In California water news today, Water portfolio lays out state’s long-term plans; California’s salmon barely survived the 20th century, (but...
As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...
In California water news today, Governor releases water portfolio including voluntary agreements, Delta Tunnel and Sites Reservoir; Two bills could decide fate of critical Friant-Kern Canal in 2020. Will reps outside Valley care?; Sierra snowpack off to strong start but...
While considerable progress has been made to improve flood management in the Central Valley, the vast region still faces significant...
Last Friday, the Newsom administration released the long-awaited Water Resilience Portfolio with over 100 specific actions across four broad categories. ...
In California water news today, Fecal bacteria in California’s waterways increases with homeless crisis; DWR and State Water Resources Control Board to host SGMA Workshops this week; Widespread power shutdowns in CA helped reduce chances of human-related fire ignitions; California...
Monthly hydrology report prepared by Robert Shibatani The latter part of 2019 provided some much-needed precipitation across the State. As...
In California water news this weekend, Midwinter dry spells like this are not unusual in California, even in wet years;...
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released the 2016 Statewide Crop Mapping data. This new dataset represents the 2016 main season agricultural land use, wetlands, and urban boundaries for all 58 counties in California for the same time period....
From the California Natural Resources Agency: State agencies today released a draft water resilience portfolio with a suite of recommended...
In California water news today, December storms gave California a promising snowpack; Enough rain? Sufficient snow? Here’s how wet California,...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the first manual snow survey of 2020 at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 33.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent (SWE) of...
In California water news today, Moving forward with the California water portfolio; Zero Delta smelt found in CDFW survey two...
Coodinated Operations Agreement addendum, State Water Project incidental take permit, and the Yuba-Feather Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations program At the December...
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