BuRec’s first-ever declared water shortage prompts calls for a policy rethink by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current As drought and climate change threatens the Colorado River, the federal government officially declared the first-ever water shortage in the Colorado River Basin on...
About 4,300 users were issued notices to halt diversions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Some growers and municipalities will have to rely on other sources, while many can invoke their senior water rights to keep pumping from the rivers —...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … $2.7 billion bond fund to build water reservoirs sits idle in California “It’s been seven years since drought-wracked California raked in $2.7 billion in bond funds that promised construction of reservoirs to...
Because of the confluence of relatively recent water rights settlements and a looming shortage of Colorado River water, tribes like the Tohono O’odham Nation and Gila River Indian Community — which hold the two largest tribal allocations of river water...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: SAFER Program Advisory Group Meeting from 9am to 4pm. Agenda items include SAFER Updates, Needs Assessment, Fund Expenditure Plan, and Public Comment. Click here for meeting notice and remote access instructions. FREE...
