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Recent water quality monitoring testing conducted for the Sacramento Valley Water Quality Coalition (Coalition) shows that water quality in the Sacramento Valley is good and particularly healthy for the aquatic ecosystem. Aquatic health and the biological condition of waterbodies is generally measured by toxicity testing using sensitive algae, invertebrates, and fish that are intended to … Continue reading “Sacramento Valley Growers Work to Protect Aquatic Life”

By David Guy, Northern California Water Association Tim Johnson, California Rice Commission  With the recent dry years dramatically affecting the Sacramento Valley, we have taken some time, stepped back and reflected on the past decade, what we have learned from the dry years, and what we can do better in future years—both wet and dry–to … Continue reading “Protecting Communities and Fish and Wildlife During Dry Years in the Sacramento Valley”

By Bruce Houdesheldt“The Sacramento Valley is one of the great valleys of the world, with a vast and fertile soil area.  It is blessed with an abundant water supply, and an agriculture much more diversified than is found anywhere else on the face of the earth.” – Sacramento Valley land brochure (1911) More than a … Continue reading “Monitoring the Salinity Signal in the Sacramento Valley to Manage for a Sustainable Future”

By David Guy Today, 95% of the Central Valley’s historical floodplains are cut off from the river by levees. Built in the early 1900s to combat devastating floods, levees and bypasses were constructed to corral mighty rivers and push water quickly through the system. Even before invasive species, large rim dams, and Delta water export … Continue reading “The Floodplain Forward: Bypasses and Fish Habitat”