The recent succession of atmospheric rivers has spurred support for groundwater recharge, creating a wave of momentum for moving recharge...
Written by Robin Meadows for Maven’s Notebook The Mokelumne River is on the modest side, running 95 miles from the...
Water rights have garnered increasing attention as water managers and decision-makers grapple with how best to respond to changing conditions. At the 2022 Annual Environmental Assembly of the Planning and Conservation League, a group of water law and policy experts...
The key is to treat the environment like a priority, not a constraint, says Dr. Jeffrey Mount Freshwater-dependent species in...
Written by Jennifer West, Managing Director of WateReuse California As the impacts of California’s ongoing drought collide with new groundwater...
Best case scenario has adoption of updated Sacramento River objectives and implementation of San Joaquin River flow objectives in 2024 The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary Water Quality Control Plan (or Bay-Delta Plan) establishes water quality objectives to protect...
Kamyar Guivetchi is the Manager of DWR’s Division of Planning, where he works with staff, numerous government agencies, California Native...
October Council meeting features Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot and Metropolitan Water District General Manager Adel Hagekhalil Reduced reliance on...
Written by Robert Shibatani Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through some standard of legally established priority. Water entitlements have been long-standing icons of local and regional industrial, economic, and political...
Climate change and drought are forcing California to reimagine its water supply future. One promising tool in the toolbox is...
FEATURE: How Wildfire-damaged Plastic Pipes Contaminate Drinking water – and What We Can Do About It
Written for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The first time a reporter asked public health researcher Gina Solomon if wildfires...
Commentary by Barry Nelson, a water policy consultant who has been involved in Bay-Delta issues for more than thirty years California rivers and wetlands have suffered serious damage from dams and water diversions. Reversing this damage and restoring healthy flows...
Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The litany of harms from yellow starthistle, California’s most aggressive invasive weed...
At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Jay Lund, the immediate past chair of the Delta Independent...
Panel discusses temporary urgency change petitions, transfers, and drought litigation As California enters the second year of dry conditions, many water purveyors face minimal water supplies and have activated their drought contingency plans. So what more can an agency or...