By Lois Henry, SJV Water In an effort to avoid the fate of their neighbors to the north, Kern County...
Though vast stores of groundwater persist below Earth’s surface, the climbing cost of accessing it is on track to significantly...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Delta Conveyance Project will soon reach an important milestone with the release of an updated cost estimate and a benefit-cost analysis. In advance of this milestone, DWR has...
Interior Department announced earlier this year that historic investments led to record water savings, helped stave off immediate collapse of...
Method deals with pollution from fire suppressant foams By David Danelski, UC Riverside As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cracks...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Further legal action on the Kern River was put on pause Thursday morning following an order by the 5th District Court of Appeal that stayed a local injunction mandating enough water be kept in the...
The California Supreme Court appeared puzzled by the state utilities commission’s lack of warning that it was considering putting an...
Petitioners say the Delta Conveyance Project must show consistency with the Delta Plan before initiating implementation Note: Scroll down for...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water One of multiple charges in a lawsuit that pins blame for the perpetually sinking Friant-Kern Canal on a single Tulare County groundwater agency was recently removed. The Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) hailed the...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Subsidence has reared its head again as a key factor cited by state Water Resources...
By Christine Souza A state determination that Southern California steelhead trout merit additional protections could mean tighter water restrictions, according...
By Franco Montalto, Drexel University “When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters. Now it’s becoming a statement of fact about rainfall in a changing climate. Across the continental U.S., intense single-day precipitation...
State water officials say California needs five consecutive winters like 2023 to recover from years of drought-induced overpumping. By Natalie...
A federal judge ruled that Coyote Valley Dam’s flood control operations stir up sediment in the water, which can harm...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is undergoing continual and often rapid change. This poses challenges in predicting and preparing for the future, as past data and models are no longer sufficient to anticipate future conditions. This uncertainty cannot be addressed by...