Groundwater is one of the world’s most important natural resources,but groundwater management has traditionally been governed by lax and uneven...
Felicia Marcus, Pat Mulroy, Jeffrey Kightlinger, and Tom Kennedy discuss unexpected events and how the water industry can prepare for...
At the January meeting of the Delta Independent Science Board, the board members heard a series of presentations on water management in the Delta to orient new members to the complexities of science and management issues in the Delta. The...
At the January meeting of the Delta Independent Science Board, the board members heard a series of presentations on water...
Over 600,000 Californians rely on nitrate-contaminated public supply wells for their household water needs. However, those numbers are even greater...
Legacy mercury contamination is problematic in California waterways due to historic gold and mercury mining. Even today, mercury from abandoned mines still leaches into the creeks and rivers in the Sierra and Coast Ranges, flowing downstream and into the Delta,...
Can we look to the sky to address California’s water challenges? As California continues to grapple with frequent drought and...
It can be a bit hard for some to comprehend, but it is true: Here in the 21st century, California...
Dr. Flora Cordoleani is a project scientist with UC Santa Cruz and NOAA fisheries, where she conducts research to understand better the dynamics of threatened populations of spring-run chinook salmon in the Central Valley’s highly modified environment, with the objective...
What are the cascading, overlapping, and compounding events caused by drought in the Delta? In early December, the California Council...
As California works towards reducing greenhouse gases to address climate change, carbon capture and storage have been presented as options...
by Robin Meadows Mountains are the foundation of water in the western United States, natural infrastructure that captures snowfall during the winter and releases snowmelt over the spring and summer. In California, the snowpack holds nearly as much water on...
Board staff give an update on the progress on the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, including an potential timeline...
Plants that grow under the water surface are known as submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Some species of SAV have been...
In California’s Central Valley, studies have found that increased streamflow can improve the survival of imperiled juvenile salmon populations during their oceanward migration. However, these studies have not explored the potential nonlinearities between flow and survival, giving resource managers the...