From the Central Valley Water Board: The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP)...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Water users in California have conserved enough water since 2022 to raise Lake Mead water...
Members of the Colorado River Water Users Association met for their annual conference in Las Vegas Wednesday. By Jacob Walters, Courthouse News Service What happens when a water source that provides more than 40 million people with drinkable water runs...
By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water A group of water users in Kern County’s Indian Wells Valley who disagree with how...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Makhan Singh had farmed in California for more than two decades when, in 2017, he bought a 300-acre ranch in Madera County. About half the ranch was planted with almonds. The other half was bare....
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Central Valley growers fed up with reduced water allocations and pumping penalties are seeking answers...
By Charles Wilson, Executive Director of the Southern California Water Coalition We can’t escape our history. In 1984, the Southern...
From the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-SALTS) program As 2024 ends, the CV-SALTS program continues to make significant progress. The Nitrate Control Program Priority 1 Management Zones (MZs) remain focused on implementation, conducting outreach and offering free...
The November meeting of Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee, a joint meeting with the entire Board of Directors, was...
First forecast of the season based on current reservoir storage and impacts of record-setting summer heatwaves From the Department of...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water New research from scientists at Stanford University shows that the San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever due to excessive groundwater pumping. Even though aquifers are plummeting and the ground is sinking, the situation...
The researchers hope their new method can be scaled up for use in the real world. By Christina van Waasbergen,...
As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to...
The California State Water Project is a system of reservoirs, aqueducts, power plants and pumping plants that delivers water to California. By Michael Gennaro, Courthouse News Service Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Water Resources Wednesday,...