Each month, the Water Hub is checking in advocates and organizers in California to talk about the water issues impacting local communities. In this September issue, we spoke with Community Water Center’s Senior Policy Advocate, Uriel Saldivar, about the expiration...
Prepared exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani As we enter the last month of this water year, it looks as if we may have dodged a bullet. The long-term forecast for the remainder of the year does not identify...
The San Francisco Bay Area city of Antioch hopes to end 50 years of water quality issues caused by state and federal water projects, increased agricultural runoff, drought and sea level rise. Founded on a lush plain of the largest...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert State agencies and interest groups are working to develop a voluntary groundwater trading program as a tool to aid water managers and farmers. The effort seeks to protect aquifers under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act...
By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert To cover crop or not to cover crop. That’s a decision based on weighing advantages and costs. It’s a particularly challenging question considering what the costs may be in the San Joaquin Valley, where rain...
