From News Line, a daily compilation of farm water news distributed to CFWC members and others upon request. To receive News Line, click here. Delta plan threatens water rights, supplies Coalition response…Opposition to planned water system upgrades and ecosystem improvements in the Delta puts the water supply for more than 25 million Californians at risk. […]
Groundwater depletion needs to be discussed
From News Line, a daily compilation of farm water news distributed to CFWC members and others upon request. To receive News Line, click here and submit your request. Groundwater depletion must be addressed Coalition response… While the writer has good intentions, the solution proposed to resolve groundwater overdraft is incorrect. Many of California’s over drafted […]
California Farm Water Success Stories
Statement by the California Farm Water Coalition on the publication of farm water success stories showing how agricultural water stewardship practices are at work on-the-ground, at the farm and irrigation-district level. “The Pacific Institute has come a long way toward recognizing the achievements by farmers and water managers instead of unfairly criticizing them for wasting […]
New study confirms farm water efficiency
“Nearly 30 years after a University of California, Cooperative Extension study concluded that farmers are not wasting water a new study arrived at similar conclusions. A major finding of the current study contradicts a popular claim that increased conservation on the farm could result in millions of acre-feet of water available for other uses. “The […]
Technology opens door to solving California’s water supply crisis
How California can use the latest technology to solve its water supply crisis is the focus of a new Public Broadcast System program co-sponsored by the California Farm Water Coalition. “This is really a celebration of the creativity and leadership that everyone from family farmers in the Central Valley to the public water agencies that […]
Food Cost Study Information
AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING NEARLY $4,000 LESS THAN WORLDWIDE COUNTERPARTS The average American household is spending $3,820 less for food each year in comparison to their counterparts around the world. A CFWC study compared spending habits of American households with those in 28 high-income countries across the globe. U.S. households spent approximately $5,945, or 6.2 percent, […]
Kern Water Bank
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Farm water provides benefits
From News Line, a daily compilation of farm water news distributed to CFWC members and others upon request. To receive News Line, click here This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and submit your request. The false promise of Hoover Dam Coalition viewpoint…Farmers actually receive about […]
Water supply cuts devastate Valley
The image below shows huge swaths of fallowed farmland in Westlands Water District as a result of water supply cuts. Unemployment in parts of the Valley reached 41 percent in August, according to the Fresno County Employment Development Department. NASA images published recently show similar conditions as far south as Bakersfield. It is estimated that […]
Waste and unreasonable use of water
By Lance Johnson, Madera Irrigation District Given three years of drought when every acre-foot of water has to be beneficially used every Californian should be mad as hell about the waste and unreasonable use of water that is occurring under the guise of protecting fish. Consider first that the California Water Code, Division 1, Chapter 1, […]