Water agencies say it’s infeasible; interest groups say it’s the most fairest and equitable approach A broad coalition of environmental,...
List of concerns include adaptive management, water quality, and impacts to the Delta In July of this year, the Partially...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The purpose of this message is to provide information about a new water measurement law which will affect water right holders and diverters who divert more than 10 acre-feet of water per year....
The new regulation outlines the procedure for requesting groundwater basin boundary changes, as well as the methodology and criteria for...
The regulation now heads to the Office of Administrative Law for processing From the Department of Water Resources: Implementation of...
Water management, economy, and the environment: How is California doing after four years of drought?
Dr. Jay Lund, Dr. Jeffrey Michael, and Dr. Peter Moyle discuss the drought impacts at the State of the Estuary conference The coming El Nino has been described as “Godzilla” and ‘too big to fail’, and the weather service is...
A panel of buyers and sellers discusses the time frames, procedural considerations, and the overall complexity of water transfers Water...
Dr. Bruce Herbold and Sandi Matsumoto discuss the potential impacts of single-year transfers on the Delta’s ecosystem and wildlife During...
DWR’s Bill Croyle and State Water Board’s Tom Howard discuss the water transfers: streamlining the process, recurring single-year transfers, and groundwater substitution transfer concerns During the development of the first Delta Plan which was adopted in 2013, one of the...
By Rebekah Kearn, Courthouse News Service Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law a bill to protect the shrinking...
As the Delta Stewardship Council prepares to revisit the issue of single-year transfers, staff review the basics: the types of...
From the Office of the Governor: As California’s historic drought continues, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills to help boost water conservation, strengthen groundwater management and improve water quality: AB 142 by...
Public input helps refine Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Basin Boundary Emergency Regulations From the Department of Water Resources: “The Department...
From Senator Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the...
House Democrats from California, Oregon, Arizona, and Washington – 27 in all – have signed on to a letter opposing HR 2898, saying the legislation preempts state laws, reduces management flexibility, eliminates protections for salmon and other endangered species, and...