Weekend Wrap-Up: BDCP; Weather
Welcome back! Here’s the weekend wrap-up:
At the top of the scroll: “Delta Water Tunnel Project Needs $1.2 Billion More for Planning,” reported The Sacramento Bee. “Canal or Tunnels, Fight Still the Same” and “Peripheral Canal At a Glance” were articles in the Stockton Record. “Bay Delta Conservation Plan Environmental Documents Released,” reported Capital Public Radio. On The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert blog was the post, “Delta Water Tunnels Environmental Report Released.” A post on the Northern California Water Association blog was titled “The BDCP and the Further Need for Statewide Water Solutions.”
The weather made weekend headlines, including “State-By-State Look at Wintry Weather,” from the Associated Press.
Among the wide-ranging news story topics were these headlines: “Imperial Valley Agencies Develop Plan to Save Ailing Salton Sea” and “Water is Contaminated at LAX’s Tom Bradley Terminal,” articles in the Los Angeles Times, and “A Decade After Firestorm, California Panel’s Recommendations Have Mixed Record,” an article in The Sacramento Bee.
Water Word of the Week: Safe Yield is Aquafornia’s Water Word of the Week from sister site Aquapedia — the Water Education Foundation’s online water encyclopedia. To learn more, read the post titled “Safe Yield: Aquafornia Water Word of the Week.”
Last Week’s Top Stories: The most viewed story was “Klamath Task Force Reaches Water Agreement,” from the Associated Press. Excluding news articles, “There’s No Good Deal for Sacramento in Delta Tunnels,” a commentary in The Sacramento Bee, received the most views.
What’s on the Calendar? This week’s events include a Brown Bag Seminar, “Historical Geomorphology of Sacramento River and Delta,” Monday, Dec. 9, and the Dec. 11-13 Colorado River Water Users Association Annual Conference.