By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to put the Tulare Lake...
By Emily Benton Hite, Saint Louis University and Denielle Perry, Northern Arizona University The U.S. has a long record of extracting resources on Native lands and ignoring tribal opposition, but a decision by federal energy regulators to deny permits for...
After Decades of Delay, Complaint Alleges State Water Board Must Decide Whether DWR Has Diligently Pursued its Water Rights Before...
The decision by the State Water Resources Control Board came after a full day of presentations and public comment. By...
Press release from the California Coastkeeper Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense Council: Recently, California Coastkeeper Alliance, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and a coalition of environmental organizations called on Governor Newsom, the State Legislature and state agencies to take...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Proposed state legislation to modify California’s longstanding farmland conservation law could pave the way for...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Despite favorable conditions in the Klamath Basin, irrigators say the initial federal water allocation falls...
Kyle Doudrick, University of Notre Dame, The Conversation Chemists invented PFAS in the 1930s to make life easier: Nonstick pans, waterproof clothing, grease-resistant food packaging and stain-resistant carpet were all made possible by PFAS. But in recent years, the growing...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Frustrated with the amount of water dribbling down the western reach of the Kern River,...
State officials, for the first time, put a local groundwater basin on probation to stop overuse. The order triggers hefty...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the initial 2024 water supply allocations for the Klamath Project along with $8.5 million in immediate funding for the Klamath Basin communities to support drought resiliency and $5 million...
Rural Latino communities are divided about the project, which would capture carbon from an oilfield and power plant — and...
Kings County agencies and growers may face probation and millions of dollars in fines — which could be the first...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Residents in the small town of East Orosi woke up Sunday to backed-up toilets and yards flooded with wastewater. One of the community’s wastewater pumps stopped working, causing sewage backups for two days until workers...