By Dennis Pollock It has become a well-worn cliché in the world of irrigation: “If you want to manage water,...
By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert It has become a well-worn cliché in the world of irrigation: “If you want to manage water, you have to measure water.” Bill Green knows the expression well, as both an agriculture specialist at the...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … ‘Everybody’s pumping.’ How California’s plan to conserve groundwater ran into a drought...
While the negotiations have not yet started for the new guidelines for the management of the Colorado River, the lower...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Where is the water going? Small farmers struggle as ag titans wheel water for profit “Farmers in the heart of California’s agricultural belt – Kings County – sense something is awry with...
“We really have to get creative and equally value all of the interests of the stakeholders, use cooperative agreements and...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar from 11am to 12pm. The California-Nevada...
Upcoming workshops to gather public input on the new program At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, Kealiʻi Bright, Assistant Director of the Division of Land Resource Protection at the California Department of Conservation (or DOC), gave a...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Rush is on to drought-proof California’s archaic water system “Caught in one...
By Rebecca Sohn, Cal Matters In the spring of 2013, Jocelyn Walters and her partners moved Nativearth, their small shoe...
Suddenly flush with cash, drought-riddled California has a golden opportunity to update its 20th century water infrastructure and retrofit it for climate change. By Nick Cahill, Courthouse News Service Caught in one of the driest two-year stretches in state history...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Central Valley Flood Protection Board will meet beginning at 9am. Agenda...
State officials warn some of the state’s most powerful and largest agricultural districts that their plans fail to address how...
From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released its second round of assessments of groundwater sustainability plans developed by local agencies to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The first round of assessments was announced in June....