Month: August 2017

August 31, 2017 664

Staff: Formation of Groundwater Sustainability Agencies has been successful At the State Water Resources Control Board meeting on August 15th,...

PANEL DISCUSSION: D-1641: How the water quality control planning process works

August 30, 2017 636

Attorneys panel with Tess Dunham, Anna Brathwaite, and Larry Caster discusses the water quality control planning process, the San Joaquin...

A conversation with journalist Lois Henry

August 29, 2017 897

Lois Henry talks about fracking, Nickel water, and more in a facilitated conversation with Tom Philp On Sunday, Lois Henry...

OC WATER SUMMIT: Southern California stormwater update

August 24, 2017 293

Flood control measures that were put in place decades ago have changed the landscape of the Los Angeles and Santa...

OROVILLE DAM SPILLWAY: Construction Update (with the latest video)

August 24, 2017 346

From the Department of Water Resources: Today the Department of Water Resources (DWR) provided an update on construction work on...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Sustainable Groundwater Management Program News for August 23

August 24, 2017 204

From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Basin Boundary Modification OPEN NOW – Required Initial Notification period. Local agencies intending to...

ANNOUNCEMENT: State Water Board extends comment deadlines for Statewide Dredged or Fill Procedures and amendment to the policy on Supplemental Environmental Projects

August 24, 2017 46

The State Water Resources Control Board announced the following comment deadline extensions: The comment deadline for Statewide Dredged or Fill...

Challenges facing irrigated agriculture in the western U.S.

August 23, 2017 1504

Dan Keppen is Executive Director of the Farm Family Alliance, a non-profit association that acts as an advocate for family...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Metropolitan Committee hears presentation on Cal Water Fix cost allocation and financing

August 22, 2017 517

On August 14th, Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta and the Water Planning and Stewardship Committee held a joint meeting...

THIS JUST IN … More lawsuits filed against California Water Fix project

August 21, 2017 2004

Local Governments and Delta water agencies file twin tunnels lawsuit Department of Water Resources’ twin tunnels approval ignores environmental impacts...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Defining “Delta as a Place”

August 17, 2017 383

The Delta Independent Science Board tackles the elusive ‘Delta as an Evolving Place’, plus updates on the activities of the...

Making conservation a California way of life

August 16, 2017 901

Symposium presentation looks at the Brown administration’s proposed framework for water conservation After several years of drought, in May of...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Save the California Delta Alliance writes Water Board expressing concerns about starting Part 2; DWR responds

August 14, 2017 112

On August 3rd, the Save the California Delta Alliance expressed their concerns about the preparations for beginning Part 2 of...

Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Program News for August 11, 2017