By Madison Hirneisen | The Center Square Members of the California Coastal Commission this week will weigh a proposed desalination project in Monterey County – a region that has experienced water supply challenges in recent years. Commissioners are set to consider...
October Council meeting features Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot and Metropolitan Water District General Manager Adel Hagekhalil Reduced reliance on the Delta; it’s the state’s policy and one of the regulations embodied in the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan. But...
By Peter Hecht , Ag Alert Federal officials have issued a thinly veiled threat to impose new cuts in water deliveries from the Colorado River if California and six other western states fail to reach a conservation agreement to protect...
The penalty is the maximum the ranchers — who pumped Shasta River water for eight days — could face under state law. It amounts to about $50 per rancher, which is no deterrent, ranchers and officials agree. By Rachel Becker,...
In the drought-prone West, a tribal nation claims the government should have protected its access to water. By Kelsey Reichmann The Supreme Court agreed Friday to wade into its second battle over water rights of the term, this time involving...
