Snowpack jump not expected to alter state plan to withhold water allocations California’s last snowpack measurement of the winter season took place Tuesday, and shows an increase in the state’s frozen water source. But don’t look for the state to release supplies to State Water Project (SWP) contractors, said David Okita, general manager of the […]
Options open on water
City Council eschews mandatory cuts in residential, commercial use — for now Benicia’s municipal operation is taking the lead in cutting back water consumption, the City Council heard Tuesday night. It will take longer to determine whether the city’s residents and businesses will follow that example, city employees told the panel. The Council heard staff […]
Water funding approved
As city girds for drought, $900K made available to augment supply Benicia City Council agreed Tuesday to make up to $900,000 available for a water purchase, though city staff said no purchase would be made without a second Council vote. Benicia historically counts on the State Water Project to supply 85 percent of its water […]
City Council to discuss buying water
Some fear drought may upset already delicate budget situation Since the state has shut off the supply Benicia counted on for 85 percent of its water, City Manager Brad Kilger will ask the City Council on Tuesday to authorize spending up to $900,000 on water. “In light of the current drought conditions and the imposed […]
Jerome Page: On the heartbreak of Rex and Dick
FIRST TODAY, I BRING YOU THE HEARTRENDING STORY of a man who has labored all his life to achieve his heart’s desire, a lovely home in Denton, Texas, a Dallas suburb, only to learn it was facing the desecration of a fracking water tower in the neighborhood. (For water supply, not actual fracking.) It is […]