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		<title>Wednesday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Department of Water Resources report predicts decrease in State Water Project deliveries</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61528</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From ACWA&#8217;s Water News: &#8220;The Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a draft report last week predicting decreases in State Water Project deliveries due to a variety of factors. The State Water Project Draft Delivery Reliability Report 2011 updates DWR’s assessment of its ability to maintain current (2011) and future (2031) State Water Project delivery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Water Resources seeks more green energy for State Water Project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61099</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/61099#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: &#8220;The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is continuing to increase the amount of green energy in the State Water Project (SWP) power portfolio. DWR has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to purchase up to 180,000 WHh of energy a year from qualified renewable energy sources. This was announced [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Delta Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></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>DWR certifies Perris Dam Remediation Program final EIR</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58185</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/58185#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Southern California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: &#8220;SACRAMENTO &#8212; The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has certified and adopted the Perris Dam Remediation Program final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR). DWR anticipates completing the dam remediation design by the end of 2013, and to construct repairs from 2014 to 2015. In 2005, DWR identified potential seismic safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State projects ample water supply</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57764</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57764#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Storage and supply]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From KFSN: &#8220;The State Department of Water Resources provides water for 25 million Californians, and irrigates about one million acres of farmland. The agency is projecting everybody will get at least 60 per cent of the maximum possible supply right now. Sarge Green, of the Center for Irrigation Technology at Fresno State say&#8217;s it&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Water Contractors respond to DWR announcement of initial SWP allocation</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57762</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57762#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the State Water Contractors, this statement received via email from General Manager Terry Erlewine: &#8220;California’s initial water allocation for 2012 reflects the very wet year we’ve had in 2011. Public water agencies continue to face a great deal of uncertainty because our water delivery system is extremely vulnerable. The water supply for 25 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Water Resources announces initial water delivery estimate for 2012</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57672</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57672#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: &#8220;The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced an initial allocation of 60 percent of requested deliveries to State Water Project contractors for 2012. The initial allocation – or water delivery estimate – is always conservative because it is made before the major winter storms that supply reservoir storage. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bakosphere: How does valley water get over the Grapevine?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57479</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/57479#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Bakosphere: &#8220;Some people may not know it, but lots of Central Valley water is piped down to Southern California. But how does it get over the 4,000-foot-high Tehachapi Mountains? Chris Austin tells you in a illustrative post on her Maven&#8217;s Photoblog titled &#8220;The Big Lift: A photo tour of the State Water Project&#8217;s [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56576#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delta Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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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>Public meeting to be held on State Water Project encroachment permits</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56071</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/56071#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: &#8220;SACRAMENTO &#8212; Please take notice that on October 26, 2011 from 6 p.m to 8 p.m. at City of Fairfield Community Center, Lakeside Room B, 1000 Kentucky Street, Fairfield, CA , the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will hold an informal public informational meeting to discuss proposed regulations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan put into place to look at increasing state water facility efficiency</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/53164</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/53164#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Water Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Water Plan eNews: &#8220;DWR has completed the first step toward increasing the efficiency and benefits of California’s water facilities. DWR has released a plan of study to define the four phases of the System Reoperation Program. The program will look at management procedures, physical modifications and other elements in an effort to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arroyo Lover&#8217;s: California State Water Project inspection trip revealing</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/51010</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/51010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Arroyo Lover&#8217;s blog: &#8220;Though I have been teaching California Water to Cal Poly/Pomona students for the past three years, I had not had the opportunity to visit the &#8216;Holy Grail&#8217; of the California State Water Project until this past week. Thanks to an invitation from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit against DWR continues to flow</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/48771</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/48771#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 15:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Appeal Democrat: &#8220;Three years ago, this column noted that Yuba City and some other entities that receive water from Lake Oroville had just sued the state over, well, water. It was one of those arcane bits of litigation that few people understand, involving water contracts, areas of origins and promises made but maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday&#8217;s top of the scroll: State Water Project Allocation increased to 80 percent</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/47929</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/47929#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today increased the 2011 State Water Project (SWP) water allocation to 80 percent of contractors’ requests, up 30 percent from last year’s final allocation. “This is very good news,” said DWR Director Mark Cowin. “Near-record precipitation and water content in our mountain snowpack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could the California Aqueduct turn into a solar farm?</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/47912</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/47912#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times Green blog: &#8220;In Wednesday’s Times, I wrote about start-up companies developing solar panel arrays that float on water. The companies see a potentially large market to generate electricity from building floating arrays for irrigation and mining ponds, hydroelectric reservoirs and canals. But the great white whale for some of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; 2011 SWP allocation increases to 70%</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46019</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/46019#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources, a notice to contractors that the SWP Allocation is being increased to 70%: &#8220;The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is increasing the allocation of 2011 State Water Project (SWP) water for long-term contractors from 2,503,276 acre-feet to 2,920,488 acre-feet. Based on recent precipitation, runoff, and current water supply conditions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Cut State Water Project&#8217;s ties to the budget</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/45941</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/45941#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee, this commentary by Terry Erlewine, general manager of the State Water Contractors: &#8220;The State Water Project delivers water to more than 25 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland. For 50 years it has reliably powered California&#8217;s economy and provided the foundation on which families, farms and businesses succeed. But in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a new era of governing water statewide, says SacBee editorial</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/44220</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/44220#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Water Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Water is California&#8217;s most precious resource. Yet in lean years and wet ones, California manages to mismanage this precious resource in spectacular fashion. That is the take-home message from a monumental report released last week by the Public Policy Institute of California, titled &#8220;Managing California Water.&#8221; The 482-page report issues both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The State Water Project: A marvel under stress</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/43489</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/43489#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Tom Philp at the City Brights blog: &#8220;The State Water Project exemplifies the grand scale of California infrastructure. It is the world&#8217;s largest man-made water system. It has nation&#8217;s tallest dam and its longest aqueduct. The SWP&#8217;s 31 storage facilities and 701 miles of canals and aqueducts comprise the backbone of the state water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy for the State Water Project</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/43079</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/43079#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: &#8220;The Department of Water Resources is taking action to develop renewable energy in an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and achieve AB 32 goals. In addition to executing power contracts for the output from wind and solar projects constructed by others, DWR is exploring ways it can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press release: Plan for Delta water use should end big agriculture takeover of State Water Project, groups say</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/41890</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/41890#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Center for Biological Diversity, this press release: &#8220;Environmental and fishery groups this week urged the Delta Stewardship Council to undo the privatization of the State Water Project by San Joaquin Valley industrial agriculture interests. The groups’ letter, providing comments on the upcoming Delta Water Plan, details numerous ways a secret deal made between [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/41883#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></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>Water deliveries increase: Winter precipitation is 66 percent of average</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/41103</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/41103#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Oroville Mercury Register: &#8220;The Department of Water Resources increased its projected 2011 deliveries of State Water Project water to 60 percent of contractors&#8217; requests, up 10 percent from the December forecast, a press release Friday stated. In 2010, the State Water Project delivered 50 percent of a requested 4,172,126 acre-feet, up from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; DWR raises State Water Project allocation to 60%</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/40360</link>
		<comments>http://aquafornia.com/archives/40360#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: &#8220;The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today increased its projected 2011 deliveries of State Water Project water to 60 percent of contractors’ requests, up 10 percent from the December forecast. In 2010, the State Water Project (SWP) delivered 50 percent of a requested 4,172,126 acre-feet, up from a record-low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sac State pens $300,000 contract with Department of Water Resources</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/38945</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;Sacramento State University has signed a two-year, $300,000 contract to help the state Department of Water Resources with research and training. Under the program, DWR&#8217;s division chiefs and project managers will request university help on specific projects. The university, led by civil engineering professors Saad Merayyan and Ramzi Mahmood, will then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DWR releases 2010 Accomplishment documents</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/37801</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ACWA&#8217;s Water News: &#8220;DWR has released a fact sheet detailing its accomplishments on the California Water Plan in 2010, including developments in content, collaboration and outreach. &#8230; &#8220; For more information and links to the accomplishment documents, click here.]]></description>
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		<title>Water supply boosted after wet fall</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/37284</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;The state on Friday boosted its water supply forecast to 50 percent for water contractors who draw water from the Delta. The move represents a large increase so early in the winter, a measure of confidence in water supplies thanks to a very wet fall in California. &#8230; &#8220; Continue reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; DWR boosts State Water Project allocation to 50%</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/37257</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[State Water Project (DWR)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: &#8220;The Department of Water Resources today increased its projected deliveries of State Water Project water in 2011 to 50 percent of contractors’ requests. “This is very good news after the 2007-2009 drought from which we’re still recovering,” said DWR Director Mark Cowin. “We don’t want to be overly optimistic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in &#8230; DWR sets SWP initial allocation at 25%</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35884</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: &#8220;The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced an initial allocation of 25 percent of requested deliveries to its State Water Project (SWP) contractors for calendar year 2011. The initial allocation is a conservative delivery estimate and will be adjusted as hydrologic conditions develop during the winter. Nonetheless, 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Presentation:  The State Water Project: Connecting California&#8217;s Water [Slideshow]</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35244</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This slideshow is available perpetually on the &#8220;Information Desk&#8221; section at the top of the right-hand column of the blog &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#62; From Aquafornia and the Water Education Foundation, this exclusive slideshow presentation on the State Water Project  (click on the slide to begin the presentation): A full-color slideshow paying tribute to California’s State Water Project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Public Record blog to Governor-elect Jerry Brown: And I want a stand-up work station!</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35429</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the On the Public Record blog: &#8220;Got an email today asking what I would say to Governor-elect Brown if I got the chance to talk to him for five minutes. I listed some stuff, but have been thinking about the question ever since. I’d like to add a couple more things about changing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday&#8217;s top of the scroll: DWR director announces new environmental stewardship policy</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/35145</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Mark Cowin, Director of the Department of Water Resources, this memo and policy paper issued to DWR employees: &#8220;Earlier this year, I shared my vision for the Department of Water Resources with you, emphasizing DWR’s role in leading California towards more sustainable, integrated water resources management to provide for a productive economy, healthy ecosystem, [...]]]></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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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>
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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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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>
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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>DWR releases final 2009 SWP Delivery Reliability Report</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/33485</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of Water Resources: &#8220;SACRAMENTO &#8211;The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released for public review the Final State Water Project Delivery Reliability Report 2009. The report updates estimates of current (2009) and future (through 2029) State Water Project (SWP) delivery reliability and incorporates federal biological opinions for smelt and salmon and potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Public Record blog: More on the LHC report, and thoughts on the day&#8217;s news</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/31830</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the ever-popular On the Public Record blog, more thoughts on the Little Hoover Commission report, including this: &#8221; &#8230; if DWM is going to take on water rights authority, it should have water quality authority as well. Water rights and water quality are inextricably linked. The volume of water determines pollutant loads, both concentrations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Public Record blog on the LHC study: System re-operation, and an inadvertant admission.</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/31694</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The On the Public Record blog continues it&#8217;s series of posts on the Little Hoover Commission&#8217;s report on water governance, this time responding to t &#8221; The state can increase the amount of water available for use and better perform its environmental protection role by managing California’s state and federal reservoirs as a single system, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Public Record: On separating the State Water Project from DWR, &amp; more</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/31294</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the Public Record blog sits down to actually read the Little Hoover Commission report, and begins a likely series on the report (beginning overview post here) and then in a second post, delves in to the question of separation of the SWP &#038; DWR:: &#8220;The LHC report on a new water governance structure proposes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s top of the scroll: Little Hoover Commission recommends changes in water supply management</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/30456</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[General Water Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Sacramento Bee: &#8220;The state&#8217;s Little Hoover Commission on Thursday proposed a shake-up in how California manages its water, calling today&#8217;s &#8220;confusing water governance&#8221; ineffective for both water efficiency and environmental protection. The commission spent nearly 18 months probing various agencies and laws that govern California water. An independent oversight agency, its 13 members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press release: Little Hoover Commission calls for new water department with focus on supply management and planning; separate entity for State Water Project, more bond oversight</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/30451</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[General Water Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Little Hoover Commission: &#8220;The Little Hoover Commission on Thursday, August 26, 2010, issued recommendations calling for a new approach to managing California’s water supply. The Commission released its report, Managing for Change: Modernizing California’s Water Governance, urging the governor and the Legislature to restructure the state’s water administration to better coordinate key supply [...]]]></description>
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