New PPIC report cites four key weaknesses in drought preparation and response From the Public Policy Institute of California: “State,...
A new report uses landscape metrics in both the historical and contemporary Delta to help define, design, and evaluate functional,...
Graham Fogg covers the fundamentals of groundwater, including different types of overdraft, sustainable yields, and basin salt balance, as well as debunks some groundwater myths In September of 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed historic legislation designed to strengthen local management...
Legislators hear from the multiple agencies and organizations with flood management responsibilities in the Central Valley In the Central Valley,...
From the California Natural Resources Agency: California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Matthew Rodriquez and Natural Resources Secretary John Laird today...
With 7 million Californians and $600 billion in assets at risk, Assembly oversight hearing examines the state’s liability for flood damages and the annual $1 billion investment gap in flood management infrastructure spending Precipitation in California can vary greatly from...
Rich Juricich briefs the California Water Commission on the Department of Water Resources’ many roles, which include developing new regulations...
This morning, the State Water Resources Control Board issued a press release regarding the March 5th revised order, which was...
The Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board has issued the order, further modifying the previous decision which approved some parts and denied other parts of the State Water Project and federal Central Valley Project’s request for a...
At the PPIC’s Managing Drought conference, State Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus, David Guy, Bill Croyle, and Jill Duerig reflect...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which Californians rely on heavily during the dry summer months...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: As California enters a fourth year of drought, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) announced a steep decline in water conservation during the month of January, considered the driest January...
Yesterday, the Department of Water Resources announced a slight increase in the State Water Project allocation from 15% to 20%. ...
Metropolitan’s David Fullerton and Paul Hutton say there’s a relationship between turbidity and Delta smelt, and demonstrate that by cutting...
From the Department of Water Resources: Few storms have graced California so far this winter, but those that did – in mid-December and early February – will allow the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to increase water deliveries to...