By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center With another series of drenching storms about to hit California, now is a good time to ask what has become a perennial question: why can’t we...
Commentary by Adán Ortega, Executive Director of CalMutuals, an association dedicated to ensuring effective and compliant operation and governance of...
State leaders seek durable post-2026 plan and make significant contributions From the Colorado River Board of California: California’s water, tribal,...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current California’s biggest water districts presented their own framework Tuesday for how to share the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, including a commitment to conserve 440,000 acre-feet of water per year – enough to meet the...
District advances major land-repurposing initiative as water shortages force large-scale land fallowing across the San Joaquin Valley From Westlands Water District Today, the Westlands Water District Board of Directors voted to certify the Final Program Environmental Impact Report (FPEIR) and...
By Toni Lyn Morelli, UMass Amherst; U.S. Geological Survey and Diana Stralberg, University of Alberta The idea began in California’s Sierra Nevada, a towering spine of rock and ice where rising temperatures and the decline of snowpack are transforming ecosystems,...
Unique public-private partnership brings together NASA, USGS, Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and more to make scientifically rigorous evapotranspiration data widely...
By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Groundwater agencies in the beleaguered Tulare Lake subbasin in Kings County have released a region-wide pumping allocation model – but disagreements continue. The proposed methodology was discussed at the Dec. 9 El Rico Groundwater Sustainability...
