From the State Water Resources Control Board: The Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program includes several projects to meet the statutory requirements of Groundwater Quality Monitoring Act of 2001 and GAMA Program goals. As California’s most comprehensive and state-of-the-art groundwater research...
Scientist Adrienne Marshall explains why these extreme snow years are expected to decline in our warming world. By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk For California’s Sierra Nevada, the winter of 2022-2023 delivered an epic snowpack that broke many records and...
Researchers say if California could collect and treat more stormwater in cities, it could provide enough water to supply a quarter of the state’s urban population. Tags Planning and management Stormwater Water quality Stormwater...
As the Salton Sea shrinks, exposed lakebed has caused increased pollution and health problems for communities in California’s Imperial County and beyond, researchers found. By Sam Ribakoff, Courthouse News Service Back in 2003, farmers in California’s Imperial Valley agreed to...
By NIDIS Drought management in the U.S. hinges on the quality of our drought monitoring, which is a challenge in a changing climate. The United States Drought Monitor (USDM), a key tool for identifying and categorizing droughts since 2000, uses...