Successful management of California’s freshwater resources requires balancing consumptive and non-consumptive water use with fish species that depend critically on...
By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert California is facing an indisputable fact: We need, in a big way, to get busy...
Experimental release paves the way for multiyear supplementation program By Gary Pitzer, US Bureau of Reclamation Federal and state agencies recently took the unprecedented action of releasing captive-raised Delta smelt into the cold, murky water of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta...
California today issued emergency drought rules aimed at wasteful water use. Although snowpack is 150% of average today, climatologists predict...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: TUCPs for DWR, Reclamation beginning at 9am. The State Water Board will...
As California works towards reducing greenhouse gases to address climate change, carbon capture and storage have been presented as options for achieving that goal. Of particular note, the Delta has recently been identified as a potential site for carbon storage,...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) requested supplementary modeling information...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Growing food safely has always been a priority on farms and ranches across California, as...
Hosing off driveways and excessive lawn watering could net Californians $500 fines under new emergency drought rules. By Nick Cahill, Courthouse News Service Californians will again see water-wasting rules despite a record-breaking month of snow and rain as drought regulators...
By Todd Plain, Bureau of Reclamation As snow continues to pile up in the Sierra Nevada mountains at the start of 2022, local and federal water...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board at 9am. Agenda items include a drought...
— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … California has topped last season’s rainfall. Will trend continue in 2022? “California begins the new year in much better shape for escaping its drought thanks to a massive October atmospheric river and...
Written by Robert Shibatani As we welcome in the New Year, our reservoir status has taken on a whole new...
Notice from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board or Board) is launching a new project called Updating Water...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Please be advised that Scott Valley Irrigation District has filed temporary water right permit application T033263 with the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, to appropriate 5,400 acre-feet of water per year. The water would be diverted from the Scott River stream system in Siskiyou County. The notice for the...