South-of-Delta contractors allocated 15%; Settlement contractors, Friant Class 1 allocation at 100% From the Bureau of Reclamation: Today, the Bureau...
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By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water An unlikely coalition of farmers and water managers, who in the past would be at loggerheads over the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, are banding together in an effort to move the needle on how to...
From the Department of Water Resources: Construction of major infrastructure projects can raise understandable questions about local effects. For the Department of Water Resources (DWR), a central priority for the Delta Conveyance Project has been to identify potential construction related...
In late December 2025, a series of storms swept through Northern California, causing the Sacramento River to rise rapidly. By December 29, the river levels were sufficient to cause the Fremont Weir to overflow. This event marked a significant milestone:...
How do SGMA’s “sustainable yield” and the long-established legal concept of “safe yield” align—or differ—in practice? In a January webinar presented by the Groundwater Resources Association, panelists Stephanie Hastings of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Eric Garner of Best Best and...
