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		<title>Thursday&#8217;s top of scroll: Judge rules drought water transfers required environmental review</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/22008</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Water Transfers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Chico Enterprise-Record:
&#8220;Water transfers last year under the state Drought Water Bank should have been reviewed under the California Environmental Quality Act, an Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled Monday.
The Butte Environmental Council sees the legal victory as a way for cumulative impacts of water transfers to be looked at more closely.  BEC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Vilardi rejects DWR’s 2009 drought water bank approval</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/22006</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Water Transfers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN):
&#8220;Pleasanton, CA – Alameda County Superior Court Judge Alice Vilardi on Monday, March 15, 2010, ruled that the Governor and the California Department of Water Resources illegally approved the 2009 Drought Water Bank when they “improperly” exempted the water transfer program from the California Environmental Quality Act last year.
Governor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western Weather Blog takes a look at the western snowpack</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/22001</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Accu-Weather Western Weather Blog:
&#8220;With the weather remaining exceedingly uninteresting in a large part of the West for much of the time through the coming weekend I thought I would visit where the snowpack sits in the West compared to normal.
From the Natural Resources Conservation Service here is a map of how the western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water, energy conservation linked; Officials point to need to overhaul lifestyles</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21999</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Water & Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Diego Union Tribune:
&#8220;Water is power. Literally.
It takes power to get water to you, power to filter it, heat it, cool it and, once it’s gone down the drain, power to clean it before it’s put in the ocean.
A fifth of the electricity used in California is related to water. So is 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top speakers on the agenda at the Water Education Foundation&#8217;s Executive Briefing, March 25 &amp; 26</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21985</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[General Water Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Water Education Foundation:
&#8220;Hear major leaders in the water community discuss critical topics for 2010 at the Foundation&#8217;s Executive Briefing, March 25-26 at the Doubletree Hotel.
Scheduled speakers include: 
•	Mark Cowin, Director, Department of Water Resources
•	Don Glaser &#8211; Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region
•	David Nawi &#8211; Senior Advisor to the Secretary to the Interior, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Large increase in CVP water supplies</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21997</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Western Farm Press:
&#8220;The Bureau of Reclamation has significantly increased water supplies for Central Valley Project (CVP) water contractors.
For agricultural water service contractors north of the Delta, the water supply forecast increases from 5 percent to 50 percent, and the water supply forecast for Municipal and Industrial (M&#038;I) water service contractors north of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACWA: Low federal water allocation points to need for solutions; Despite increase in federal allocations in 2010, State’s water still in crisis</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21995</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[General Water Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Association of California Water Agencies, this press release:
&#8220;Sacramento – Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Executive Director Timothy Quinn issued the following statement today on the updated 2010 water supply allocations by the federal Bureau of Reclamation for the Central Valley Project. The Bureau announced that agricultural contractors on the west side of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Biocrat: Some say Phil Detrich was a sellout. Others, a savior. He says he was just doing his job.</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21983</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Water & Wildlife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the North Coast Journal:
&#8220;Actually, it&#8217;s probably safe to say that &#8220;Phil Detrich&#8221; isn&#8217;t one those names bandied about when certain cronies gather around the campfire to talk about the good ol&#8217; days. You know, the heydays of blockading timber roads and sitting in old-growth redwoods to save spotted owls from the cuts of Pacific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alex Brietler&#8217;s blog: Feds emphasize long-term Delta fix</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21977</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Delta Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Alex Brietler&#8217;s blog:
&#8220;The purpose of Tuesday’s media conference call with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was to discuss increasing water supplies to south San Joaquin Valley farms this year. But the feds made it clear they also want a long-term solution, and soon.
Asked if the U.S. Department of Interior favors a tunnel over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California’s coast saves water, inland regions use more</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21975</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Mono-Logue:
&#8220;Last year the Public Policy Institute of California published an interactive map on its website. When you mouse over each hydrologic region of the state, it shows how the population and per capita urban water use in that region has changed since 1960. The map was released in December as part of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Education Foundation announces photography contest &#8211; “California Water”</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21956</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Website News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Water Education Foundation:
&#8220;The Water Education Foundation is an impartial, nonprofit organization whose mission is to create a better understanding of water resources and foster public understanding and resolution of water resource issues through facilitation, education and outreach.
The Water Education Foundation is seeking the best California water photographs that best represent each of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aging sewers add up to a big challenge in California</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21973</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Water Quality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From California Water Boards, posted at YouTube:

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		<title>USDA commits water quality assistance to help California&#8217;s agricultural producers</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21970</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the USDA, this press release:
&#8220;WASHINGTON, March 17, 2010-Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today committed $15 million to help California agricultural producers improve water quality in their state. This funding is being made available through the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP), which helps agricultural partners with both conservation and enhancement of water quality.
&#8220;This action will provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HTO announces nationwide release of California ocean wastewater discharge report and inventory</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21968</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Other Oceans & Beaches Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From YubaNet.com:
&#8220;SANTA BARBARA, Calif. March 15, 2010 &#8211; The California Ocean Wastewater Discharge Report and Inventory is an exhaustive survey of wastewater discharged into the Pacific Ocean along the California coast from the Oregon border to San Diego/Tijuana. In addition to being the first resource that gathers into one place some important, hard-to-find details of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trashing the deep</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21964</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Other Oceans & Beaches Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From FOX News:
&#8220;A walk around Santa Monica Bay and for that matter around most coastlines, turns up more than a fair share of trash. Compared to most other countries in the world our waters may be cleaner, but they sure aren&#8217;t clean enough. In recent years water quality and water studies have focused on these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kulongoski declares drought emergency in Klamath County</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21954</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Northern California]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Oregon Live:
&#8220;Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has declared a drought emergency in Klamath County and asked the federal government for a disaster determination that would bring more federal aid to farmers and ranchers.
With snowpack and precipitation down, water levels in Upper Klamath Lake are near historic lows. The governor is trying to avoid a repeat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite high lake level, north state water allocations may not increase</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21952</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Northern California]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Redding&#8217;s Record Searchlight:
&#8220;Although Lake Shasta&#8217;s water level is higher than it has been in three years, north state agricultural water districts may receive only half of their federal water allotments this growing season.
&#8220;We haven&#8217;t crossed that line from drought to normal yet,&#8221; said Pete Lucero, spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Sacramento.
While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trust the planning process on Saltworks project, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21950</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bay Area]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Francisco Chronicle, this commentary by Art Agnos, a former mayor of San Francisco and currently a strategic adviser for DMB:
&#8220;Twenty years ago, as mayor of San Francisco, I faced a difficult decision over the fate of the Embarcadero Freeway after the 1989 earthquake.
Some 22,000 people signed a petition opposing demolition of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another mothballed ship leaving Suisun Bay</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21980</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Vallejo Times-Herald:
&#8220;The Suisun Bay mothball fleet is scheduled to give up another of its ghosts today, the fleet&#8217;s final World War II Victory ship.  The U.S. Maritime Administration&#8217;s Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet has scheduled the World War II-era cargo ship, the Winthrop Victory, to be towed for cleaning to the BAE Systems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian clam removal to begin in July at Tahoe</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21946</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Lake Tahoe & the Sierra's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Reno Gazette-Journal:
&#8220;A coalition of agencies will begin July 5 to eradicate populations of Asian clams invading Lake Tahoe&#8217;s bottom, mainly in the southeast corner but also in other areas, including Emerald Bay.
After tests last year that used plastic bottom barriers to kill clams by robbing them of food and oxygen, a larger effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A win in uphill fight: An off-road park, once a day away from closing, will stay open after a court ruling</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21942</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Stockton Record:
&#8220;A popular off-highway vehicle park that came within one day of closing in December will remain open after a lawsuit by environmentalists backfired this week.
It was a rare win for off-roaders, one advocate said. Many feel they are slowly but surely being cut off from public lands across California.  &#8220;It&#8217;s over, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lodi growing team sees potential in pomegranates</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21966</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Lodi News-Sentinel:
&#8220;When a variety of fruit is named &#8220;Wonderful,&#8221; chances are it&#8217;s going to be something sensational. That&#8217;s the driving force behind the agribusiness venture John Ferreira and John Cotta set out on in October 2008: pomegranates. Specifically, Portupame&#8217; pomegranate juice.
Ferreira has dedicated 30 acres of land to the super food at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: Past time to go &#8211; Other dams razed, why not deadly Dennett</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21939</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Modesto Bee, this column by Jeff Jardine:
&#8220;Everywhere else in the country, it seems, they&#8217;re tearing out dams. Big dams. Little dams. Medium-sized dams. Dams built more than a century ago that have long since outlived their purpose and usefulness. Dams that might still produce hydroelectric power but destroy fish populations.
About 800 have disappeared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westside gets 25% of water</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21937</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[San Joaquin Valley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Hanford Sentinel:
&#8220;Drought-starved farmers in western Kings and Fresno counties in the giant Westlands Water District learned Tuesday that they&#8217;ll be receiving 25 percent of their historical contracted deliveries from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, up from the 5 percent indicated last month.
The decision was announced in a teleconference with Secretary of the Interior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County may aid thirsty communities; Board to write a letter to Central Coast Water Authority</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21935</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Santa Maria Times:
&#8220;Water-strapped communities facing sea water intrusion in south San Luis Obispo County may be one step closer to getting emergency water from the county.
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors agreed to write a letter to the Central Coast Water Authority that acknowledges the county intends to consider possible long-term amendments to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Barbara’s water has a rich history, a complex future</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21930</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Noozhawk:
&#8220;In Santa Barbara, European civilization planted its roots with the Mission, and not surprisingly, the Mission figured in the community’s first large-scale development of water resources.
Today, a hike up Mission Creek from the Mission’s basilica yields a treasure trove of mostly intact — albeit nonfunctioning — water infrastructure built by the Franciscan padres. Near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State keeps Santa Barbara County’s water allotment unchanged</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21928</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Noozhawk:
&#8220;Unfortunately for State Water Project recipients, including several South Coast water agencies, Lake Oroville — the project’s main reservoir — is only 43 percent full.
Officials from the state’s Department of Water Resources have announced that poor hydrologic conditions on the Feather River’s watershed — Oroville’s main source — have prompted it to keep the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storms haven&#8217;t washed away need to conserve, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21926</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern California]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the North County Times, this commentary by Greg Morrison of the Elsinore Water District:
&#8220;The recent rainstorms that pounded Southern California may have some people thinking our water worries are behind us. Think again. A winter&#8217;s worth of wet weather isn&#8217;t enough to compensate for three dry years of little to no rain. It took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water-use reduction is credited to rains; 12.6 percent drop in city last month</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21924</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the San Diego Union Tribune:
&#8220;Rainy weather led to a significant decrease in water usage throughout the city of San Diego last month, bolstering Mayor Jerry Sanders’ push for conservation and allowing county reservoirs to rise.
The city consumed about 11,000 acre-feet of water in February, a 12.6 percent decrease from the same month a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday&#8217;s top of scroll: Water deliveries up for Valley farms; Farmers hail increased water allowance</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21922</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fresno Bee:
&#8220;Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday announced a five-fold increase in west Valley irrigation supply for summer, but water officials wonder if the news has come in time to help farmers make last-minute crop plans.
Salazar raised the water forecast to 25% of the amount that west San Joaquin Valley growers are allowed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California&#8217;s legislators respond to increased CVP water allocations</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21918</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Central Valley Project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Senator Barbara Boxer:
&#8220;U. S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today praised the U.S. Department of the Interior’s announcement that the Bureau of Reclamation’s 2010 Central Valley Project Water Supply allocations have increased throughout the Central Valley. The increase results from additional precipitation and improved snowpack and storage at Shasta Reservoir.
Senator Boxer said, “I am so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Academies of Science report on biological opinions to be released to the public on Friday, March 19th</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21913</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Delta Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Office of News and Information at the National Academies of Science (hat tip to Matt Weiser&#8217;s twitter feed):
&#8220;Report on Calif. Bay-Delta Water &#038; Environmental Management &#8211; Release March 19
The National Research Council will hold a one-hour telephone news conference Friday, March 19, to release a new report requested by Congress and the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CFBF leaders seek water solutions in Washington</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21909</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Water Legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the California Farm Bureau Federation:
&#8220;While farmers wait for federal officials to update water allocations from the Central Valley Project and for a preliminary evaluation from a National Academy of Sciences committee of stresses facing delta fish, California Farm Bureau Federation leaders visited the nation&#8217;s capital to discuss these issues and many others with elected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESA shows dysfunction of Congress, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21906</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water & Wildlife]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Western Farm Press, this commentary by Aaron Kiess, Executive Director, California Alfalfa &#038; Forage Association:
&#8220;Several years ago a columnist who knows politics inside and out took California’s congressional delegation to task for being dysfunctional. The column pointed out that California is the largest congressional delegation, yet it lagged behind other state delegations that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ag has compromised on water long enough, says commentary</title>
		<link>http://aquafornia.com/archives/21915</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Visalia Times-Delta, this commentary by Mike Bennett:
&#8220;I&#8217;m amazed at the Visalia Times-Delta&#8217;s editorial board&#8217;s lack of understanding on water. First of all, in their recent editorial, they criticize our congressman and Valley farmers and ranchers for not compromising. Clearly, they are not students of history.
In 1992, through George Miller and Nancy Pelosi, the [...]]]></description>
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