The interagency committee charged with implementation of the Delta Plan endorses a list of high priority science actions for the...
Tom Howard, Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board, has sent a letter to Ron Milligan at the...
From the Department of Water Resources: Construction of a temporary emergency drought barrier at West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is nearing completion about two weeks sooner than anticipated, according to the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The...
By Rebekah Hearn, Courthouse News Service Imperial County and the Imperial Irrigation District agreed to settle a long-running dispute over...
At a budget subcommittee hearing last week, Senator Wolk has some questions for Director Bonham and Director Cowin on the...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Today the State Water Resources Control Board approved a proposal from riparian water right holders in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to voluntarily cut back water use in exchange for assurances they would...
An overview of how new reporting requirements, frost protection regulations, water curtailments, and some pending litigation could affect water rights...
Dr. Jay Lund reviews water storage in California: Changing patterns and reasons for hope Earlier this year, the U.C. Davis...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation and water users in California’s Central Valley have forged an agreement that will bring some much-needed Central Valley Project water supplies to farmers in the CVP’s Friant Division this summer. “Thanks...
Successful forest management plans and a study that found that forest thinning can increase runoff by 20% demonstrate the benefits...
The Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee talks about the current drought, Prop 1 funds, and what...
From AquAlliance, this press release: AquAlliance filed a lawsuit in federal District Court against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA) over their inadequate disclosure, avoidance of impacts, and mitigation of major water...
Governor Brown addresses ACWA convention, calling on California’s brain power and innovation to solve the state’s water issues, and touching...
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has begun construction on a temporary emergency drought barrier on West False River in...
CCWD’s Leah Orloff and Delta farmer Steve Mello discuss how the drought is affecting operations within the Delta The April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council included an update on the continuing drought and its impacts. In the last installment...