[env-trinity] Fresno Bee April 19

[Byron]

Draw your own conclusions..Byron

 

CENTRAL VALLEY ALLOCATION:

Water allocation raised

Fresno Bee - 4/19/05

By staff writers and news services 

 

Farmers on the Valley's west side have received a 10% boost in the amount of
water they will receive this year from the federal Central Valley Water
Project. 

 

Jeff McCracken, spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, said the
allocation for agricultural water users south of the Delta has been
increased from 65% to 75%. 

 

The five-year average stands at 66%. Last year, the Feb. 15 allocation was
65%, and that amount was increased to 70% only Sept. 10, well into the
harvest season. 

 

McCracken said the bureau will do at least "one more review of storage and
commitments for the entire operation" before deciding on whether to make
another adjustment in the allocation.

 

 

Byron Leydecker, 

Chair, Friends of Trinity River

Consultant, California Trout, Inc.

PO Box 2327

Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327

415 383 4810 ph

415 383 9562 fx

bwl3 at comcast.net

bleydecker at stanfordalumni.org (secondary)

http://www.fotr.org

http://caltrout.org

 

 

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