From the California Natural Resources Agency: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced a new director has been appointed and its executive team restructured to further bolster dam and flood safety, emphasize climate resilience and incorporate lessons learned...
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, actions and inactions that contributed to the damage of the service spillway and emergency spillway at Oroville Dam in February...
Still Too Early To Draw Conclusions from Season’s First Snow Survey From the Department of Water Resources: Today’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) manual snow survey east of Sacramento in the Sierra Nevada found little snowpack, which was predictable after...
RESEARCH 21st Century Water Storage Strategies Barry Nelson DOI // URL Simulation of Subsidence Mitigation Effects on Island Drain Flow, Seepage, and...
Public comments due by January 8 Recently, the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program released a draft Best Management Practice (BMP) document that focuses on Sustainable Management Criteria (SMC) for public comment. This BMP characterizes the relationship between the...
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. By NASA/JPL Loss of water from the rocks of California’s Sierra Nevada caused the mountain range to rise nearly an...
