The following documents on California Water Issues are now available:

• EWC stated its opposition to H.R. 5781, the so-called "Federal Drought Bill" in a letter to Senators Feinstein and Boxer (12/5/2014).


• EWC expressed opposition to Senator Feinstein's and Representative McCarthy's so-called "Federal Drought Bill" S. 2198S which would directly amend or undermine key statutory protections for fish and wildlife and groundwater protection, without addressing the underlying cause of water shortages (11/18/2014).


• The Environmental Protection Agency's 8/26/2014 comment letter on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. The EPA found that the plan could violate the federal Clean Water Act and increase harm to endangered fish species.


• The EWC's comment letter (6/11/2014) and supplemental comments (7/28/2014) critique the 40,000-page Bay Delta Conservation Plan and EIR/EIS. The EWC tells BDCP that the Plan is not a legal document and that the plan cannot go forward (6/11/2014).


• EWC expressed opposition to Senator Boxer's and Feinstein's S. 2198 which would exacerbate impacts on the environment and the salmon industry without addressing the underlying cause of water shortages (5/16/2014).


• The EWC submitted a letter in support of state Wild & Scenic River status for a 37-mile stretch of the Mokelumne River to Senator Loni Hancock on April 11, 2014.


• The EWC prepared a list of principles and actions on appropriate drought responses, February 28, 2014.


• The EWC submitted an opposition letter to HR 3964 to the House of Representatives on February 2, 2014.


• The EWC 2014 Action Plan


• The EWC submitted comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the proposal to raise the height of the Shasta dam to the Bureau of Reclamation on September 30, 2013.


• EWC has developed a presentation on our Responsible Exports Plan and why BDCP is not good for California or Southern California. The presentation was shown at the June 2013 Southern California Water Dialog meeting at the Metropolitan Water District offices.


• The 2013 EWC Strategic and Operating plan will guide the overall directions and work priorities of the EWC. It covers a two year period until the end of 2014.


• The EWC has assembled the various recommendations we have made during the past year for the Delta Plan and packaged them into a single alternative plan that we now refer to as the Responsible Exports Plan, May 2013.


• the EWC's March 26, 2013 comments on the San Joaquin River SED, and the attachment to that letter


• the EWC's Febrary 6, 2013 critical comments on the Benefit-Cost Analysis for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.


• the EWC's January 14, 2013 comments on the Final Delta Plan, Recirulated Draft PEIR and Rulemaking Package.


• the EWC and Environmental Justice Coalition for Water's response to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Shasta Lake water Resources Investigation Draft Feasibility Study. January 28, 2013.


• the first comprehensive economic benefit-cost analysis of the water conveyance tunnels at the center of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). The principal author of this report is Dr. Jeffrey Michael, Director of the Business Forecasting Center (BFC) at the University of the Pacific. June 14, 2012.


• California Water Solutions Now (3rd edition 2011) Full Report (1,836 KB)


• California Water Solutions Now (2012) Powerpoint presentation (1.4 MB)