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Environmental water diversions from New Melones also have caused the Stockton East and Central San Joaquin areas to suffer the greatest shortages of contracted water.  In dry years these agricu...

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/new-melones-and-the-stockton-east-controversy/#comment-549

export rates. The position of the X2 is legally established through the 2008 biological opinion (OCAP) and subsequent court

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/opportunity-to-enhance-delta-smelt-science-scrapped-by-wanger-compromise-part-1/#comment-524

different species that use the Delta have conflicting and seemingly irreconcilable needs. However, an examination of the combined influence of exports and in-Delta diversions serves as a reminde...

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/the-head-of-old-river-barrier-and-a-delicate-balance-of-species-and-exports/#comment-477

two most notable characteristics of the agreement are elimination of the San Joaquin inflow-to-export ratio and revival of the spring Head of Old River barrier (HORB), a rock barrier installed a...

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/a-brief-overview-of-lower-san-joaquin-river-flow-objectives/#comment-476

The water board pretends to regulate the SWP and CVP, and the projects pretend that they are being regulated by the SWRCB. "...the Board concludes that to require the United States to by-pass wat...

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/swrcb-grandstanding-on-the-bdcp/#comment-468

staff, already stretched thin, to develop objectives independently. This tactic was the basis for adaptive management at Vernalis, and also the 1995 WQCP, which incorporated the key elements of ...

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/a-brief-overview-of-lower-san-joaquin-river-flow-objectives/#comment-463

community is no doubt happy to see that the State Board continues to be careful about couching the Delta flow criteria in constrained terms (noting that the flow criteria reflect the “narrow s...

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/state-water-resources-control-board-adopts-delta-flow-criteria/#comment-462

mentioned are the expected upcoming review of Sacramento flows and Delta outflow to complement the ongoing effort on the San Joaquin side. The water user community is no doubt happy to see that ...

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/challenges-and-opportunities-for-the-san-joaquin-explored-at-state-water-resources-control-board-proceeding/#comment-461

The X2 line dispute as a legal matter is also made possible by the culturally prevalent and acceptable belief that agency science and scientists are inherently biased, and that the truth can be d...

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/fall-x2-and-delta-smelt-continued/#comment-387

Well put, Eric.No disagreement here.

https://baydelta.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/fall-x2-and-delta-smelt-continued/#comment-386