Proposition 1 of 2014 dedicated $2.7 billion for investments in water storage projects, which the California Water Commission administers through...
Wildlife and people benefit from ongoing restoration By Susan Morse, US Fish & Wildlife Service Twenty years after a complex,...
New technique allows recharge to occur under existing crops at 100% efficiency To address declining groundwater levels throughout the State, the legislature in 2014 enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which required groundwater users in medium and high-priority basins to...
By Ag Alert State and federal water officials last week announced preliminary water deliveries of 15% of requested supplies for...
American drinking water has some of the highest concentrations of microscopic plastic waste of anywhere in the world, a group...
Over the last two decades, the Colorado River Basin has been in an extended drought. This has resulted in substantial changes to the basin, including increased wildfire activity, vegetation shifts, and the depletion of streamflows and water levels in major...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The controversial Delta Conveyance Project may have bigger problems than legal action over its recently...
As California’s precipitation becomes more erratic due to climate change, the state needs more tools, including more storage capacity, to...
From the Bureau of the Reclamation: If left unattended, quagga mussels can cause extensive harm to a facility and the fight against this invasive species is seemingly never-ending. Further efforts are being put into place to uphold systemic stability at...
The state’s environmental tool skews which communities are designated as disadvantaged, researchers say. Some immigrant neighborhoods could be left out,...
Annual Colorado River flows have decreased an average of four million acre-feet since the 21st century, while the number of...
The USGS is providing support for an innovative project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California Coastal Conservancy, and Port of Redwood City to increase marsh resilience to sea-level rise. By the USGS In a groundbreaking pilot initiative to...
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...
For much of the last century, the drying effect of aerosols has masked increases in rainfall from greenhouse gases – but as aerosol emissions diminish, average and extreme rains may ramp up By Laura Biron, Berkeley Lab Key Takeaways In...