From DWR News: Modernizing how California moves water supplies across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can’t be done by repeating the...
The prospect of extreme drought is driving the Golden State’s conservation efforts. By Kevin Winter, Courthouse News Service As drought...
By Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology The zebra mussel has been a poster child for invasive species ever since it unleashed economic and ecological havoc on the Great Lakes in the late 1980s. Yet despite intensive efforts to control...
By Madison Hirneisen and Cole Lauterbach | The Center Square After a high profile, decades-long battle to build a desalination...
After completing degrees from Cornell University, University of Michigan, and the University of New Mexico, Dr. Jon Rosenfield returned to...
SFEWS is the primary applied research publication for the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. In this issue: Climate Change Impacts on San Francisco Estuary Aquatic Ecosystems: A ReviewBruce Herbold, Eva Bush, Gonzalo Castillo, Denise Colombano, Rosemary Hartman, Peggy...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in...
At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen’s report focused on the effects of...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The irrigation technology known as fertigation has been around for some time. But with increased water-quality regulations by the state of California aimed at reducing nitrates in groundwater, farmers are adopting ways of targeting nutrients...
By Alexandra K. Scammell, American Geophysical Union Extreme precipitation from hurricanes and atmospheric rivers can lead to increased flooding in...
Traditionally, stormwater was viewed as a flood management problem in which the runoff needed to be conveyed as quickly as...
Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Meral is the director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute. He works on funding for California water, Delta infrastructure, and a variety of other California water programs. He formerly served as Deputy Director...
From the Department of Water Resources: In an effort to better prepare for future drought conditions in the face of...
A government advisory lowered acceptable amounts of certain PFAS chemicals to levels so low they can’t be tested by any...
Written by Brandon Honig When Austin Demarest and his team started looking for white sturgeon to tag in the San Joaquin River in March, he knew some days would be uneventful — on the boat at dawn for a full...