Spinal deformities in California native fish species, the Sacramento Splittail, were first seen in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in 2011. It is now known that this is due to exposure to the chemical element selenium. By the USGS, California Water...
This report/commentary prepared by hydrologist Robert Shibatani. With growing speculation, people are starting to express concern over this water year’s...
Westlands Water District gets permanent U.S. contract for massive irrigation deliveries: “The Interior Department on Friday awarded the nation’s largest farm water district a permanent entitlement to annual irrigation deliveries that amount to roughly twice as much water as the...
Completed contracts include East Bay Municipal Utility District, City of Folsom, City of Roseville, Sacramento County Water Agency, Sacramento Municipal...
Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion project would increase storage capacity by more than 100K acre-feet, add new conveyance facilities From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation and Contra Costa Water District published final environmental documents today that evaluate the...
Statewide, snowpack’s water equivalent is 11 inches, or 46 percent of the March average From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the third manual snow survey of 2020 at Phillips Station. The manual...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water In the first indication of how strict state officials will be with new groundwater sustainability agencies, the Department of Water Resources has refused to accept groundwater plans covering the Madera subbasin because one of those...
