The new rules will affect some 400 water agencies across the Golden State. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service Water agencies across California must implement efficiency changes after the state water board on Wednesday approved the Making Conservation a California...
The measures are substantially weaker than a previous proposal after an onslaught of criticism. But they will still save enough water through 2050 to supply the state’s entire population for a year, at a cost of $4.7 billion. By Rachel...
From NOAA Research: For more than 75 years, high-hazard structures in the United States, including dams and nuclear power plants, have been engineered to withstand floods resulting from the most unlikely but possible precipitation, termed Probable Maximum Precipitation or PMP....
Hydrological modeling suggests that by 2100 more than 65% of the world’s population might, at least sporadically, lack access to clean water. By Katherine Kornei, AGU It falls from the sky and, in some parts of the world, runs freely...
From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR, the Department) today released nine periodic reviews of Alternatives (Alternatives) to a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) submitted by local agencies to meet the requirements of the Sustainable...