A memo from Dr. David Sunding to Carrie Buckman, Environmental Program Manager, Delta Conveyance Office, Department of Water Resources, regarding...
By Sarah McQuate, UW News The Colorado River and its tributaries provide water for hydropower, irrigation and drinking water in...
By Mackenzie Elmer, Voice of San Diego This story was first published by Voice of San Diego. Sign up for VOSD’s newsletters here. The Colorado River’s biggest single user – farmers in Imperial Valley – made another agreement with the federal...
Pollutant control measures kept over 550,000 pounds of fine sediment out of lake in 2023 despite extended snowmelt period, new...
While several reservoirs along the Colorado River system have a decent amount of water, Lake Mead is only a third...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current The Imperial Irrigation District in California, which uses more Colorado River water than any other district in the West, finalized an agreement on Monday to leave up to 700,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead...
From California Indian Legal Services: California Indian Legal Services has completed a Water Study. The purpose of this Study is...
Press release from Friends of the River: Today, Friends of the River (FOR) alongside an unique and unparalleled coalition of...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers and water managers in the Kaweah subbasin are charging headlong into recharge as a key strategy to both keep the state’s hands off its pumping and position growers to better withstand drought years. Fifteen...
From the Department of Water Resources: This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). In...
Nature-based solutions will also help reduce flood risk Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water...
‘Provisional accounting’ to understand how much water would be conserved By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Colorado River water managers are moving forward with a plan to track and get credit for conserved water. The Upper Colorado River Commission on Monday...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Even as work on the first phase of fixing the sinking Friant-Kern Canal is nearly...
The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors approved a landmark conservation agreement with the federal government to leave up to...
By Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University The wildfires that burned across Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023 became the deadliest conflagration in the United States in more than a century. While the harm to homes and tourism drew the most attention,...