The Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), housed within the Department of Water Resources, regulates over 1,240 dams to prevent...
From the California Water Commission: As part of the California Water Commission’s work assessing a state role in financing conveyance...
By Ching Lee, Ag Alert Dry weather this spring has created ideal planting conditions for California rice farmers, but lack of available irrigation water has forced cutbacks to how much they can grow. Unhindered by spring rains and soggy fields...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert In water-stressed farming areas of California, farmers removed productive trees and idled other land to...
By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Watsonville-area farmers who rely on well water to produce berries and vegetables are continuing to...
Drought-riddled California and others want more sway over permitting process for projects like oil pipelines, power plants and wetlands developments, and say the Trump-era rule change was made to mollify fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment. By...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … DWR Water Wednesday: California’s Human Right to Water from 1pm to 1:30pm. In 2012,...
Dr. Graham Fogg and DWR’s Jenny Marr discuss the efforts underway to assess the potential for Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: California Environmental Flows Workgroup from 10am to 12:30pm. Agenda items include CEFF guidance document updates; RAPTR performance updates, and the bEta streamflow duration assessment method for the Arid West. Click here for...
Pressured by growers and legislators, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in 39 counties as most of California experiences...
Package includes billions for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, with a focus on small and disadvantaged communities From the Office of...
41 counties now under drought state of emergency to protect communities and the environment, representing 30 percent of the state’s population From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom today significantly expanded his April 21 drought emergency proclamation to include...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … OROVILLE DAM CASES PRETRIAL HEARING streaming from the Sacramento Superior Court at 9am...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … ‘We got unlucky.’ Why melting Sierra snow won’t save California from extreme...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: May Colorado River Basin Water Supply Webinar from 9am to 10am. The National Weather Service Colorado Basin River Forecast Center (CBRFC) produces water supply forecasts for the Colorado River Basin and the...