In a warming climate, increased wildfire activity coupled with extreme rain events is causing significant erosion, leading to heightened sediment...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The plan to build California’s first new major reservoir in decades advances as the state considers whether to issue a water-right permit for the proposed Sites Reservoir, an off-stream water storage project that could store...
By Robin Meadows The first time Malissa Tayaba visited one of her ancestral village sites on the banks of the...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Irrigators cut off water to a huge portion of the Imperial Valley’s half-million acres of...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Calling the state’s review of the Kern subbasin’s newest groundwater plan “cursory,” a representative of the agencies that wrote the plan detailed how it will protect drinking water wells, improve water quality and restore the...
Press release from the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley and the Southern California Water Coalition: The Water Blueprint...
In parts of the Central Valley, nitrate levels in groundwater have risen so high that the drinking water in rural...
By Lauren Magliozzi, University of Colorado Boulder A tiny, vibrant world thrives along the rocky bottom of most streams. As sunlight filters through the water, mayfly nymphs, no larger than your fingernail, cling to algae-coated cobbles. Their brushlike mouthparts scrape...
Press release from the US Tire Manufacturers Consortium U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) is pleased to share that members of...
For public transparency and accessibility, the operations plan summarizes commitments made by DWR for future operations From the Department of...
Climate change is decreasing water level extremes in reservoirs across the country. Longer and more severe periods of low storage threaten critical water supplies By Caelan Simeone, USGS Oregon Water Science Center Major water reservoirs across the continental United States...
From Restore the Delta: Restore the Delta, alongside the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition Partners — including Buena Vista Rancheria, Shingle...
By Monserrat Solis, California Local News Fellow, SJV Water Kings County farmers will have more time to fight requirements from...
By Natalie Hanson, Ag Alert As he does most mornings, Bernat Sort Costa walked through 160 acres of grapevines in American Canyon, checking on the largest of five vineyards cultivated by Napa Valley wine producer Grgich Hills Estate. Growers in...