DAN WALTERS: California water war peace treaty? Not quite Cal Matters CommentaryPlanning and management April 4, 2022Gov. Gavin Newsom claims progress on settling California’s decades-long conflict over water allocation but it’s a partial deal at best...
CAL MATTERS: Sierra snowpack worsens, falls to lowest level in 7 years Cal Matters Current Conditions April 1, 2022The April snowpack, key to how much water flows into reservoirs, is 38% of average statewide, proving that drought hasn’t...
CAL MATTERS: Newsom imposes new California water restrictions — leaves details to locals Cal Matters Policy and regulation March 28, 2022Still resisting statewide water rationing for parched California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking local suppliers to tighten water limits. by...
CAL MATTERS: Audit: California utilities aren’t doing enough to reduce wildfire threats Cal Matters Planning and managementWildfires and watersheds March 24, 2022Regulators approved “seriously deficient” fire prevention plans, including from PG&E, which sparked California’s deadliest wildfire, state auditor says. By Julie...
CAL MATTERS: State unveils long-awaited proposed standard for drinking water contaminant Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater quality March 21, 2022California’s proposed limit for hexavalent chromium — the first in the nation — would raise water rates in many cities....
CAL MATTERS: Californians used more water as state braces for another dry year Cal Matters Policy and regulation March 15, 2022New data from urban areas suggests that people are ignoring the governor’s pleas for voluntary conservation during the drought. Some...
CAL MATTERS: Snow levels low: As temperatures rise, review of California water projections gains urgency Cal Matters HydrologyPlanning and management February 23, 2022The Sierra Nevada has not provided as much water as predicted. Now the state is scrambling to revise its snow...
CAL MATTERS: No end in sight: California drought on course to break another record Cal Matters Current Conditions February 16, 2022After record-breaking snowfall at the start of the rainy season, January and February will likely be the driest on record,...
CAL MATTERS: No, California’s drought isn’t over. Here’s why. Cal Matters Current ConditionsPolicy and regulation January 5, 2022California today issued emergency drought rules aimed at wasteful water use. Although snowpack is 150% of average today, climatologists predict...
CAL MATTERS: Danger in Droughtsville: California’s urban water at risk Cal Matters Planning and managementWater supply augmentationWildfires and watersheds December 21, 2021By Erica Yee, Cal Matters Droughtsville, California, is in trouble. Its water supply is endangered as multiple crises intensify: worsening...
CAL MATTERS: What happens when a rural area’s only well is contaminated? Cal Matters Policy and regulation November 21, 2021By Rebecca Sohn, Cal Matters In the spring of 2013, Jocelyn Walters and her partners moved Nativearth, their small shoe...
CAL MATTERS: Four San Joaquin Valley groundwater plans deemed inadequate Cal Matters Groundwater News November 18, 2021State officials warn some of the state’s most powerful and largest agricultural districts that their plans fail to address how...
CAL MATTERS: Winged warning: Migrating birds hit hard by California’s drought Cal Matters Fish and wildlife November 10, 2021As the drought dries up California’s wetlands, traveling birds such as ducks, geese and eagles are struggling to survive and...
DAN WALTERS: Farmers lose two skirmishes in California water war Cal Matters CommentaryPolicy and regulation October 31, 2021Environmentalists and their allies have scored two wins over agricultural interests in the decades-long conflict over how much water can...
CAL MATTERS: Newsom declares drought emergency across California Cal Matters Policy and regulation October 19, 2021Gov. Newsom expands the California drought emergency from 50 counties to statewide, but does not order mandatory water conservation. He...
