And Then What Happened? Only Maven’s Notebook Tells The California Water Story from Start to Finish! In early 2017, during one of the wettest California winters on record, anyone with a pulse stood transfixed in front of a barrage of...
By Brad Udall, Colorado State University; Douglas Kenney, University of Colorado Boulder, and John Fleck, University of New Mexico As Midwest states struggled with record spring flooding this year, the Southwest was wrestling with the opposite problem: not enough water. On...
In California water news today, PG&E’s planned power shutdowns could choke off vital water supplies; Optimism for adopting Voluntary Agreements; Clean drinking water fund, Friant-Kern Canal, and abandoned boat removal legislation move forward; Hearing Wednesday in Congress on Bills to Protect...
In California water news today, Market-based program would encourage farmers to buy, sell local groundwater; Wildfire panel recommends extending safeguards...
In California water news this weekend, State agencies report on Voluntary Agreements in process to Water Board plan; The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim; Closer to extinction: Spring Delta smelt surveys reveal record...
At last week’s meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, Bay Delta Initiatives Manager Steve Arakawa updated the committee on the Governor’s water resilience portfolio and the continuing planning efforts for Delta conveyance. STATEWIDE WATER RESILIENCE PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT...