by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate...
Restore the Delta: DWR files petition to change Delta water rights despite civil rights investigation by the US EPA The Department of Water Resources (DWR) under the Newsom Administration announced today that it has submitted a petition to the State...
For much of the last century, the drying effect of aerosols has masked increases in rainfall from greenhouse gases –...
A small Orange County water district is potentially interested in purchasing some water from San Diego’s desalination plant to keep...
A comprehensive OECD Environmental Policy Paper on wildfire risk, policy, and strategy in the United States explains how to incorporate climate change in wildfire adaptation efforts. From the USGS: Extreme wildfire events like the 2018 Camp Fire, the 2020 August...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has submitted a Change in Point of Diversion Petition for...
Press release from the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) FWA and Arvin Edison Water Storage District have filed a...
From the Department of Water Resources: To help Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) appropriately address depletions of interconnected surface water (ISW) in their Groundwater Sustainability Plans, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released the first in a series of three...
Agency Acknowledges Enhanced Delta Flows Won’t Harm Agriculture From the California Water Impact Network: Despite receiving the lion’s share of...
From the Department of Water Resources: As California continues to adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, the State...
Yesterday, DWR raised the State Water Project allocation to 15%, and the Bureau of Reclamation released their water allocations, which included 75% for north of Delta irrigators and 15% for south of Delta. Here’s what folks had to say (listed...
Irrigation contractors north of Delta allocated 75%; Irrigation contractors south of Delta allocated 15% From the Bureau of Reclamation: Today,...
Allocation update takes into account hydrology conditions up to February 1 and latest spring runoff forecasts From the Department of...
DRI’s Anne Heggli is partnering with the National Weather Service to understand flood risk from rain-on-snow storms in real-time, protecting communities and enabling water conservation throughout Nevada and California From the Desert Research Institute At the dawn of the new...