By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters California’s water agency today released a long-awaited environmental report outlining the details and impacts of...
From the Department of Water Resources: On January 21, 2022, the Department released four Incomplete determinations on groundwater sustainability plans...
Between the double-decade Millennium Drought and century-old deals overdrafting Colorado River water, the west’s water reserves are drawing dangerously low. By Amanda Pampuro, Courthouse News Service If Colorado River stakeholders continue using water at current rates, researchers warn, water levels...
Capping pool size is a drop in the bucket, experts say by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current A cap on the...
Panel discusses recommendations to update California water laws to address drought and climate change California’s prolonged drought and the increasing...
From DWR News: Modernizing how California moves water supplies across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can’t be done by repeating the past. It requires starting with a fresh look and an open mind. That is what the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP)...
The prospect of extreme drought is driving the Golden State’s conservation efforts. By Kevin Winter, Courthouse News Service As drought...
By Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology The zebra mussel has been a poster child for invasive species ever since...
By Madison Hirneisen and Cole Lauterbach | The Center Square After a high profile, decades-long battle to build a desalination plant in Huntington Beach ended in denial, all eyes will be on the California Coastal Commission as it considers whether...
After completing degrees from Cornell University, University of Michigan, and the University of New Mexico, Dr. Jon Rosenfield returned to...
SFEWS is the primary applied research publication for the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. In this issue: Climate...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in grant funding from the state Department of Conservation to retire or repurpose farmland. Valley agencies that received grants so far...
At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen’s report focused on the effects of...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The irrigation technology known as fertigation has been around for some time. But with increased...
By Alexandra K. Scammell, American Geophysical Union Extreme precipitation from hurricanes and atmospheric rivers can lead to increased flooding in the world’s coastal zones, where more than 630 million people reside. Tidal marshes act as important buffers in these areas,...