By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert In recognition of the ongoing drought and weather extremes, the Sonoma County Farm Bureau took a deep dive into the world of water storage and regulation last week in search of ideas and solutions. Step...
By Caitlin Grady, Penn State and Lauren Dennis, Penn State The water in Lake Powell, one of the nation’s largest reservoirs, has fallen so low amid the Western drought that federal officials are resorting to emergency measures to avoid shutting down...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In January of 2022, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released their assessments of the groundwater sustainability plans for the critically overdrafted groundwater basins, approving eight of them and determining twelve to be incomplete. Those basins have until July...
By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline The California Coastal Commission last week unanimously rejected a private company’s proposal to build a desalination...
The commission, in a marathon session today, killed a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach that’s been debated for more than 20 years. By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The...
Despite a historical drought in California, Coastal Commissioners prevented a desalination plant from moving forward, defying the governor and regional...
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, was passed in 2014 during a period of critically dry years; the legislation was intended to stop the adverse impacts occurring due to the severe overpumping of groundwater basins. SGMA required groundwater basins...
