By Alexandra K. Scammell, American Geophysical Union Extreme precipitation from hurricanes and atmospheric rivers can lead to increased flooding in...
Traditionally, stormwater was viewed as a flood management problem in which the runoff needed to be conveyed as quickly as...
Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Meral is the director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute. He works on funding for California water, Delta infrastructure, and a variety of other California water programs. He formerly served as Deputy Director...
From the Department of Water Resources: In an effort to better prepare for future drought conditions in the face of...
A government advisory lowered acceptable amounts of certain PFAS chemicals to levels so low they can’t be tested by any...
Written by Brandon Honig When Austin Demarest and his team started looking for white sturgeon to tag in the San Joaquin River in March, he knew some days would be uneventful — on the boat at dawn for a full...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in...
Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows When California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Greg Gerstenberg saw the...
Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The litany of harms from yellow starthistle, California’s most aggressive invasive weed with as many as 15 million acres infested, ranges from crowding out native plants to becoming so spiny livestock stop...
From DWR News: The Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series has explored a wide range of topics including climate change,...
Improved floodplain access aims to boost habitat and migratory routes for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon From the Bureau of Reclamation:...
Robert Shibatani is a hydrologist with 38 years of collective experience in physical hydrology, watershed resource management, and operational water consulting. He serves as an international and California expert witness on commercial matters related to flood damage, reservoir operations, groundwater...
The appellate panel changed its mind whether there was a triable issue that a Northern California city was transporting hazardous...
By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert With farmers across California already facing severe cuts in irrigation supplies, state officials are now...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board Division of Drinking Water (DDW) has posted the draft preliminary findings of the expert panel convened to review the proposed uniform water recycling criteria for DPR. Pursuant to Water Code...