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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,...

LEGAL ALERT: Court of Appeal Affirms Trial Court’s Rejection of Financing Scheme for Delta Conveyance Project

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Delta Conveyance Project

December 31, 2025

From Somach Simmons & Dunn: “On December 31, 2025, the Third District Court of Appeal issued an opinion rejecting the...

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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CommentaryPlanning 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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EcosystemsFact Sheets/Tools/Info

December 14, 2025

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

JIM CLOERN: The scientist and science I mourn

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Commentary

December 7, 2025

By Ariel Rubissow Okamoto A man died recently who was one of my heroes. Inside his big brain lay the secrets...

REPORT: A new resource for Counties: Well ordinance guidance to protect California’s streams

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Groundwater News

December 3, 2025

From the Nature Conservancy: The California Salmon and Steelhead Coalition (SSC), a partnership between Trout Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, and...

YOUR INPUT WANTED: Recharge Incentives Survey Re-Opened Until December 5th

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

November 25, 2025

From Sustainable Conservation: Recently we asked you to spend a little time responding to our survey on groundwater recharge incentives....

NEW REPORT: Review of the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

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ReportsWater project operations

November 10, 2025

From the National Academies  Billions of gallons of water per day are channeled from northern California to drier Central and...