By the USGS: With the potential for flooding during present-day winter storms and sea level rise continually inching up on...
By NIDIS Drought management in the U.S. hinges on the quality of our drought monitoring, which is a challenge in...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Federal resource managers announced $99 million in funding for a large-scale water recycling project that will save enough water in Lake Mead to serve nearly 500,000 households in Southern California and Southern Nevada annually. The...
Dennis Falaschi is scheduled for a Sept. 16 sentencing in federal court. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A former...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Probation has started for the Tulare Lake subbasin and farmers will be getting a list...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water This current, remarkably average water year – not last year’s barn burner – will be the true test to see how well groundwater agencies are rejuvenating the San Joaquin Valley’s withered aquifers, longtime water managers...
A new study maps how energy and food systems depend on stored water to generate hydropower and feed irrigation. Dams...
The high court took up San Francisco’s bid to challenge how the government regulates water pollution. By Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse...
From the Environmental Defense Fund: As the American West faces intensifying water challenges, water managers, landowners, and water users are increasingly turning to the Groundwater Accounting Platform as a data-driven tool that enables them to track water availability and usage...
By Ted Sommer, Cal Matters Ted Sommer is a Public Policy Institute of California-CalTrout Ecosystem fellow at the PPIC Water...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) this week successfully completed the...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: This notice is to inform you of new reporting requirements for groundwater extractors (people who pump groundwater) in the Tulare Lake Subbasin. The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) oversees groundwater...
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Climate change will dramatically impact streamflow and its contributions to the Colorado River by increasing forest water use and reducing...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Cover crops could be an important tool in groundwater management but are being unintentionally disincentivized by groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs,) according to a new study. GSAs haven’t done enough analysis or incentivization of cover crops,...