The way we see the California water war, there’s either got to be approval of Devin Nunes’ H.R. 1837 or a giant tunnel is going to be built under the Delta. The entire Bay Delta Conservation Plan is heading toward the idea of a tunnel. That might be a good solution to the environmental situation… Read more »
The article below talks about the need for a new generation of farmers as the world population grows from seven to nine-billion by 2050. and the need to double the food supply to keep up. Someone should tell the political leaders of California who don’t seem to understand as they make it as difficult as… Read more »
A lot of water that could make it to the Delta never gets there. It is diverted by cities like San Francisco that gets its water from Hetch Hetchy without going through the Delta. Other cities and water districts also take water out of the system before it can get to the Delta. These diversions… Read more »
One of the reasons we write this newsletter is to help our readers connect the dots from water to economics to jobs. That’s why we have signs reading ‘Water = Jobs’ up and down the Valley. That’s why we try to point out that efforts to increase the height of Exchequer Dam and Shasta Dam… Read more »