From the Delta Counties Coalition: In response to Metropolitan Water District Board’s (MWD Board) approval of $141 million in additional funds to continue planning for the controversial and harmful Delta Tunnel Conveyance Project (DCP), Pat Hume, Chair of the Delta...
By Caroline Hemphill, EOS Dozens of atmospheric rivers, superconcentrated channels of water in the sky, dumped staggering amounts of rain and snow on the U.S. West Coast in late 2022 and early 2023. The intense, long-lasting storms caused more than...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The embattled Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) may soon have only one member entity left. The City of Porterville and Porterville Irrigation District are set to vote Dec. 17 and Jan. 9, respectively, on...
By NASA/JPL: Intrusion of saltwater into coastal groundwater can make water there unusable, damage ecosystems, and corrode infrastructure. Seawater will...
Efforts to hold chemical giants accountable have been hampered by state regulators’ failure to map the full extent of contamination, leaving the true scope of cleanup needs unknown. By Gregory Weaver, Fresnoland The San Joaquin Valley has reached a dead...
NOAA Fisheries issues no jeopardy/no adverse modification biological opinion The biological opinion by NOAA Fisheries for the long-term operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project is now available. (For more on biological opinions, click here.) The document...