California Central Valley Water Management: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources of the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, May 20, 1999, Washington, DC. |
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acre-feet acres agencies alternatives anadromous BARRY NELSON Bay-Delta Accord benefits Butte Creek CALFED Bay-Delta Program CALFED process CALFED Program CALFED's California water CCWD CCWD's Central Valley Project Chairman chinook salmon Congress contract renewal cost Cosumnes County crops CVP contractors CVPIA implementation CVPLA decision Delta diversions DOOLEY DOOLITTLE economic ecosystem restoration Ecosystem Restoration Program Endangered Species environmental farmers Federal fish and wildlife fish screens fishery flood flows Gartrell GLEICK Glenn County goals going groundwater habitat impacts integrated Interior investment irrigation issues land landowners levee long-term contracts Nature Conservancy negotiations Nelson PEIS percent potential problems Restoration Fund restoration projects riparian risk Sacramento River salmon Secretary BABBITT Service stakeholders storage Subcommittee testimony Thank tiered pricing Trinity River urban water Valley Project Improvement Water District water management water quality Water Resources water supply reliability water transfers water users watershed wetland
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Page 70 - The Sacramento Valley's initiative and effort to help protect salmon and other aquatic species is unprecedented and is now recognized as one of the most exciting and progressive voluntary salmon restoration efforts in the United States. Today, more than a dozen NCWA members, representing over 500,000 acres of irrigable land, have either completed or are in various stages of developing screens to prevent fish entrainment at their diversions.
Page 54 - Member of the American Geophysical Union ; the American Association for the Advancement of Science ; the American Astronomical Society ; the American Institute of Physics ; Eta Kappa Nu ; and the Society of Sigma Xi.
Page 63 - I have some good news, and some bad news. The good news is that at the end of the day we're going to have a party with cake and ice cream. But the bad news is that it's a going-away party for Shawn.
Page 67 - ... to the Sierra Nevada foothills, and nearly 180 miles from Redding to Sacramento. Our members rely on the waters of the Sacramento, Feather, Yuba and American Rivers, smaller tributaries and groundwater to irrigate nearly 850,000 acres that produce every type of food and fiber grown in the region. Many of our members also provide water supplies to state and federal wildlife refuges, and much of this land serves as important seasonal wetlands for migrating waterfowl, shorebirds and other wildlife....
Page 173 - The funds will be used to achieve a reasonable balance among competing demands for the use of Central Valley Project water, including the requirements of fish and wildlife, agricultural, municipal and industrial and power contractors.
Page 63 - ... pm, the subcommittee recessed, to reconvene at 2:15 pm the same day.] AFTERNOON SESSION Mr.
Page 9 - Sea, is granted by the Bureau of Land Management, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the State of Alaska...
Page 48 - Coachella Valley Water District, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Municipal Water District of Orange County, San Diego County Water Authority, Santa Clara Valley Water District, Solano County Water Agency and Central/West Basin Municipal Water District.
Page 10 - I are to provide good water quality for all beneficial uses; to improve and increase aquatic and terrestrial habitats and improve ecological functions in the Bay-Delta to support sustainable populations of diverse and valuable plant and animal species; to reduce the mismatch between Bay-Delta water supplies and current and projected beneficial uses dependent on the Bay-Delta system...