By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Water managers from eight groundwater agencies in Tulare County are pushing back against a state Water Resources Control Board staff’s report that they have not done the work to earn a “good guy” pass from...
The prolonged drought combined with the lowest winter snowpack on record is requiring swift actions to protect this vital water system From the Bureau of Reclamation: Long-term drought has reduced Colorado River system storage to about 36 percent of capacity,...
By Ariel Rubissow-Okamoto Scientists experimenting with placing mounds of dredged sediment in the shallows near marshes to see if it helps them build up elevation in the face of sea level rise have more promising results. As reported in this...
Commentary by the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) Two terms are often used by legal and policy experts when discussing water consumption: safe yield[1] and sustainable yield.[2] They are sometimes used interchangeably, and they describe the same general concept: the amount of...
Natural Resources & Environmental Science Professor Adrian Harpold dives into mountain ecohydrology of the Sierra Nevada Mountains By Nevada Today Winter in the Sierra Nevada this year was defined by unusually warm temperatures, bringing storms with increased rainfall and less...
