At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Deputy Executive Officer for Science Henry DeBey filled in for Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers. This month’s spotlighted article, “Prototyping Structured Decision Making for Water Resource Management in the San...
A decade after the introduction of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), significant strides have been made in managing California’s groundwater resources. However, the path to effective implementation has been fraught with challenges. At ACWA’s 2024 Spring Conference, a panel...
By Julie Cart, Cal Matters After two mild wildfire seasons, California is bracing for whatever 2024 brings. Favorable weather marked 2023 and 2022, when the total acreage burned — less than 400,000 acres each year — was considerably lower than...
For months, the planet has been warmer than ever before measured. EU climate agency Copernicus says if countries keep pumping out greenhouse gases, sweltering temperatures will remain a fact of the future. By Cain Burdeau The planet’s run of record-breaking...
Coupled with ongoing actions, conservation regulation for urban retail water suppliers is expected to save 500,000 acre-feet per year by 2040 Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: As part of the state’s all-of-the-above strategy to boost California’s...
