From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced an initial State Water Project (SWP)...
Research detects water temperatures that may affect salmon survival. By NOAA Fisheries Many thousands of fall-run Chinook salmon migrated beneath...
From the State Water Board Administrative Hearings Office: On June 20, 2025, DWR offered its case in chief exhibits into the evidentiary record. (2025 06 20 DWR e mail to AHO (Offer of Exhibits).) This procedural ruling addresses the objections submitted...
By Ivano W. Aiello, San José State University When fire broke out at the world’s largest battery energy storage facility...
Invasive species cost the United States billions of dollars. Climate change could make the situation worse. By Kiley Price, Inside...
Commentary by Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center A few years ago I was involved in an effort to qualify a ballot initiative, the “Water Infrastructure Funding Act.” While we failed to gather...
By Bobby Bascomb, Mongabay A recent study from the U.S. state of California finds that the public reported more encounters...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council will conduct a public hearing on February 26 and 27, 2026,...
Sinking Ground Puts San Joaquin Valley Water Systems at Risk By the Department of Water Resources The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released a comprehensive new assessment of water conveyance in the San Joaquin Valley – home to more...
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies. By Jonathan Thompson, High Country...
A new review shows how rising demand, shrinking supplies, and policy decisions together shape when groundwater use peaks and what...
In 2006, the Central Valley Regional Water Board launched the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS) program to tackle the growing issue of nitrate and salt contamination in groundwater and wells across the region. This collaborative initiative brings together...
From California Agriculture: For most of its history, California treated groundwater and surface water as legally distinct. Unlike surface water...
There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: build them in places with lots...
By Bethany Bradley, UMass Amherst; Adrienne Wootten, University of Oklahoma, and Ryan Longman, University of Hawaii When the Trump administration began freezing federal funding for climate and ecosystem research, one of the programs hit hard was ours: the U.S. Geological...