The $20 billion tunnel in the Golden State’s expansive delta is worth the costs and risks because it will improve precious water collection efforts, according to officials. By Natalie Hanson State water officials say a controversial plan to build a...
The project will deliver nearly $38 billion in benefits, preventing both water shortages and water rationing, and saving more water during wet years. From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a benefit-cost analysis...
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same. By Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter...
From Restore the Delta: A broad coalition of California tribes, nonprofits, environmental organizations, and commercial fishing groups have filed a protest with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), calling on the denial of the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) Change...
Though vast stores of groundwater persist below Earth’s surface, the climbing cost of accessing it is on track to significantly reshape the geography of trade and drive users toward alternative water sources From Pacific Northwest National Labs: A new study...
