Los Angeles Times June 29, 2015 The lawsuits hit the courts within days of the state mailing notices to some Central Valley irrigation districts: They were to stop diverting from rivers and streams because there wasn’t enough water to go around. Unsurprising as the move may be in this fourth year of drought, to the…
SF Gate June 25, 2015 A pump that sends water to 160 farmers in the delta was shut off Wednesday. The Byron Bethany Irrigation District in eastern Contra Costa County was directed by the state to stop diverting water earlier this month because of the drought. A handful of Central Valley water agencies that have…
AP California News June 25, 2015 FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Farmers in at least two California irrigation districts are considering whether to ignore a letter from the state calling for historic cuts in water use during the drought, a lawyer said Thursday. Attorney Steven Herum, who represents two Central Valley irrigation districts serving farmers, said…
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette June 15, 2015 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Drought-stricken California on Friday ordered the largest cuts on record to farmers holding some of the state’s strongest water rights. State water officials told more than 100 senior rights holders in California’s Sacramento, San Joaquin and delta watersheds to stop pumping from those waterways. The…
Miami Herald June 13, 2015 Despite California’s drought, Richard and Danna Jones’ cattle grazing pasture has stayed green thanks to water flowing free from a gulch claimed by his grandfather in 1911. Their nearly ironclad right to water was suspended Friday when state regulators ordered them to stop taking the water for their rural property…
More Angst As Water Cuts Approach TRACY — Walnut grower Jim McLeod, 86 hadn’t even been born when farmers just south of Tracy made a deal that they believed would give them a secure water supply forever. In the 1920s, they decided to purchase water rights from neighboring San Joaquin River diverters — rights that…
