Long-term drop in residential use is a federal policy success story. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Decades ago, before it was much of a concern, water moved through the average U.S. home in enormous quantities. Toilets pulled 3.5 gallons...
By Jack Schmidt, Anne Castle, Eric Kuhn, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara In 2026 and for only the third time in the 21st century, there was no accumulation, and no recovery, of total Basin live storage6 during the snowmelt season. Nor...
An appeals panel affirmed a lower court’s finding that the federal government must comply with the Endangered Species Act when operating the Klamath Irrigation Project. By Margaret Attridge, Courthouse News Service The Ninth Circuit delivered a victory to the Yurok...
By: Dmitri Kalashnikov, University of California, Merced; Cong Yin, University of California, Merced; Madhulika Gurazada, University of California, Merced, and...
From the Delta Science Program: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is California’s most significant freshwater hub, supplying water to more than 27 million Californians and supporting the state’s robust agricultural industry. The Delta is also home to more than 750 animal and...
Even by California’s standards of extreme variability, water year 2025–26 has been a strikingly poor snow year, especially in the mountains that feed the Delta watershed. A dry fall and January limited snow buildup even after a few early storms,...
