From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a funding...
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Warm Water in Delta Setting Stage for Another Catastrophe, Organization Warns Press release from the California Water Impact Network Huge die-offs of white sturgeon in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta estuary over the last two years were so devastating...
New study reveals significant impact of predation on native fish populations Press release from the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District A groundbreaking...
By Jacoba Charles, Knee Deep Times What, precisely, is the value of habitat restoration? While answers tend to aim for...
Bacteria can cleave stubborn fluorine-to-carbon bonds in insidious water pollutants By David Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside environmental engineering team has discovered specific bacterial species that can destroy certain kinds of “forever chemicals,” a step further toward low-cost treatments...
From the Department of Water Resources: On January 18, 2024, the Department of Water Resources (Department) released seven Incomplete determinations...
Visit the Water Shelf main page By Julie Greene, Island Press Flooding in California. Drought and famine in the Horn...
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A Kings County judge granted a temporary restraining order against the state’s unprecedented mandate. Growers there will not have to...
By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Where hidden water tables meet the Earth’s surface, life can thrive even in the...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water A somewhat new groundwater authority held its first meeting Monday with a mandate to represent Kern County lands not covered by existing water districts. The so-called “non-districted lands” within the Kern subbasin (the San Joaquin...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As farmers statewide prepare for anticipated cutbacks to groundwater under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act,...
By Ashleigh Papp Living organisms everywhere are leaving behind clues of their presence. Known as environmental DNA, or eDNA for...
A new study has unveiled surprising findings about mercury pollution: where it comes from and how it moves through the environment varies significantly depending on the ecosystem. By the USGS In drier regions, most mercury is deposited through rain and...