Items Tagged with 'voluntary agreements'

Water agencies say early river and habitat projects show a collaborative path forward as the Bay-Delta Plan heads toward a decision.

To fill gaps in priority programs for agriculture, water and wildfire resilience, the governor plans to dip into the $10 billion Prop. 4 climate bond.

While the Newsom administration is backing a set of voluntary agreements over freshwater flows, the U.S. EPA is siding with environmentalists and wants to commit 40-60% of the water to fish.

State Water Board Member Tam Doduc believes the board will approve a Bay-Delta Plan that includes voluntary agreements with agricultural water interests.

A coalition has emerged around a complex and ambitious approach to bring water to the valley – one that could head off the worst effects of SGMA for farmers, the environment and communities.

Water policy expert Tim Quinn describes a breakdown in coalition building that began 20 years ago.

DWR Director Karla Nemeth made a case that the implementation of SGMA beginning this year will provide “agriculture with more certainty, even around surface water supplies.”