Project aims to develop new tools to allocate limited water supplies By Janet Byron Joan Didion wrote in the 1970s...
by Robin Meadows Rivers in California once swelled and ebbed as the seasons changed and as wet years gave way...
On Friday, the State Water Resources Control Board will hold the first day of a three day public hearing on the draft staff report for the Sacramento Delta update to the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan. The Board is...
Capturing and Managing Large Storms and Wet Winters in California—Prospects and Limitations Capturing water from wet periods for use in...
By Andrea Medeiros, Christian Thorsberg, Leah Schrodt, Susan Sawyer, and Lena Chang, all with the US Fish and Wildlife Service...
By Robin Meadows Two years ago, California’s winter-run chinook were dealt a devastating blow. These endangered salmon were already struggling to survive, with as few as one thousand adults returning from the ocean to spawn in recent years. Then, in...
By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
When Steve Neader’s rice farm flooded last winter after three years of drought, a UC Davis research team checked to...
The recent succession of atmospheric rivers has spurred support for groundwater recharge, creating a wave of momentum for moving recharge projects forward. Earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to enable local water agencies that are water...
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. ...
The key is to treat the environment like a priority, not a constraint, says Dr. Jeffrey Mount Freshwater-dependent species in California are in decline due to many factors, but the impacts on native species populations are greatest during drought. With...
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...
Kamyar Guivetchi is the Manager of DWR’s Division of Planning, where he works with staff, numerous government agencies, California Native American tribes, other stakeholders, and the public to prepare the California Water plan updates. At the UC Davis Groundwater SAS...