In recent years, invasive aquatic plants have increased exponentially in the shallow waters of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, clogging...
Here’s the latest news from the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: NEW: Climate Change Data and Guidance...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available. In this month’s issue: ESSAY Towards Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Recovery: Research Priorities Katherine R. Smith, Melissa K. Riley, Laureen Barthman–Thompson, Mark J. Statham, Sarah...
The Delta Stewardship Council reports that nine appeals have been filed for the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) July 27,...
By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University Despite higher-than-normal amounts of rain in early 2017, the large agricultural and metropolitan communities that...
Timothy Parker and Graham Fogg discuss the benefits and the challenges of Managed Aquifer Recharge, and how MAR can be key to water security in a changing climate Groundwater is an essential water source, providing 35% of the fresh water...
From the Central Valley Regional Water Board: “Reformatted Water Quality Control Plans for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River...
From the California Fish and Game Commission: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions on Section 2073.3 of...
On July 6, 2018, the State Water Board released proposed Plan Amendments for the Lower San Joaquin River and Southern Delta objectives and a proposed Final Substitute Environmental Document, which provided the environmental and other analyses in support of the...
On Friday, Secretary Zinke issued a memo calling for specific actions to be taken within 15 days to maximize Central...
By the USGS Extensive groundwater withdrawal from the unconsolidated deposits in the San Joaquin Valley caused widespread aquifer-system compaction and...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: California Department of Water Resources (DWR), with input from the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), has prepared a summary of the newly chaptered, long-term water conservation legislation, AB 1668 and SB 606. ...
Despite repeated assurances California has enough water to fight the currently 18 major fires raging throughout the state, the Trump...
From the Department of Water Resources: Today the Department of Water Resources (DWR) provided an update on construction-related activities for...
Kamyar Guivetchi on the importance of the Flood MAR concept and what DWR and other state agencies are doing to advance the concept Flood-MAR is an integrated water resource management strategy that uses flood waters resulting from rainfall or snowmelt...