By John Hart In the never-ending California water quarrels, the state’s Native American tribes seem to be having a moment. After centuries of neglect (or much worse), the Indians—to use the term they themselves fall back on—are starring in unfolding...
UCR researchers develop catalyst to destroy perchlorate pollutant linked to thyroid disorders By David Danelski, UC Riverside For decades, water utilities have relied on giant tanks filled with ion-exchange resin beads to remove perchlorate, a harmful industrial pollutant, from drinking...
New federal guidelines could determine how Southern California manages dry-year reliability after 2026. The Colorado River is under increasing pressure...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Growers who farm within two miles of the Friant-Kern Canal in southern Tulare County should be prepared for a pumping moratorium as early as April 2027, water managers learned Thursday. The move is part of...
Another scheme to protect profits for the few at the expense of ratepayers By Max Gomberg, C-WIN Senior Policy Advisor When the legislature passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in 2014, the harms from unregulated groundwater pumping had become...
by Alastair Bland Biologists studying the San Francisco Estuary’s endangered fishes are trying to unpack a puzzling but encouraging uptick of endangered longfin smelt in a small North Bay watershed. With the fish declining in most of the estuary, time...
