This post has been updated with Restore the Delta’s comments added after Michael George’s presentation. Click to go there. In...
From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office: Three, new climate change tools are now available on the...
By DWR The Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently broke ground on the Dutch Slough Tidal Restoration Project, the largest tidal wetlands restoration project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to date. Located on the Delta’s western edge in Contra Costa...
Agreement reached on Coordinated Operation Agreement for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, cost sharing From the...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: Statement from Brenda Burman, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation: I am very proud of...
Note: Updated information available: See: UPDATE: Agreement reached on Coordinated Operation Agreement for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, cost sharing; Water agencies respond Also, more reactions to State Water Board vote (including Brenda Burman’s statement) are...
In a meeting yesterday that began at 9:30am and went into the evening, the State Water Board voted 4-1 to...
The State Water Resources Control Board is meeting this morning, and is expected to take a vote on the update...
The Trump administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to drain federal protections for wetlands and other isolated bodies of water, doing away with the Obama-era Clean Water Rule opposed by farmers. By Erika Williams, Courthouse News Service The Trump administration unveiled...
The Department of Water Resources has sent a letter to Randy Fiorini withdrawing the Department’s certification of consistency for the...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: Created by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS),...
Karla Nemeth was appointed Director of the California Department of Water Resources by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on January 10, 2018. As the Director, she oversees DWR operations, including maintaining the California State Water Project, managing floodwaters, monitoring dam...
A growing emphasis on reconnecting California floodplains to rivers so they can absorb floodwaters is a U-turn from past reliance...
From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced an initial water allocation of...
From the Department of Water Resources: “The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released Draft Basin Boundary Modifications. The Draft Basin Boundary Modifications are a result of requests from local agencies to modify basins based upon scientific or jurisdictional...