Category: Chris White

Earlier this year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) announced its initial allocations for Central Valley Project (CVP) water users. This is always big news in the water world, but for those not tuning in to listen to...

For more than a decade, the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority, Grasslands Water District and San Luis Water District, along with the City of Los Banos, have proposed and pursued plans to reimagine how the...

The Exchange Contractors have been deeply intertwined with our local communities, going back generations to the early days of working alongside towns and organizations on water resource management to more recent efforts in...

The severe droughts we have seen in recent years were yet another reminder of how critical it is to continually invest in new infrastructure to capture and store water to prepare for future dry years. At the same time, we also...

Recently, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced its initial allocations for Central Valley Project water users. This is always big news in the water world, but for those of you who are not tuning in to listen to the Bureau of...

As the Executive Director of the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority, I want to provide an update on recent developments concerning our region’s Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) and our efforts to...

In California, our weather patterns can quickly shift from one extreme to another.  Just look at the last 10 years.  We’ve had five dry years—2014, 2015, 2020, 2021 and 2022—where the state and federal water supply...

The Central Valley and the western United States continue to face a significant drought, and we can expect more dry years in the future. It is critical that we come together to find solutions to this problem. At the same time,...

Just as the Central Valley Project allowed for the distribution of water throughout the region and led to the development of the Central Valley, today we need new public investments in water storage facilities, distribution...

Regional water supply projects are being developed south-of-Delta and on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley which would greatly benefit  local farms, communities and wildlife. Two of these projects that will greatly...

In our previous articles, we have described how the water supplies of our local communities depend on agricultural industry. The Exchange Contractors member agencies border Mendota, Firebaugh, Dos Palos, Los Banos, Gustine and...

The story of the Dos Palos water supply begins with the development of water rights and agriculture by Miller and Lux in the late 1800’s. In about 1890, Bernhard Marks worked a deal with Miller and Lux to attract approximately...