From News Line, a daily compilation of farm water news distributed to CFWC members and others upon request. To receive News Line, click here and submit your request. Groundwater depletion must be addressed Coalition response… While the writer has good intentions, the solution proposed to resolve groundwater overdraft is incorrect. Many of California’s over drafted […]
California Farm Water Success Stories
Statement by the California Farm Water Coalition on the publication of farm water success stories showing how agricultural water stewardship practices are at work on-the-ground, at the farm and irrigation-district level. “The Pacific Institute has come a long way toward recognizing the achievements by farmers and water managers instead of unfairly criticizing them for wasting […]
New study confirms farm water efficiency
“Nearly 30 years after a University of California, Cooperative Extension study concluded that farmers are not wasting water a new study arrived at similar conclusions. A major finding of the current study contradicts a popular claim that increased conservation on the farm could result in millions of acre-feet of water available for other uses. “The […]
Technology opens door to solving California’s water supply crisis
How California can use the latest technology to solve its water supply crisis is the focus of a new Public Broadcast System program co-sponsored by the California Farm Water Coalition. “This is really a celebration of the creativity and leadership that everyone from family farmers in the Central Valley to the public water agencies that […]
Kern Water Bank
From News Line, a daily compilation of farm water news distributed to CFWC members and others upon request. To receive News Line, click hereThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and submit your request. Earth: Lawsuit over Kern Water Bank worth watching Coalition viewpoint…The Kern Water […]
Farm water provides benefits
From News Line, a daily compilation of farm water news distributed to CFWC members and others upon request. To receive News Line, click here This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and submit your request. The false promise of Hoover Dam Coalition viewpoint…Farmers actually receive about […]
Water supply cuts devastate Valley
The image below shows huge swaths of fallowed farmland in Westlands Water District as a result of water supply cuts. Unemployment in parts of the Valley reached 41 percent in August, according to the Fresno County Employment Development Department. NASA images published recently show similar conditions as far south as Bakersfield. It is estimated that […]
Waste and unreasonable use of water
By Lance Johnson, Madera Irrigation District Given three years of drought when every acre-foot of water has to be beneficially used every Californian should be mad as hell about the waste and unreasonable use of water that is occurring under the guise of protecting fish. Consider first that the California Water Code, Division 1, Chapter 1, […]
I Heard It On The Radio
Radio Advertising Water supply and jobs Water Supply and food security Have you heard recently on the radio about California’s water supply crisis and the devastating impacts water supply cuts are having on the people and communities that depend on farming for their livelihoods? The following statement by Dan Nelson, executive director of the San […]
Farm Water Tours
2008 Farm Water Leadership Tour Sept. 17-19, 2008 Join the three-day tour through the San Joaquin Valley and visit with farmers and water district officials. Tour participants visit the fuse gates at Lake Kaweah. The tour begins and ends in Stockton with overnight stops in Los Banos and Bakersfield. This is your opportunity to ask […]