Written by hydrologist Robert Shibatani With two months left in this water year (WY), California’s federal and State water systems will undoubtedly endure and avoid irreparable harm, all things considered. This WY, at least relative to past years, has thankfully...
Written by Robert Shibatani Summer is here, well, not officially… But as California prepares itself for the “business-end” of what is shaping up to be a long, hot summer, water operations managers are running out of options. Savvy CVOC operators...
Also, Staff preliminary analyses show water use rises with income; most water utilities have regressive rate structures At the April 5 State Water Board meeting, staff updated the Board on the urban water production and conservation submitted by urban retail...
Prepared exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani The “Miracle March” everyone was hoping for, unfortunately did not materialize. Across California, federal CVP reservoir storage currently stands at 4.698 million acre-feet (MAF), representing a little less than 40% of total...
By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert Zero. That’s how much water is being allocated to Central Valley Project irrigation contractors north and south of the delta this year. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s announcement last week marked the second year in...
