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February 19, 2026

By Jim Mayer and Michael Saunders By any honest measure, California is living in water extremes. Long droughts empty reservoirs,...

PRESS RELEASE: Interior Department moves forward on guidelines for Colorado River absent full state consensus

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Colorado River

February 14, 2026

From the Department of the Interior: The Department of the Interior is moving forward with the Post-2026 NEPA process to...

UC SAN DIEGO: Plastic pollution promotes hazardous water conditions, new study finds

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Water quality

January 31, 2026

Tests in aquatic ecosystem ponds revealed that bio-based plastics have a substantially smaller environmental footprint By Mario Aguilera, UC San...

PENN STATE: Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find

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Planning and management

January 26, 2026

A new computational model reveals that prescriptive water conservation in three US cities would be less effective under severe climate...

UTA research helps Los Angeles understand hidden water impacts long after fires end

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Wildfires and watersheds

January 26, 2026

Why California turned to University of Texas at Arlington after devastating wildfires By Brian Lopez, University of Texas at Arlington...

CSULB: Researchers trace climate threat rising beneath California

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Groundwater News

January 22, 2026

By Wendy Thomas Russell, Cal State University Long Beach Sea-level rise is easy to picture: flooded roads, eroding bluffs, shrinking...

COMMENTARY: We banked on collaboration—and it’s paying off

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Groundwater News

January 22, 2026

By Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority In the late 1990s, Sacramento-area water providers worked together to...

UNIV. OF TEXAS: El Niño and La Niña make water extremes move in sync

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Hydrology

January 16, 2026

Press release from the University of Texas at Austin: Water extremes such as droughts and floods have a huge impact...

COLORADO NEWSLINE: Need for long-term solutions to Colorado River crisis has never been more urgent

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Colorado River

January 9, 2026

As business leaders, we represent hundreds of companies and thousands of jobs that rely on stable management of this crucial...

GAO REPORT: Freshwater supply: Interior should continue to identify improvements to the large-scale water recycling program

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Water supply augmentation

January 8, 2026

From the Governmental Accountability Office: Water recycling treats wastewater so it can be used for drinking water, farming, housing, and...

BLM: Nine years of partnership pays off: Fitzhugh Creek Meadow restoration achieves dramatic results

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Ecosystems

January 6, 2026

By Jennifer Mueller, Natural Resource Specialist The BLM Applegate Field Office is celebrating a remarkable transformation at Fitzhugh Creek Meadow,...

PRESS RELEASE: Secretary Rollins Intervenes to Protect Potter Valley’s Water Supply

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Ecosystems

December 19, 2025

From the US Department of Agriculture: Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins filed a notice to intervene in...

COMMENTARY: More collaborative operational solutions for affordable water

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Commentary Planning and management

December 18, 2025

Commentary by Adán Ortega, Executive Director of CalMutuals, an association dedicated to ensuring effective and compliant operation and governance of...

OpenET expands satellite-based water use data across 48 states, providing critical information to farmers and water managers across the nation

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Planning and management

December 17, 2025

Unique public-private partnership brings together NASA, USGS, Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and more to make scientifically rigorous evapotranspiration data widely...

NOW AVAILABLE: San Francisco Bay Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap

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Ecosystems

December 14, 2025

From the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: The Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap was developed to support the SF...

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GUEST COMMENTARY: Recharge the valley: Why California’s water future depends on groundwater

PRESS RELEASE: Interior Department moves forward on guidelines for Colorado River absent full state consensus

UC SAN DIEGO: Plastic pollution promotes hazardous water conditions, new study finds

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UTA research helps Los Angeles understand hidden water impacts long after fires end

CSULB: Researchers trace climate threat rising beneath California

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UNIV. OF TEXAS: El Niño and La Niña make water extremes move in sync

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OpenET expands satellite-based water use data across 48 states, providing critical information to farmers and water managers across the nation

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