By Jonny Bonner, Courthouse News Service A Southern California water district is giving golf course 25-year contracts but only 1-year...
Staff give details on the background, the process for identifying critically overdrafted basins, the results and the next steps; public...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Despite continued hot conditions, Californians surpassed June’s conservation rate and reduced water use by 31.3 percent during July, exceeding Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s 25 percent mandate for a second consecutive month since...
From the Pacific Institute: “California’s agriculture sector has exceeded expectations during the most severe drought in recorded history at the...
From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN, online at www.c-win.org) has notified the County...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On August 26, 2015, the California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation submitted a joint petition for change in water right permit and license conditions for the State Water Project...
The Eastern District Court has issued it’s decision denying the request for a Temporary Restraining Order against the Bureau of...
Coverage of the hearing concludes with former Delta watermaster Craig Wilson and economist Dr. Jeff Michael, plus highlights from the...
Senator Wolk leads a hearing on the Delta tunnels: The Legislative Analyst’s Office first briefs the legislators; Dr. Christina Swanson and Sacramento Supervisor Don Nottoli provide testimony On Tuesday, August 18, the Senate Select Committee on the Delta led by...
Details include the flexibility and constraints, transfer capability, and water quality benefits of the Delta tunnels project, plus an analysis...
From the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District: The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (Authority)...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation will release additional water from Trinity Reservoir for the lower Klamath River to help protect returning adult fall run Chinook salmon from a disease outbreak and mortality. Supplemental flows from Lewiston...
DWR’s Mary Scruggs gives more details on the draft list of critically overdrafted basins; plus an update on the development...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has made preliminary identification of 21 groundwater basins...
Maven note: Headline is the one issued with the press release. It should perhaps more properly be: “Groundwater Subsidence Causing Valley Land to Sink From the Department of Water Resources: As Californians continue pumping groundwater in response to the historic...