Last month’s massive snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada followed a dry start to winter. Such extremes in precipitation may become the norm. By Andrew Chapman, EOS In late February 2024, residents of California and Nevada communities surrounding Lake Tahoe were...
By Ching Lee As California farmers struggle through impacts of rapid swings between intense drought and severe deluge, the state’s water chief emphasized the need to better manage flood flows and groundwater during wet periods to improve water supply reliability...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On March 19, 2024, the State Water Board adopted Resolution No. 2024-0011 to revise by emergency regulation the water rights fee schedules in title 23, section 1040 of the California Code of Regulations,...
By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara While Hollywood and Silicon Valley love the limelight, California is an agricultural powerhouse, too. Agricultural products sold in the Golden State totaled $59 billion in 2022. But rising temperatures, declining precipitation and decades of...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced an increase in Central Valley Project 2024 water supply allocations. After below average precipitation in January, Reclamation announced an initial water supply allocation for the CVP on Feb. 21....
