Maven's Minutes: Metropolitan's Water Planning and Stewardship Committee...
The Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee received an update on desalination facilities currently being planned or considered for the Southern California area at their...
View ArticleMaven’s Minutes: Colorado River states meet; have questions for California
At the September 10, 2012 meeting of Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee, Manager of Colorado River Resources Bill Hasencamp briefed the committee about a meeting between the seven...
View ArticleMaven's Minutes: The Senate Select Committee hearing: The Next Decade in the...
On Monday, October 15th, Senator Lois Wolk, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Delta Stewardship and Sustainability, held a hearing at the Contra Costa County Administration Building in Martinez....
View ArticleMaven's Minutes: Reclamation's Terry Fulp and a new agreement with Mexico...
At the November 5th meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Stewardship and Planning Committee, Regional Director for Reclamation’s Lower Colorado River Region Terry Fulp addressed the...
View ArticleMaven’s Minutes: An update on the 2014 water bond
Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Water District’s Communications and Legislation Committee was updated on the status of the 2014 water bond. Metropolitan’s Legislative Advocate Kathy Cole began her...
View ArticleMaven's Minutes: Metropolitan's Bay-Delta Committee hears an update on Delta...
On January 22, 2013, Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta heard an update on restoration projects currently underway in the Delta, the latest on the Bay Delta Conservation...
View ArticleAddendum to Maven’s Minutes: Huffman clarifies the meaning of “reduced...
Yesterday’s Maven’s Minutes post on the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta meeting included this portion, quoted from Met’s Special Projects Manager Brenda Burman’s...
View ArticleMaven’s Minutes: Joint Informational Hearing: Natural Resources and Water and...
On May 14th, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and the Senate Select Committee on the Delta held a second informational hearing on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to gather...
View ArticleDr. Sunding makes his case for the BDCP to Metropolitan’s Special Committee...
At the July 23rd meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Dr. David Sunding presented the economic case for the BDCP to committee members, arguing that the benefits of the project...
View ArticleMaven’s Minutes: Metropolitan committee members discuss the estimated impact...
At the August 27th, 2013 of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, the Committee heard a presentation on the impacts of Bay Delta Conservation Plan on Metropolitan’s Integrated Resources...
View ArticleMaven’s Minutes: Evaluating the economics of the BDCP: Dr. Thornberg reviews...
At the joint meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee and the Special Committee on the Bay-Delta held on December 9, Dr. Chris Thornberg, economist and founding...
View ArticleMaven's Minutes: Metropolitan's Water Planning and Stewardship Committee...
The Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee received an update on desalination facilities currently being planned or considered for the Southern California area at their...
View ArticleSuperior Court tentatively rules in favor of San Diego County Water Authority...
From the San Diego County Water Authority: In a major victory for the San Diego County Water Authority and water ratepayers throughout San Diego County, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Curtis...
View ArticleMetropolitan Water District Board declares water supply alert throughout...
From the Metropolitan Water District: Southern California’s primary supplier of imported water today formally endorsed Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s statewide call for conservation in response to the...
View ArticleMetropolitan Special Committee on the Bay Delta hears an update on the BDCP’s...
At the February 25 meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Program Manager Randall Neudeck gave a brief overview of the discussions currently underway regarding...
View ArticleClimate change and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan
At the February 25 meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Committee members heard a presentation how climate change is incorporated into the Bay Delta Conservation...
View ArticleDr. Thornberg tells MWD Bay Delta Committee on the BDCP: “Stop hitting the...
At the March 25th meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Dr. Chris Thornberg from Beacon Economics returned as a follow-up to his December presentation covered...
View ArticleTentative agreement reached on State Water Project contract renewals
The Department of Water Resources and the State Water Contractors have reached a draft tentative agreement on a package of amendments to the State Water Project contracts that will extend the contracts...
View ArticleNotes from Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta: An update on...
“We are tantalizing close to a draft Implementing Agreement at this point in time,” Director Cowin told Committee members. At the May 27th meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on...
View ArticleSeismic design & performance considerations for the Bay Delta Conservation...
At the June 24th meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members heard a presentation on the seismic performance for the proposed twin tunnels, the...
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