Floating wetlands sound like something straight out of a fairy tale, fanciful landscapes where the laws of nature are suspended....
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A projected increase in the kind of “atmospheric river” type storms California experienced in the...
Heavy rains can cause contamination in just 10 days By Amy Quinton, UC Davis Extreme weather spurred by climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from fertilizers ending up in groundwater, according to a...
By Jim Peifer, Executive Director, Regional Water Authority Though summer is behind us, the risk of wildfires persists in our...
The appeals allege numerous inconsistencies with Delta Plan policies and say piecemealing the project is inconsistent with CEQA Last Friday,...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Residents and advocates in the small community of Fairmead have been working for years to find ways to relieve pressure on the area’s aquifer to protect domestic wells. With the latest election, they hope all...
Higher temperatures can cause droughts even with normal precipitation Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following parties have appealed the California Department of Water Resources Certification of Consistency (C20242)...
A lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air, federal support for offshore wind and disaster aid for wildfires. By Julie Cart, Alejandro Lazo, Alastair Bland and Alejandra Reyes-Velarde,...
Loss of forest canopy and deposition of ash alter forest hydrology By Mitch Tobin, Water Desk As the American West...
By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Against the backdrop of global warming, sea level rise and extreme weather, it’s reassuring...
By Sarah Whichello, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Research Participant with EPA. Estuaries are waterbodies where freshwater from the uplands mixes with the salty waters of the open ocean. The bays, inlets and tidal rivers along a coastline that comprise estuarine...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal fracas over who should pay to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal grew Friday...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials are taking another step forward as part of a broader process to...
Part of the permit’s implementation will include methods for environmental restoration and spawning projects to benefit endangered species like the Chinook salmon. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A new operating permit issued Monday for California’s State Water Project is...