COURTHOUSE NEWS: Experts urge federal action to keep microplastics out of drinking water Courthouse News Service News February 28, 2024 84American drinking water has some of the highest concentrations of microscopic plastic waste of anywhere in the world, a group...
SJV WATER: Funding could be biggest hurdle faced by the Delta tunnel as water users weigh costs versus benefits of the $16 billion project SJV Water News February 27, 2024 338By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The controversial Delta Conveyance Project may have bigger problems than legal action over its recently...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Facing future of shortages, Colorado River users dream of making more water Courthouse News Service News February 23, 2024 338Annual Colorado River flows have decreased an average of four million acre-feet since the 21st century, while the number of...
USGS: San Francisco Bay Shallow Water Strategic Placement Pilot Project USGS News February 23, 2024 81The USGS is providing support for an innovative project between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California Coastal Conservancy, and...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Future extremes: New models zoom in on California snowpacks and storms Robin Meadows News February 23, 2024 370by Robin Meadows When it comes to water, winter is a time of promise and peril in California. Our fate...
REACTIONS: Restore the Delta and San Francisco Baykeeper respond to DWR submitting petition for Delta Conveyance Project Press Release/Notice News February 23, 2024 233Restore the Delta: DWR files petition to change Delta water rights despite civil rights investigation by the US EPA The...
BERKELEY LAB: Air pollution hides increases in rainfall: As aerosol emissions diminish, average and extreme rains may ramp up Berkeley Lab News February 23, 2024 65For much of the last century, the drying effect of aerosols has masked increases in rainfall from greenhouse gases –...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: For Sale: Water Authority’s de-salted ocean water Voice of San Diego News February 23, 2024 140A small Orange County water district is potentially interested in purchasing some water from San Diego’s desalination plant to keep...
REACTIONS to State Water Project and Central Valley Project allocations Maven News February 22, 2024 112Yesterday, DWR raised the State Water Project allocation to 15%, and the Bureau of Reclamation released their water allocations, which...
SJV WATER: Newly rebuilt Friant-Kern Canal still sinking from overpumping, Tulare farmers not paying their share for the fix, lawsuit alleges SJV Water News February 17, 2024 1067By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in Tulare County are being allowed to continue pumping so much groundwater that it...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Still reeling from pandemic, Sacramento delta residents eye major land, water management deals Courthouse News Service News February 16, 2024 371California’s fertile Sacramento delta region has long been central to debates over how to best manage California’s water resources and...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Auction of Colorado River water nets $4.7 million Aspen Journalism News February 16, 2024 165Bidders paid an average of $74,600 per acre-foot By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Longmont dairy farmer Jim Docheff has been...
PROFILE: Rosemary Knight and Meredith Goebel: Ground(water) Breaking Science in the San Joaquin Valley NASA/JPL News February 16, 2024 80By Jessica Sheaves, NASA Earth Applied Sciences writer In 2014, Rosemary Knight had access to a helicopter and an ambitious...
SJV WATER: World Ag Expo: Water seminar lands with a thud as speaker details “devastating” amount of acreage expected to go out of production SJV Water News February 14, 2024 3161By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The sun was shining and blue skies reigned over the 57th World Ag Expo in...
SJV WATER: Water district between two counties and two subbasins forges its own groundwater sustainability path SJV Water News February 14, 2024 218By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The small Kern-Tulare Water District moved forward recently in breaking away from two other groundwater...