The Legislative Analyst’s Office warns California lawmakers to prepare to dispatch emergency drinking water to vulnerable communities, particularly in the...
The Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), housed within the Department of Water Resources, regulates over 1,240 dams to prevent...
By Ching Lee, Ag Alert Dry weather this spring has created ideal planting conditions for California rice farmers, but lack of available irrigation water has forced cutbacks to how much they can grow. Unhindered by spring rains and soggy fields...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert In water-stressed farming areas of California, farmers removed productive trees and idled other land to...
By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Watsonville-area farmers who rely on well water to produce berries and vegetables are continuing to...
Drought-riddled California and others want more sway over permitting process for projects like oil pipelines, power plants and wetlands developments, and say the Trump-era rule change was made to mollify fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment. By...
Dr. Graham Fogg and DWR’s Jenny Marr discuss the efforts underway to assess the potential for Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge...
Pressured by growers and legislators, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency in 39 counties as most of California experiences...
Package includes billions for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, with a focus on small and disadvantaged communities From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom today proposed a $5.1 billion package of immediate drought response and long-term water resilience investments...
41 counties now under drought state of emergency to protect communities and the environment, representing 30 percent of the state’s population...
From the US Fish & Wildlife Service: Phase 3C of the Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project has been completed,...
Did BOR shift economic burden from Water Contractors to taxpayers? From the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations: On Monday May 3rd, the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA), the West Coast’s largest trade organization of small-scale commercial fishermen...
PNNL leads investigation into hydropower’s evolving value to the grid and energy storage By Genoa Blankenship, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Across the...
Hold placed on North-of-Delta Agriculture Service Contractors due to worsening drought conditions Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced an update...
Delta Watermaster: It’s physically, ecologically, and economically impossible to squeeze water out of the Delta for export. At the April meeting of the California Water Commission, as part of their continuing work on examining the state’s role in financing conveyance...