As California officials craft new regulations for urban water conservation, critics who belittle the importance of these efforts are often deflecting, a water policy advocate argues. Guest Commentary written by Dr. Mark Gold, the director of water scarcity solutions at...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the second snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 29 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 10...
By Robin Meadows It’s a lovely December morning in Rio Vista, a town of 10,000 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The sky is a soft blue, the sun brings welcome warmth against the chill, and the water is calm with...
Household use is a tiny fraction of California’s overall water supply, but the state wants to spend billions of dollars to make a tiny reduction in that already infinitesimal bit of water consumption. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The main topic at the January 2024 meeting of the North Kern Water District was the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Central Valley Salinity Alternative for Long Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS), discussion only. Salt and nitrate levels...