By Scott Lewis, Voice of San Diego Eleven years ago, when the San Diego County Water Authority was going through...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially lowered the risk level of Isabella Dam from “highest urgency and risk” to “low urgency” on Thursday. Though an Army Corps spokesman said this means Isabella has returned...
Placing solar panels over existing federal canals would create renewable power and prevent valuable water from evaporating at the same...
Groundwater is a critical resource, supplying nearly 40% of the state with water to support cities and farms. With droughts...
From DWR News: 2023 has demonstrated how quickly California can move from one extreme to another — as severe drought conditions gave way to flooding and one of the largest snowpacks in 70 years. Because of this extreme variability, and in...
Press release from Yolo County: Today, Yolo County has taken the necessary step of filing a lawsuit against the California...
Some documents and agreements that govern operation of the river basin expire in 2026. By Bob Leal, Courthouse News Service...
Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during droughts has led to higher carbon emissions and cost 11 Western states tens of billions of dollars over the past two decades, Stanford research finds. By Emily Hanlon, Stanford News When drought-stricken rivers...
By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New...
Center for Watershed Sciences Director Andrew Rypel talks the importance of — and paths ahead for — California’s dams By...
From the Western Environmental Law Center, Friends of the Shasta River, and the Environmental Protection Information Center: Late yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled against a federal “Safe Harbor” program on California’s Shasta River...
From the Department of Water Resources: On May 17, 2023, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the official launch...
By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
Draft siting and streamlining criteria developed as part of state’s multipronged Water Supply Strategy From the State Water Resources Control Board: As part of California’s all-of-the-above strategy to address an anticipated 10% reduction in its water supply by 2040 due...