In recent years, media reports and editorials have suggested that environmental regulations have made Delta outflows increasingly large, project water...
Panel discusses water rights and pumping allocations, groundwater recharge as a beneficial use, public trust doctrine and groundwater, and the fee authorities for GSAs In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which required all groundwater basins designated...
Oroville Dam’s Main Spillway Fully Reconstructed From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced it has met its goal of completely reconstructing the main spillway at Oroville Dam by Nov. 1 to be prepared...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: Grizzly Slough Floodplain Restoration Project And McCormack-Williamson Tract Restoration Project (North Delta Project) (C20186) The following certification of consistency with the Delta Plan for a covered action has been submitted to the Delta Stewardship Council...
From the State Water Board: Notice is hereby given pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 23, section 871, subdivision (c) that two petitions to request revision of the fully appropriated stream (FAS) status of the Kings River stream system...
Four essential policy reforms are needed to reduce the social, economic, and environmental costs of future droughts, says Dr. Mount California’s climate is changing. Hotter temperatures, a shrinking snowpack, shorter and more intense wet seasons, rising sea level, and more...