By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert With farmers across California already facing severe cuts in irrigation supplies, state officials are now imposing additional aggressive conservation measures for urban consumers and local water agencies across the state. Emergency regulations, adopted May 24...
By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Californians emerged from the driest January, February and March on record with the biggest jump in water use since the drought began: a nearly...
The April snowpack, key to how much water flows into reservoirs, is 38% of average statewide, proving that drought hasn’t relaxed its grip on California. By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their...
Prepared exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani The “Miracle March” everyone was hoping for, unfortunately did not materialize. Across...
State will continue to expand drought actions heading into a third dry year From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced it must reduce the State Water Project allocation to 5 percent of requested...
Extremely Dry January and February Wipes Out Early Season Surplus, Signals Third Year of Drought From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. Following...
