by Robin Meadows This year is a classic example of the way California’s water system was designed to work. Winter...
The Delta’s ecosystem and native species are in decline, despite the considerable efforts and resources devoted to reversing the trend. ...
From the American Geophysical Union In the parched west, reusing water is a must. But scientists are still working to understand how reused, treated municipal waste water might impact the environments it’s released into. This water can have negative impacts,...
From the Delta Science Program: The Delta Science Program is pleased to announce the release of the 2023 Integrated Modeling...
By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted an article on the connection between the Australian wildfires in 2020 and California’s recent drought. Recent headlines have been proclaiming the return of El...
The Delta is constantly changing and predicting these changes has become a difficult task. As California’s climate changes in sometimes...
By DWR News Delta smelt are a fish that have gone from vast abundance to the brink of extinction. After...
Dozens of adult sturgeon and hundreds of other large fish including threatened Chinook salmon have moved safely from receding floodwaters within the Yolo Bypass back to the Sacramento River thanks to the coordinated operation of the Fremont Weir Adult Fish...
The Yolo Bypass was originally designed as a flood control measure to protect the city of Sacramento. It is also...
Written by Robin Meadows Sturgeon have been around far longer than humans—a jaw-dropping 200 million years to our comparatively short...
At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted a study funded by the Delta Stewardship Council, State Water Contractors, and the Department of Water Resources that leveraged decades of monitoring data to...
By Robin Meadows The State Water Resources Control Board, which both allocates surface water rights and protects water quality for...
The Delta and Suisun Marsh are among the most important ecosystems in the state, providing vital habitat for a variety...
Scientists aim to increase their data set from spring pulse flows By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation Prior to the development of the Central Valley Project, the advent of spring would unleash a flood of cold snowmelt into the Northern...