HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: California’s Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home High Country News News November 1, 2023 185The culprit is a tactic designed to save them – one that could decrease the species’ resilience in the long...
AG ALERT: Wet year improves Colorado River status Ag Alert News November 1, 2023 39By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert A consensus plan agreed to last spring by states in the Colorado River’s Lower Basin...
SJV WATER: Judge orders Bakersfield to keep water in the Kern River SJV Water News October 31, 2023 164By Lois Henry, SJV Water In what one attorney called a “moment of truth” for the City of Bakersfield, a...
CAL MATTERS: Western States’ planned water cuts are enough to avert a Colorado River crisis, for now Cal Matters News October 25, 2023 79Wet weather and planned cuts by California, Arizona and Nevada averted declines that could have threatened water deliveries and power...
EOS: Dust Is Melting Snow—And Current Models Can’t Keep Up American Geophysical Union News October 25, 2023 46Mountain snowpack melts quicker when coated in dust. This cyclical problem is forcing water forecasts to evolve. By Kara West,...
WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Update on the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project Maven News October 25, 2023 426In 2014, voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which allocated $2.6 billion for the...
PRESS RELEASE: Coalition urges the Newsom administration to reject the Sites Project Authority’s rushed application for regulatory streamlining Press Release/Notice News October 25, 2023 199Today, Friends of the River, Defenders of Wildlife, and a coalition of conservation organizations submitted a letter to the Governor’s...
AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers Ag Alert News October 25, 2023 69By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...
UC DAVIS: Adding crushed rock to farmland pulls carbon out of the air UC Davis News October 25, 2023 89Field test finds carbon stored in soils even in dry climates By Amy Quinton, UC Davis Adding crushed volcanic rock...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: What Water Bill Relief Could Look like for San Diego Voice of San Diego News October 24, 2023 78New research shows how big water bill discounts for the region’s poorest would impact city budgets. By MacKenzie Elmer, Voice...
NEWS RELEASE: New SoCal water bank improves water supply reliability for millions Press Release/Notice News October 23, 2023 268Officials celebrate start of $211 million High Desert Water Bank, Metropolitan’s largest-ever investment in groundwater storage From the Metropolitan Water...
SJV WATER: One Central Valley dam project gets nearly $95 million in funding; two others still in proposal phase SJV Water News October 21, 2023 555By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Three dam expansion projects could increase water storage for use in the Central Valley by...
C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: Proposed Water Conservation Rule Exempts California’s Most Profligate Users Press Release/Notice News October 19, 2023 186New Mandate Would Crack Down on Cities, Let Corporate Growers Off the Hook – All for Minimal Water Savings A...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Rebates can offer solutions to California’s groundwater woes UC Santa Cruz News October 18, 2023 45A new study by UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley researchers calculates how a unique program modeled after rooftop solar...
CAL MATTERS: Once hailed as a drought fix, California moves to restrict synthetic turf over health concerns Cal Matters News October 18, 2023 635California cities can ban synthetic turf under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed. He rejected a bill to ban PFAS...