The controversy that began nine years ago when the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) was first introduced in Congress continues unabated today. This issue of Western Water focuses on three of issues making headlines today: the annual allocation of 800,000 acre-feet of CVP yield to the environment, (the so-called b2 water); renewal of long-term water supply contracts; and the related action of increasing Trinity River flows. The magazine also explores the link between the CVPIA and the CALFED Bay-Delta Program.