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MID water sale to San Francisco

Modesto Terminates Water Transfer to SFPUC, from the Tuolumne River Trust

September 20, 2012 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

  On September 18 the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) voted to terminate negotiations for a transfer (sale) of 2,240 acre feet of water to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to supplement dry year supplies. The decision was met with enthusiasm by farmers, environmentalists and the City of Modesto. Had the water transfer gone through, the SFPUC would have been obligated to pay MID $1.5 million per year regardless […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: MID water sale, MID water sale to San Francisco, Modesto Stops water sale, Tuolumne River Trust

Senator Feinstein: Just dropping by? It’s the water, stupid!

August 19, 2012 By Eric Caine 2 Comments

  Woody Allen has said, “Paranoia is knowing all the facts,” and the more one knows about the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) water sale to San Francisco, the more likely one is to suffer severe attacks of paranoid dementia. Back in March, we alerted readers to one of the compelling factors behind the water sale—proposed legislation by California Senator Dianne Feinstein that would make water transfers less subject to government […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Dianne Feinstein in Modesto, MID water sale, MID water sale to San Francisco, MID water transfer

River Wars, Episode III: End of the River?

June 29, 2012 By Eric Caine Leave a Comment

  When the Modesto Irrigation District (MID) assures its customers there is enough Tuolumne River water to sell 2,000 acre feet per year to the city of San Francisco, knowledgeable citizens can only assume there’s a hidden back story. For one thing, many local farmers have been informed of reduced water allotments. Since their water comes from the Tuolumne River, they can’t help wondering how the claim of excess water […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: MID water sale, MID water sale to San Francisco, Tuolumne River, Tuolumne River water sale

Excess MID water? "No Way," Say Experts

April 5, 2012 By Eric Caine 2 Comments

To hear the Modesto Irrigation District tell it, selling 2,000,000 gallons per day of Tuolumne River Water will have no significant impacts on the river. Stanislaus County Supervisor and Westside farmer Jim DeMartini finds such a claim hard to believe. “I just had my water allotment reduced by fifty percent,” said DeMartini recently. “I get my water from the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) and TID gets its water from the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: MID Tuolumne River, MID water sale, MID water sale to San Francisco

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