DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Groundwater Use Can Be Accurately Monitored With Satellites Using OpenET, New Study Finds Desert Research Institute News September 6, 2024 123DRI scientists compare data from groundwater pumping meters with OpenET estimates in irrigated land to advance understanding of groundwater use....
CV-SALTS UPDATE: Priority 2 Basins and P&O Study Move Forward Press Release/Notice News September 6, 2024 67CV-SALTS 3rd quarter update The Salt and Nitrate Control Programs continue to progress as they work to improve water quality...
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: Planning for resilience: Understanding the connections between forests, fire, water, and drought Maven News September 4, 2024 126By the National Park Service You may know Yosemite National Park for its spectacular scenery, waterfalls, granite rock faces, or...
CAL MATTERS: Californians to face steep fines for violating water orders under new legislation Cal Matters News August 31, 2024 536Ranchers who defied a state water order were only fined about $50 each. Under new legislation headed to the governor,...
SJV WATER: State Water Board staff gives two groundwater agencies a pass, keeps Tule subbasin on hook for probation SJV Water News August 31, 2024 596By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A final report released by state Water Resources Control Board staff Friday maintains its recommendation...
SJV WATER: State Water Board needs to get up to speed on Kern’s new groundwater plan, speakers say SJV Water News August 31, 2024 239By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state came to Kern County Thursday night and got an earful. Water managers, farmers,...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California details path to reintroducing fish into Klamath River Maven News August 30, 2024 129The plan was released the same week as the final two dams on the river were breached. By Alan Riquelmy,...
DOE: When a summer drought begins in the winter: investigating snow drought Press Release/Notice News August 29, 2024 173From Shannon Brescher Shea, Department of Energy, Office of Science From thirsty agricultural crops to whitewater rafters contemplating a low...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Klamath River and its salmon free-flowing after final two dams breached in California USGS News August 29, 2024 179The Klamath River was once a major habitat for salmon, but hydroelectric dams along the Oregon-California border region caused their...
CORNELL CHRONICLE: AI modeling delivers more benefits, less risk for water partnerships Press Release/Notice News August 29, 2024 126By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle A Cornell-led research collaboration found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of...
USGS: Erosion following wildfire has increased in California since 1984 USGS News August 29, 2024 84By the USGS: In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists compiled one year’s worth of soil and sediment erosion quantities occurring after...
USGS: Wildfire and extreme rain intensify erosion and sediment flow, USGS-led study shows USGS News August 29, 2024 46In a warming climate, increased wildfire activity coupled with extreme rain events is causing significant erosion, leading to heightened sediment...
AG ALERT: Hearing process could boost Sites Reservoir project Ag Alert News August 28, 2024 305By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The plan to build California’s first new major reservoir in decades advances as the state...
AG ALERT: Imperial Valley goes dry as farmers act to protect river Ag Alert News August 28, 2024 587By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Irrigators cut off water to a huge portion of the Imperial Valley’s half-million acres of...
SJV WATER: Kern disputes state’s take on its groundwater plan at first of two workshops SJV Water News August 27, 2024 192By Lois Henry, SJV Water Calling the state’s review of the Kern subbasin’s newest groundwater plan “cursory,” a representative of...
