By Bobby Bascomb, Mongabay A recent study from the U.S. state of California finds that the public reported more encounters...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council will conduct a public hearing on February 26 and 27, 2026, regarding appeals of the California Department of Water Resources’ certification of consistency with the Delta Plan for the Delta Conveyance...
Sinking Ground Puts San Joaquin Valley Water Systems at Risk By the Department of Water Resources The Department of Water...
An AI server farm tsunami threatens to overwhelm the West’s power grid and water supplies. By Jonathan Thompson, High Country...
A new review shows how rising demand, shrinking supplies, and policy decisions together shape when groundwater use peaks and what can be done to avoid long-term depletion. By Kelly Caylor, EOS Groundwater supports billions of people, but many regions are...
In 2006, the Central Valley Regional Water Board launched the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS) program to...
From California Agriculture: For most of its history, California treated groundwater and surface water as legally distinct. Unlike surface water...
There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy. By Naveena Sadasivam, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s...
By Bethany Bradley, UMass Amherst; Adrienne Wootten, University of Oklahoma, and Ryan Longman, University of Hawaii When the Trump administration...
Efforts needed to reduce data center emissions and water use, report authors say By UC Newsroom Researchers from the University...
From the Department of Water Resources: Operations have officially begun for the Big Notch Project, one of the largest floodplain salmon-rearing habitat projects in California history. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) held a ribbon cutting ceremony today in Yolo...
Across all of California, perhaps no other fish has as great of a cultural, economic, and ecological impact as that...
Press release from Restore the Delta: A coalition of Tribes and environmental advocates have filed a formal appeal challenging the...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Two neighboring Kings County groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) released draft pumping allocation policies recently but had a hard time getting feedback from residents and growers at recent workshops. Not because growers and residents didn’t want...