From the California Natural Resources Agency: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced a new director has been...
As the legislature contemplates how to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life”, a panel discusses some of the legal issues posed: How do mandates interplay with Reasonable Use? Could mandates be considered a takings? And what about charter cities?...
Andrea Miller (City Manager, City of San Bernardino), Douglas Headrick (General Manager, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District), and John Mura (General...
Earlier today, the Oroville Independent Forensic Team released their final report compiling the team’s conclusions and opinions regarding the conditions,...
The latest ruling letter from the State Water Board’s Cal Water Fix hearing team addresses the disposition of late-submitted written testimony and exhibits for the case-in-chief phase of Part 2 of the California WaterFix change petition hearing, written testimony outside the...
Since the passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in September of 2014, the Department of Water Resources (DWR)...
Still Too Early To Draw Conclusions from Season’s First Snow Survey From the Department of Water Resources: Today’s Department of...
RESEARCH 21st Century Water Storage Strategies Barry Nelson DOI // URL Simulation of Subsidence Mitigation Effects on Island Drain Flow, Seepage, and Organic Carbon Loads on Subsided Islands Sacramento‑San Joaquin Delta Steven Deverel, David Leighton, Cristina Lucero, and Timothy Ingrum DOI // URL A...
Lawsuit seeks to have California Waterways Identified as Hydrologically Impaired under the Clean Water Act From Downey Brand: On November...
Public comments due by January 8 Recently, the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program released a draft Best...
Proponents of water storage projects competing for Prop 1 funds present their projects to the California Water Commission The nine members of the California Water Commission have been tasked with deciding how to award the $2.7 billion in Prop 1...
Proposed definition of wetlands and procedures would greatly expand state permitting program, potentially affect recharge basins and constructed facilities, water...
Loss of water from Sierra Nevada rocks caused the California mountains to rise almost an inch during the recent drought....
DWR Director Grant Davis, State Board member Steve Moore, and SFPUC’s Steven Ritchie address conference attendees Every two years, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership holds the State of the Estuary conference, focusing on the management and ecological health of the...