News Releases

2024

Partnership Announces Historic Agreement and Funding Award to Advance South of Delta Drought Resiliency Pilot Program and Project

May 21, 2024

CEO Statement on the Updated Friant Division Water Allocation

April 18, 2024

CEO Statement on the Updated Friant Division Water Allocation

April 1, 2024

2023

Statement on Reclamation’s Initial 2023 Water Allocation for the Friant Division
February 22, 2023

News Release: FWA Welcomes New Board Officers for 2023-2024 Term
January 11, 2023

2022

Statement on Reclamation’s Updated 2022 Water Allocation for the Friant Division
July 8, 2022

Statement on Releases from Friant Dam for the Exchange Contractors
April 5, 2022

Statement on the Voluntary Agreements
March 29, 2022

DWR Releases Funds for Repairs of the Friant-Kern Canal
March 24, 2022

Statement on Reclamation’s Initial 2022 Water Allocation for the Friant Division
February 23, 2022

2021

Statement on the Proposed 2022 Interim Operations Plan
November 24, 2021

Reclamation Awards Construction Contract for First Phase of Friant-Kern Canal Repairs
October 7, 2021

Statement on City of Fresno’s Vote to Sue FWA Over Friant-Kern Canal Costs
September 17, 2021

Statement on State’s Emergency Curtailment Regulations
August 4, 2021

CA Invests $100 Million in 2021/2022 Budget Toward Restoring Water Conveyance Capacity
July 16, 2021

Statement from FWA CEO Jason Phillips on 2021 Drought Conditions
June 3, 2021

FWA is One Step Closer to Fixing the Friant-Kern Canal
April 15, 2021

Letter to SWRCB Chair Joaquin Esquivel Regarding NRDC Request for Immediate Action
March 30, 2021

Letter to CA Senator Melissa Hurtado in support of SB 559
March 19, 2021

Statement from FWA on Reclamation’s Initial 2021 CVP Allocation for the Friant Division
Feb. 23, 2021

2020

FWA Approves Landmark Agreement with Eastern Tule GSA Regarding Impacts to the Friant-Kern Canal
Dec. 15, 2020

Joint SLDMWA, FWA & TCCA Statement on a lawsuit to protect California’s Central Valley Project
Apr. 28, 2020

Statement from FWA on the Bureau of Reclamation’s Updated 2020 Water Supply Allocation for the Friant Division
Apr. 21, 2020

Statement from FWA on the Bureau of Reclamation's Updated 2020 Water Supply Allocation for the Friant Division
Apr. 7, 2020

Statement from FWA Chief Executive Officer Jason Phillips on the State of California's Incidental Take Permit for Operating the State Water Project
Apr. 1, 2020

Statement from Friant Water Authority on Reclamation’s Initial 2020 Central Valley Project Water Supply Allocation
Feb. 25, 2020

Friant Water Authority Recognizes the Bureau of Reclamation on Finalizing New Operational Plans for the Central Valley Project
Feb. 24, 2020

2019

Comment Letter on the Tule Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plans
Dec. 16, 2019

Joint Statement from FWA, SLDMWA, and TCCA on CA’s Announcement of Intent to Litigate Biological Opinions
Nov. 21, 2019

Joint Statement on SB 559 and the Friant-Kern Canal
Sept. 11, 2019

2018 and Earlier

Agreement Between U.S. Bureau Reclamation and California DWR Supported by Public Water Agencies
Dec. 12, 2018

Friant Water Authority Adds Members, New Board Officers Take Positions
Jan. 26, 2017

Friant Water Authority Names Douglas DeFlitch as Chief Operating Officer
Jan. 20, 2017

Statement from Friant Water and Friant North Authorities on the Passage of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act
Dec. 10, 2016

Legal Documents

Section 1600 Permits