The 1922 Colorado River Compact ignored available science and overallocated the river’s water, a decision whose effects reverberate today. Now...
by Robin Meadows California’s freshwater ecosystems―from springs and wetlands to rivers and estuaries―are in trouble and the warming world is hastening their decline. Fish and the wealth of other aquatic species that live in these habitats are increasingly vulnerable as...
By Hannah Frances Johansson, Freelance for SJV Water Round one of a lawsuit brought by a group of farmers against...
By the Department of Fish and Wildlife: After years of work by the Tule River Tribe, a family of seven...
The delta tunnel project, intended to support water infrastructure in California, is estimated to cost around $20 billion and take over a decade to complete. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A Sacramento County judge on Thursday ruled in favor...
Court granted injunction requested by petitioners to stop geotechnical investigations Press release from the State Water Contractors: Today, the Sacramento...
“Project Monarch” is expected to save the District in lifetime brine management costs from the first-of-its-kind facility.” Press release from...
From the State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office: The State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office will hold a Pre-Hearing Conference on the Petitions for Change of Water Right Permits 16478, 16479, 16481, and 16482 (Applications 5630,...
Press release from attorneys Osha Meserve, Roger Moore, and Thomas Keeling: Today, the Sacramento County Superior Court enjoined geotechnical investigations...
Die-offs from algae blooms in San Francisco and Delta water diversions have left a giant, shark-like, prehistoric creature at risk....
The Department of Water Resources has released a report summarizing the construction, monitoring, effectiveness, and impacts of the 2021–2022 West False River Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier. This report was prepared to fulfill the reporting requirement by the State Water Board’s...
A new study reveals that precipitation could boost the iconic river’s flow in the next couple of decades despite the...
At the June meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting, DWR Director Karla Nemeth was on...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water An Orange County court on Friday approved an injunction mandating that Mojave Pistachios LLC pay $30 million in back fees owed to the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority for pumping groundwater without an allocation in...