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Guest commentary by Regina Cuellar, Chairwoman of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians For over 50 years, California law...

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August 20, 2025

By Brett Baker, a sixth generation Delta farmer and attorney representing the Central Delta Water Agency and various Delta landowners...

LESTER SNOW COMMENTARY: Governor Newsom gives state lawmakers opportunity to make water supplies more secure for Californians

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Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

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By Lester Snow, Director of the California Department of Water Resources and Secretary for Natural Resources under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...

COMMENTARY: Cutting Through the Misinformation — The Delta Conveyance Project Is Essential for California’s Water Future

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Delta Conveyance Project

August 12, 2025

By Charley Wilson, Executive Director of the Southern California Water Coalition In response to: Newsom’s Budget Trailers are a Planned Attack...

COMMENTARY: Legislators must protect communities and groundwater from pollution from advanced manufacturing facilities

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Commentary Policy and regulation

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By Deja McCauley, Land Use and Health Program Manager, Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles California legislators voted on June...

WATER WRIGHTS: The Water Blueprint and Trump’s Executive Order 14181

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Policy and regulation

June 20, 2025

By Don Wright, Water Wrights The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley met in person at Fresno State University’s...

COMMENTARY: California’s restoration bottleneck deepens biodiversity debt

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June 3, 2025

Guest commentary by Becca Madsen, director of the Restoration Economy Center at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) California’s water...

FRIENDS OF THE EEL RIVER: How many ways can the Potter Valley Project fail?

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May 29, 2025

The Eel River dams will never produce hydropower again. The unreliable water supply they allow to the Russian River will...

PRESS RELEASE: Complaint filed against SFPUC for water mismanagement

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River advocates call for end to harmful hoarding of Tuolumne River (Hetch Hetchy) water Press release from the Tuolumne River...

MSU: Should farm fields be used for crops or solar? MSU research suggests both

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Strategic use of solar arrays could provide financial boost, help farmers continue producing crops and even save water From Michigan...

UCAR: Looking to the Pacific, scientists improve forecasts of atmospheric rivers

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Planning and management

April 18, 2025

Targeted observations of Pacific conditions benefit weather forecasts nationally, save millions in reservoir costs By David Hosansky, UCAR As atmospheric...

GUEST COMMENTARY: How customers pay for imported water needs to change

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March 10, 2025

Guest commentary by Tom Kennedy, Kennedy Water Consulting California’s statewide water system is an engineering marvel and is a key...

COMMENTARY: From Carrot Kings to Small Pumpers: The Unequal Fight for Cuyama’s Water

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Commentary Groundwater News

March 4, 2025

Guest commentary by Trudy Wischemann Last Tuesday I felt called to make another trip to Cuyama, solo this time. They...

POLICY ANALYSIS: Assessing regional strategies to cope with drought, climate, and environmental flow policy impacts for a sustainable water supply: A case study of the Bay Area

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Policy and regulation

January 6, 2025

By Bridget C. Gile, Randall T. Holmes, Allison R. Sherris, Scott Fendorf, and Richard G. Luthy California’s Bay-Delta watershed encompasses...

ENSO BLOG: When it comes to probabilities, don’t trust your intuition. Use a decision support system instead!

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Written by Brian Zimmerman, a climate scientist at Salient Predictions. Salient is a startup that utilizes advances in machine learning...

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GUEST COMMENTARY: Protecting tribal water uses requires rejecting the Delta Conveyance Project

COMMENTARY: The State Water Project’s dirty little secret

LESTER SNOW COMMENTARY: Governor Newsom gives state lawmakers opportunity to make water supplies more secure for Californians

COMMENTARY: Cutting Through the Misinformation — The Delta Conveyance Project Is Essential for California’s Water Future

COMMENTARY: Legislators must protect communities and groundwater from pollution from advanced manufacturing facilities

WATER WRIGHTS: The Water Blueprint and Trump’s Executive Order 14181

COMMENTARY: California’s restoration bottleneck deepens biodiversity debt

FRIENDS OF THE EEL RIVER: How many ways can the Potter Valley Project fail?

PRESS RELEASE: Complaint filed against SFPUC for water mismanagement

MSU: Should farm fields be used for crops or solar? MSU research suggests both

UCAR: Looking to the Pacific, scientists improve forecasts of atmospheric rivers

GUEST COMMENTARY: How customers pay for imported water needs to change

COMMENTARY: From Carrot Kings to Small Pumpers: The Unequal Fight for Cuyama’s Water

POLICY ANALYSIS: Assessing regional strategies to cope with drought, climate, and environmental flow policy impacts for a sustainable water supply: A case study of the Bay Area

ENSO BLOG: When it comes to probabilities, don’t trust your intuition. Use a decision support system instead!