No Agua
Behind Fresno’s under-the-radar approach to water
I had a chat last week with Tommy Esqueda, director of Fresno’s Department of Public Utilities. We talked about patterns in the local weather. I now sense that Esqueda and the entire town will soon...
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Recharge Fresno chugs ahead of schedule, with one large HSR-caused speed bump
November 7, 2017The mightiest public works project in Fresno’s 132-year history is nearing a successful finish, with one significant blemish.
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Fresno plugs away on water infrastructure projects as Temperance Flat effort launches
August 22, 2017The City's public works department is expanding its water footprint in Southeast Fresno and has eyes on Temperance Flat Dam.
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Vagim presses City Hall over latest water moves, transparency
August 7, 2017Doug Vagim once again is shining a light on the complexity of water regulation in Fresno. His point this time: An inflexible one-size-fits-all limit on hourly water consumption is unfair. The former Fresno County supervisor...
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Tinkering with watering rules should have us revisiting Recharge Fresno pitch
July 7, 2017Fresnans are paying higher water rates and being pressured to conserve more, despite Recharge Fresno promises.
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Fresno capitalizes on wet winter, takes on water from Friant Dam
February 10, 2017Now water bigwigs are begging us to take the stuff off their hands. That’s what a wet 2016-2017 season does to water policy.
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How Valley farmers could kill their best chance at a permanent water fix
January 16, 2017Farmers and their allies are about to face a real test: who’s playing to win and who's playing not to lose.
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Can you hear him now? Buddy’s right, whether you like it or not.
April 16, 2016Buddy Mendes was animated, forceful and – more importantly – right about water problems on the westside.
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Amid epic drought, High-Speed Rail a water hog of unknown proportions
March 30, 2016HSR has been measured in miles-per-hour and dollars-per-minute. George Hostetter inspects a new one: acre feet-per-day.
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Fresno prepares to take on additional water from Feds
March 28, 2016The decent (but not great) rain season just got a little better for Fresno. City Hall announced last week that the Feds will allocate 18,000 acre feet of Millerton Lake water to Fresno this year....