CORNELL CHRONICLE: The shape of water: When ag water management pays off Cornell University News January 8, 2019By Susan Kelley, Cornell University Years of drought have parched California’s vast agricultural lands, prompting farmers to drill deeper and...
REACTIONS: Water agencies and organizations react to voluntary settlements and the State Water Board vote to adopt new flow standards for San Joaquin River tributaries Maven News December 13, 2018 903In a meeting yesterday that began at 9:30am and went into the evening, the State Water Board voted 4-1 to...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump White House to Unwind Wetlands Protections Courthouse News Service News December 11, 2018The Trump administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to drain federal protections for wetlands and other isolated bodies of water, doing...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump Orders Fast Track for Water Projects in California, the West Courthouse News Service News October 19, 2018 3Launching a new front in his war on red tape, President Donald Trump on Friday ordered federal agencies to speed...
REACTIONS: Legislators, Growers, and interest groups comment on Presidential memo Maven News October 19, 2018 1293Earlier today, President Trump signed an executive memorandum on water intended to bring more water to Valley farms. Here’s what...
CORNELL CHRONICLE: Groundwater loss prompts more California land sinking Cornell University News August 29, 2018By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University Despite higher-than-normal amounts of rain in early 2017, the large agricultural and metropolitan communities that...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds offer to put water on California wildfires Courthouse News Service News August 8, 2018Despite repeated assurances California has enough water to fight the currently 18 major fires raging throughout the state, the Trump...
STANFORD NEWS: Natural chromium sources threaten California groundwater, Stanford scientists find Stanford University News July 23, 2018Natural sources of the toxic form of chromium appear in wells that provide drinking water to a large population in...
REACTIONS: Organizations and officials react to release of Bay Delta Plan update documents Maven News July 6, 2018 645Earlier today, the State Water Board released the draft final documents for the Bay Delta Plan update for the Lower...
NASA/JPL: Climate change may lead to bigger atmospheric rivers NASA/JPL News May 24, 2018A new NASA-led study shows the events are likely to intensify, but become slightly less frequent, across most of the...
EOS: California’s water savings dwindle when drought fears subside American Geophysical Union News February 8, 2018Policy changes and media attention affect how much water Californians use, as well as how long these behaviors prevail. Could...
NASA: Dust on snow controls springtime river rise in West NASA/JPL News January 23, 2018By Carol Rasmussen, NASA’s Earth Science News Team A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the...
USGS: The ARkStorm scenario USGS News January 23, 2018 2A modeled scenario of U.S. West Coast winter storm events induced by the formation of Atmospheric Rivers (AR) and capable...
NASA/JPL: Sierras lost water weight, grew taller during drought NASA/JPL News December 13, 2017Loss of water from Sierra Nevada rocks caused the California mountains to rise almost an inch during the recent drought....
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds Won’t Help Fund California’s $17 Billion Delta Tunnels Project Courthouse News Service News October 25, 2017Support for California’s contentious $17 billion water project continued to fade Wednesday after the Trump administration said federal money will...
