From the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA):
The recent mandatory water restrictions put in place by the state
were the topic of an interview on July 16 by Judy Woodruff during
the PBS News Hour of Timothy Quinn, ACWA Executive Director, and
Craig Miller of KQED. Much of the focus of the interview was
on just how serious the drought is and why the regulations are
necessary right now.
From the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA):
Gov. Jerry Brown on July 14 announced several reappointments to
the California Water Commission as well as the new appointment of
Armando Quintero, president of the Marin Municipal Water District
Board of Directors.
Mark Grossi, environmental reporter for The Fresno Bee, was
honored Thursday by the Fresno County Farm Bureau for excellence
in agriculture reporting by print media.
“[Gov. Jerry] Brown’s handling of state prisons, efforts to
address poverty and his response to California’s drought and
water issues all received low overall grades from voters in a USC
Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll conducted shortly before the
primary.”
“Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today [May 27] announced the
following appointments. … Karla Nemeth, 43, of Sacramento
has been appointed deputy secretary for water policy at the
California Natural Resources Agency. … Kristopher Tjernell,
32, of Sacramento, has been appointed special assistant for water
policy at the California Natural Resources Agency.
From the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA):
“On Tuesday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
held a hearing to consider the nomination of Estevan López to be
the next Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation.”
“The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region announces the
selection of Sheryl Franklin as the Area Manager for the Klamath
Basin Area Office located in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Franklin is
scheduled to begin her new job in mid-May.”
“Jessica R.
Pearson, former deputy secretary for the California Natural
Resources Agency, has been named Executive Officer of the Delta
Stewardship Council.
“Former Southern Nevada Water Authority boss Pat Mulroy will join
Brookings Mountain West and the Desert Research Institute, the
organizations announced Tuesday.”
“The California Farm Water Coalition has upgraded its estimate
of acres farmers will leave idle this year because of a lack of
water to 800,000 acres, up from 500,000 acres. …
“During the annual meeting of the Northern California Water
Association annual meeting last week in Chico, two water
leaders were honored.
“President Barack Obama’s lead adviser on water and wildlife
toured the enormous south Delta export pumps Tuesday, examining
the roaring, 22,500-horsepower pumps before cautioning that no
one would receive all the water they need this year.
“U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell told reporters
that state and federal governments will have to be flexible to
make the best use of a limited amount of water.”
“Joseph L. Sax, a legal scholar who helped shape environmental
law in the United States and fuel the environmental movement by
establishing the doctrine that natural resources are a public
trust requiring protection, died on Sunday at his home in San
Francisco.
“In 1970, Joseph Sax wrote a law review article that laid the
foundation for a court case that would become famous in the
annals of California water.
“More than a decade after publication of Sax’s seminal essay on
the public trust doctrine, the California Supreme Court ruled
that the state had a duty to take into account the public trust
in allocating water resources — an opinion that ultimately
forced Los Angeles to reduce diversions from the Mono Lake
basin in the Eastern Sierra.”
From The New York Times, in a commentary by Timothy Egan:
“It’s unfair to give all credit for the Golden State revival to
Jerry Brown. But the man, who will be 76 next month and was both
the youngest and oldest governor of California, and who just
announced a plan to run for a fourth term with an approval rating
approaching 60 percent, deserves the lion’s share.
“Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today [March 6] praised
President Obama’s intent to nominate Estevan López, a
professional engineer with over two decades of experience in
water resource management, to serve as Commissioner of the Bureau
of Reclamation — the largest wholesale water supplier and second
largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States. The
U.S.
From the Albuquerque Journal Washington, D.C., Bureau:
“Michael Connor, a Las Cruces native who served as a water
policy expert in the office of former Sen. Jeff Bingaman, was
unanimously confirmed Thursday as deputy secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Interior.
“Connor, 50, had been working as commissioner of the Bureau of
Reclamation. … He will replace David J.
