report on the independent review of SWP/CVP operations</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58960</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58960#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Delta Stewardship Council&#8217;s Delta Science Program: &#8220;An independent panel of national scientific experts convened by the Delta Science Program has released its 2011 review report on the implementation of Reasonable and Prudent Alternative (RPA) Actions affecting the Operations Criteria and Plan (OCAP) for State/Federal Water Operations. The report informs the National Marine Fisheries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclamation announces 2011 integrated annual review of coordinated operation of the CVP and SWP</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56576</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources have scheduled a public workshop to perform a Delta Science Program Review of the RPA implementation during the 2011 coordinated operation of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP), previously referred to as “Operations Criteria and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Valley Project begins Water Year 2012 with 9.3 million acre-feet of storage (78% of capacity)</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/55997</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project began Water Year (WY) 2012 (October 1, 2011 &#8211; September 30, 2012) with approximately 9.3 million acre-feet of water (78 percent of capacity) in six key CVP reservoirs. The total reservoir storage is the combined amount of water remaining at the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Bacher: CSPA, Winnemem Wintu sue Westlands over contract renewals</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/54468</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dan Bacher at IndyBay.org: &#8220;The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), Friends of the River, North Coast River Alliance, Save the American River Association and Winnemem Wintu Tribe have filed a lawsuit against Westlands Water District and its two water distribution districts over the renewal of six interim water service contracts. The action, filed 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Water Law Blog: Federal Court denies area of origin priority for Sacramento Valley CVP contractors</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/53366</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/53366#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Private Water Law Blog: &#8220;Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (Judge Wanger) issued a decision in Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority v. U.S. Department of the Interior, Case No. 1:10-cv-0712 OWW DLB (August 2, 2011), holding that Central Valley Project (CVP) contractors in the Sacramento Valley are not entitled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Scoping Report Released on CVP Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/52707</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/52707#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Lauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation has made available the Central Valley Project Municipal &#038; Industrial Water Shortage Policy Scoping Report. The Report was completed in compliance with the requirements set forth under the National Environmental Policy Act. Reclamation conducted public scoping meetings March 21-24, 2011, in Sacramento, Willows, Fresno and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spreck Rosekrans: B2 déjà vu – lawsuit claims government actions to protect salmon are unlawful</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50785</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50785#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Spreck Rosekrans at the Environmental Defense Fund&#8217;s On the Water Front blog: &#8220;The 1992 Central Valley Project Improvement Act includes numerous provisions to protect and restore fisheries, especially the salmon industry that has been decimated by the construction of dams and the diversion of freshwater for irrigated agriculture. Section 3406(b)(2) of the CVPIA, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Department of Interior’s pumping cutbacks prompt San Luis &amp; Delta Mendota Water Authority to file lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50471</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/50471#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Western Farm Press: &#8220;The Department of the Interior&#8217;s decision last night to cut back on water deliveries for the Central Valley is a direct violation of federal law, the San Luis &#038; Delta Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA) announced. SLDMWA is immediately filing suit to ask the federal court for a temporary restraining order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclamation press release: 80-percent water supply allocation declared for CVP South-of-Delta agricultural water service contractors</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/48144</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/48144#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation, this press release: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation today increased the water supply allocation for South-of-Delta agricultural water service contractors from 75 to 80 percent. Improved hydrology in the San Joaquin Valley and opportunities to exercise Central Valley Project (CVP) operational flexibility influenced water supply conditions, allowing the allocation of 80 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central California farmers to get more water for crops</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/47296</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/47296#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee: &#8220;Thanks to a wet winter and spring, farmers in California&#8217;s top agricultural region will be getting more water this year for their crops. The Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday that farmers on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, an area alongside the Interstate 5 corridor, will see an increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barry Nelson: CVP-wide water allocation at 91 percent</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46812</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46812#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Barry Nelson at the NRDC Switchboard blog: &#8220;On Monday, the Bureau of Reclamation announced its revised water allocation numbers for the year. If you listen to certain water users and members of Congress, you’d think that the recent rains have allowed the CVP to increase its water allocations to 65 percent. But actually, system-wide, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West-side farmers get irrigation boost</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46678</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46678#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC Channel 30: &#8220;Farmers on the Valley&#8217;s west-side got a bit of good news on Monday. The Bureau of Reclamation increased the farmers&#8217; water delivery by ten-percent, upping their allocation to 65-percent of normal. Now a new bill introduced this week could put the heavy snowpack to greater use. Towering Friant Dam is already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; Reclamation announces increased allocations for CVP contractors</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46616</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46616#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation, this press release: &#8220;Following on the commitment by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to continually monitor and evaluate the reservoir levels and water run-off within California’s Central Valley Project (CVP) to determine if additional supplies can be made available to CVP water contractors as quickly as possible, the Bureau [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water, water everywhere — but not for farmers</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46541</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46541#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bay-Citizen: &#8220;California is awash with water and its mountains are coated with thick layers of snow. That will mean good news this summer for households, businesses and other water users who have endured years of drought. But despite the flush conditions, created by relentless winter storms rolling in from the Pacific Ocean, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feinstein on water allocation: ‘Worst I’ve seen in years’</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46536</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46536#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the website of Senator Dianne Feinstein: &#8220;U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released a statement on continuing shortfalls in water allocations for farmers in the San Joaquin Valley. Also today, Fresno District Court Judge Oliver Wanger held a hearing on the validity of the biological opinion on salmon that influences water allocations for California. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclamation increases releases from Shasta Dam to the Sacramento River</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46474</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46474#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Bureau of Reclamation, this press release: &#8220;For flood control management, the Bureau of Reclamation will increase Shasta Dam releases today by 20,000 cubic feet per second, bringing the total releases from the dam to 40,000 cfs into the Sacramento River. The increased releases are necessary to meet flood space regulatory requirements within the reservoir [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Feinstein: CVP water allocation shows need for ‘comprehensive water solution’</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46448</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46448#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the website of Senator Dianne Feinstein: &#8220;U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released the following statement regarding the Central Valley Project water allocation announcement made on Tuesday by the Bureau of Reclamation. “In the past, the amounts of rain we’ve seen this year would mean significantly higher South-of-Delta water allocations. Instead, municipal and industrial water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Denham responds to CVP allocation</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46378</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46378#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Congressman Jeff Denham&#8217;s website, this reaction to the CVP allocations: &#8220;“It is ridiculous that farmers will only receive 55% of the water allocated to them in their contracts this year,” said Rep. Denham. “With reservoirs in flood operations and 300,000 acre-feet of water flowing from the Delta into the Pacific Ocean on a daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal officials promise more water for Central Valley Project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46348</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Federal officials today increased their water delivery forecast in response to the bountiful winter. Now, virtually all contractors who buy water from the federal government can expect full normal deliveries this summer. The glaring exception is agricultural customers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which got only a 5 percent increase, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressmen Cardoza &amp; Costa react to Water and Power Subcommittee hearing, new Water Allocation Announcement</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46346</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46346#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the website of Congressman Dennis Cardoza: &#8220;Today, Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-Merced) and Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) released the following statement: “We are pleased with the decision by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings and Water and Power Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock to hold a hearing in Fresno on the impact of burdensome regulations on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; Reclamation announces updated 2011 Water Supply Allocation for California&#8217;s CVP</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46316</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation today announced an update to its Central Valley Project (CVP) Water Supply Allocation for the 2011 contract year. This updated allocation reflects improved precipitation and snowpack in the Sierra Nevadas to date. &#8220;Thanks to a steady influx of rain and snowfall in February and March, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Wanger rejects water suit over CVP deliveries</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/44545</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Capital Press: &#8220;The U.S. Interior Department did not violate reclamation law by curtailing water deliveries to irrigators in California&#8217;s Central Valley Project, according to a federal judge. Plaintiffs in the case &#8212; the San Luis Unit Food Producers &#8212; claimed that several federal reclamation statutes require the Interior Department to deliver water to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spreck Rosekrans: Beyond the politics – an improved water supply outlook for California in 2011</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/43290</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Spreck Rosekrans at the Environmental Defense Fund&#8217;s On the Water Front blog: &#8220;For those that follow California’s “water wars”, it was tough to find the love on Valentine’s Day last week after the House of Representatives voted to defund federal agencies’ ability to implement the Endangered Species Act and the San Joaquin River restoration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; Secretary Salazar announces improved initial 2011 water supply allocation for California&#8217;s Central Valley Project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/43153</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From YubaNet.com: &#8220;Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Bureau of Reclamation&#8217;s Initial Central Valley Project (CVP) Water Supply Allocation for the 2011 contract year. This allocation reflects precipitation and snowpack in the Sierra Nevada to date and improved carryover reservoir storage. &#8220;Thanks to heavy storms in the last months of 2010, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Reclamation announces additional water available for California’s Central Valley Project South-of-Delta Contractors</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/42578</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bureau of Reclamation: &#8220;Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor announced today that Reclamation has determined that current hydrologic conditions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, export and operational capability at the C.W. &#8220;Bill&#8221; Jones Pumping Plant (Jones Pumping Plant), and storage conditions at San Luis Reservoir have provided an opportunity to make available otherwise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doug Obegi/NRDC: Allocations show a better water year for California</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/41883</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Doug Obegi at the NRDC Switchboard blog: &#8220;Thankfully, 2011 is shaping up to be a better water year than the past several years, which is great news for farmers, fishermen, cities, and the environment. The Central Valley Project is estimating it will deliver more than 7.1 million acre feet to farmers and cities throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friant Forecast: Less water for contractors</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/41101</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Porterville Recorder: &#8220;The December Deluge is turning into a January Jump in water deliveries for eastside growers. A “conservative forecast” is calling for Friant Division contractors to receive 100 percent of Class 1 water and 15 percent of Class 2 water in 2011, Friant Water Authority General Manager Ron Jacobsma said Thursday. Friant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman McClintock: Water, water everywhere&#8230;except for California&#8217;s farms</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/38971</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/38971#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Auburn Journal, Congressman Tom McClintock&#8217;s remarks regarding the potential 45% water allocation for Central Valley farmers: &#8220;M. Speaker: The Department of Interior issued an announcement yesterday that perfectly illustrates the irrationality of our current approach to water issues. California’s precipitation this season has gone off the charts. Statewide snow water content is 198 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Feds deliver optimistic forecast for water deliveries, but water forecast still falls short for Valley farmers</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/38593</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drought, Weather & Snowpack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Federal officials on Tuesday unveiled a water supply projection for 2011 that is considerably rosier than last year. Thanks to a Sierra Nevada snowpack that stands at 198 percent of normal for this date, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced that its urban water customers north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Cardoza: Water shortage during rainy year shows system is broken: &#8220;When you consider the above-average rainfall we’ve had this year &#8230; we should have been given 100% of our contract supply&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/38590</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the website of Congressman Dennis Cardoza: &#8220;Congressman Dennis Cardoza (CA-18) today responded to the Department of Interior’s first forecast of 2011 Water Supply Allocations for California’s Central Valley. While precipitation and snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains are significantly above average this year, agricultural water service contractors in the South-of-Delta region are only forecasted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; Feds increase Valley water allocation to 45%</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/38537</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Central Valley Business Times: &#8220;The U.S. Department of the Interior Tuesday says it expects to supply 45 percent of the amount of water contracted for to south of the Delta agricultural contractors from its Central Valley Project in 2011, according to Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno. Last year’s initial water allocation was 5 percent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friant-Kern Canal getting needed repairs</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/36430</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Porterville Recorder: &#8220;Like most things 50 years old, the Friant Kern Canal is in need of a little maintenance now and then. This month workers with the Friant Water Users Authority are draining the 152-mile cement canal for its three-year checkup and repairs. “We dewater the canal every three years. It’s a tri-annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intertie hailed as important step</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/34710</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Capital Press: &#8220;After declaring victory on a long-fought effort to connect the state and federal water projects with a new pipeline, politicians and government officials are hoping they can build momentum for solving California&#8217;s continuing water challenges. At an Oct. 14 groundbreaking ceremony near Tracy, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called the project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ground finally broken on Delta &#8216;intertie&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/34440</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockton Record: &#8220;The fact that little has been done to expand California&#8217;s water infrastructure over the past half century might explain why a member of the Obama Cabinet, a senior U.S. senator and more than a dozen other elected officials celebrated as &#8220;historic&#8221; a 500-foot-long pipe on Thursday. When it&#8217;s built, that pipeline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving water will get easier: New south of Delta pipeline will tie the San Joaquin River flow to the California Aqueduct</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/28821</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/28821#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Sierra 2 the Sea: &#8220;A water project that will help water users move water where it is needed and even recirculate water used for San Joaquin River restoration is moving forward this fall just as the world enters an apparent La Nina climate pattern. A cooling of the equatorial waters, La Nina typically means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s top of the scroll: California Aqueduct/Delta-Mendota intertie project gets $14.6 Million</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/28765</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Central Valley Business Times: &#8220;A $14.6 million contract, with the money coming from the federal stimulus act, has been awarded to Shimmick Construction of Oakland to build a pumping plant and pipeline to link the Delta-Mendota Canal and the California Aqueduct. The project is about five miles west of Tracy and when completed [...]]]></description>
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