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MEDIA CENTER - In the News Set aside land along rivers to prevent flood
disasters Grading 2005 As 2005 draws to a close, we thought it might be useful to take stock of some of the most important issues, topics and controversies of our community. One way to tell how we're doing is to give a letter grade... Farm to forest PUC OKs revised water plan The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved a revised plan Tuesday to rebuild the Hetch Hetchy system... Hetch Hetchy upgrade approved by SFPUC The largest water project in the western United States — a multibillion-dollar plan to upgrade The City's water system that aims to ensure a reliable supply for 2.4 million Bay Area residents until 2030 — took final shape Tuesday... Panel drops plan to add pipeline The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission will likely scrap plans for a fourth pipeline that would carry water from Yosemite National Park to consumers in the San Francisco Bay Area... Dropping pipeline plan will help the Tuolumne The decision was made in San Francisco, but the benefit will be felt in Stanislaus County... SF backs off plan for fourth pipeline The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission responded favorably Tuesday to a recommendation to scrap plans to Citizens: Leave Tuolumne alone Commission scraps plans for a fourth Tuolumne pipeline Letter to the Editor: Not a progressive solution Editor -- I appreciated very much the opportunity to hear directly from the City of San Francisco Planning Department and the SF Public Utilities Commission regarding the proposed Water System Improvement Program (WSIP) for San Francisco. The presentation in Sonora was well attended by local and vocal citizens... Tuolumne pipeline in doubt PUC manager favors shelving a 4th pipeline Consultants' study shows alternative costing a lot less Source: San Francisco Chronicle October 11, 2005 San Francisco's public utilities chief wants to scrap a plan to build a fourth pipeline to carry water from the Sierra foothills to the eastern edge of the Bay Area, a long-envisioned component of the Hetch Hetchy rebuilding project that came under fire from environmentalists... SFPUC chief: Scale back plan for Hetch Hetchy Source: San Francisco Examiner October 11, 2005 San Francisco’s public utilities chief has recommended scaling back part of the massive project to rebuild The City’s seismically vulnerable water system — a pipeline proposal long opposed by environmentalists... Pipeline dropped from retrofit plan Public hearing tonight in Fremont to address environmental impacts Source: Alameda News Group October 11, 2005 The manager of San Francisco's Hetch Hetchy water system has asked policy-makers to drop plans for a controversial "fourth pipe" to carry more Tuolumne River water from Yosemite National Park to the Bay Area... San Francisco Utility Commission To Discuss Water Options The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is looking at various options to meeting the city's growing water needs... SF water plan panned at meeting About a fifth of the 100 people gathered last night at the Sonora Opera Hall told San Francisco environmental planners they favor aggressive water conservation in the Bay Area... Plan would divert more water to SF; Critics say transfer would harm the Tuolumne River In times of severe drought, San Francisco could receive up to 25 million gallons of Tuolumne River water daily under a proposal with the Turlock and Modesto irrigation districts... SFPUC has its plans for the Tuolumne Who is going to protect the Tuolumne River? Two scoping meetings, tonight and Thursday, will seek public comment... SFPUC's plans for water system matter in valley The big picture of San Francisco's plans for seismic improvements to its Hetch Hetchy water system is coming into focus. And it's not exactly what we expected to see... A common vision for the Clavey Summer has shrunk the Clavey River, but the waterway is still doing what it always does: tumbling toward the Tuolumne River north of Yosemite National Park... Open Forum - '95 pact still working to save Tuolumne salmon Source: Modesto Bee August 19, 2005 In California, the famous quote attributed to Mark Twain "Whiskey is for drinking and water for fighting over" is too often true. Recently, the Klamath River, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and other waterways have been the subject of acrimonious debate... Open Forum - More conservation, not capacity Source: San Francisco Chronicle This summer, waterfalls that normally trickle instead roar, rivers surge through their channels at higher flows than usual, and the fishing is outstanding. Vacationers are soaking in the glories of rivers like the spectacular Tuolumne... Hetch Hetchy system upgrades receive key approvals Source: The Examiner A $162 million spending plan for the upgrade of the 68-mile-long water system that provides The City and much of the Bay Area with water received key approvals Monday, but not before strict language barring any environmental harm to the Tuolumne... Letter
to Editor - S.F. water policy lags Letter
to Editor Letter
to Editor Fight
brewing over Tuolumne's water supply Tuolumne
River moves into endangered status Bay
Area's needs threaten Tuolumne TID
says Tuolumne won't be hurt Two
California rivers make group's most-threatened list California
- 2 state rivers among 10 most threatened Santa
Clara River in Danger, Group Says Tuolumne
placed on 'threatened' list A national environmental group lists the Tuolumne River which provides water to Modesto and other Stanislaus County communities, as well as the Bay Area among the nation's 10 most threatened waterways... Group:
Pipeline will put the Tuolumne in trouble April 13, 2005 A proposed pipeline that could siphon off millions more gallons of Tuolumne River water to a thirsty Bay Area has prompted a national environmental group to name the Tuolumne one of the nation's 10 most endangered rivers... SF
Pipeline could slow to a trickle The Tuolumne River Regional Park is an ambitious, important vision for the future of Modesto, Ceres and the entire area. It includes bike trails, fishing access, wildlife enhancements... Hetch
Hetchy costs draw fiery reaction Costs
soar for plan to fix Hetch Hetchy Cost
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