Report on Oroville Describes Urgent Dam Safety and Flood Lessons
CSPA News and Archives Sep 19, 2017 | 11:21 amMuch of California’s dam and flood infrastructure is obsolete and falling apart. It needs to be fixed now, says a report entitled “The Oroville Dam Spillway Incident and Lessons from the Feather River Basin.” The authors of report are from … Continue reading →
Read more...CSPA Et Al. Challenges Legality of WaterFix Project Financing
CSPA News and Archives Sep 15, 2017 | 18:56 pmOn 13 September 2017, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance and the California Indian Water Commission challenged the legality of proposed bonds that will be used to pay for the construction of the Department of Water … Continue reading →
Read more...CSPA and Coalition Recommend Flows and Habitat for Lower Yuba River
CSPA News and Archives Aug 28, 2017 | 23:36 pmIn a hundred-plus page filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on August 25, 2017, CSPA and other members of Foothills Water Network coalition filed recommendations for improving flow and habitat conditions in the lower Yuba River. The filing … Continue reading →
Read more...Oroville Dam Relicensing – Letter to FERC Requests Delay in New License
CSPA News and Archives Aug 28, 2017 | 16:41 pmCSPA has joined a broad-based ad hoc coalition of entities in an August 8, 2017 letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that requests a delay in the issuance of a new hydropower license for the Oroville Facilities Project. … Continue reading →
Read more...Potter Valley Project Dam Relicensing Begins
CSPA News and Archives Aug 26, 2017 | 18:34 pmCSPA, along with several other Conservation Groups[1], submitted extensive comments in early August to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the just-initiated relicensing of two PG&E dams on the mainstem Eel River. Cape Horn Dam (built 1908) and Scott … Continue reading →
Read more...CSPA Et Al. Sues Over Delta Tunnels Environmental Documents
CSPA News and Archives Aug 24, 2017 | 18:45 pmOn 21 August 2017, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Water Resources (DWR) over the inadequacy of its 80,000 plus page Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the WaterFix … Continue reading →
Read more...CSPA Joins in Pattern & Practice Lawsuit:State & Regional Water Boards Fail to Protect Water from Agricultural Pollution
CSPA News and Archives Aug 12, 2017 | 21:35 pmCSPA, in coalition with other environmental and trade organizations, filed a lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board asserting the Boards have failed to protect clean water from agricultural pollution. … Continue reading →
Read more...CSPA Files For Summary Judgment Against State Water Board
CSPA News and Archives Jul 29, 2017 | 06:02 amOn 27 July 2017, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, joined by the California Water Impact Network and AquAlliance, filed a motion for summary judgment in our pattern and practice and public trust lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board. … Continue reading →
Read more...Opposing Senate Bill AB 623 – Needs Further Refinement to Ensure Prevention of Further Water Pollution
CSPA News and Archives Jul 25, 2017 | 22:51 pmCSPA joined with other environmental groups in submitting a letter opposing SB 623 unless the bill is significantly amended. We strongly support the stated goals of SB 623 – The “Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund Bill” – to provide … Continue reading →
Read more...Opposing AB 313 – Negatively Effects State Water Control Board Water Rights Hearings
CSPA News and Archives Jul 14, 2017 | 11:49 amOn July 5th, CSPA joined with other environmental organizations in opposing AB 313 which would impede the orderly administration of water rights in California. It threatens water rights holders, California’s rivers and fisheries and the communities and jobs that depend … Continue reading →
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