By Erica Yee, Cal Matters Droughtsville, California, is in trouble. Its water supply is endangered as multiple crises intensify: worsening...
At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen, Delta Lead Scientist, spotlighted an article on the...
New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless future, and more science news. Plus, an interview with Metropolitan Water District’s new leader. [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Scientists in the Central Valley...
ESSAY Use Care When Interpreting Correlations: The Ammonium Example in the San Francisco EstuaryJames E. Cloernhttps://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss4art1 RESEARCH Patterns of Water...
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by Robin Meadows Mountains are the foundation of water in the western United States, natural infrastructure that captures snowfall during the winter and releases snowmelt over the spring and summer. In California, the snowpack holds nearly as much water on...
Board staff give an update on the progress on the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, including an potential timeline...
By the USGS Atmospheric rivers aren’t a new phenomenon on the West Coast, but this type of storm has drawn...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Historically excluded from Colorado River negotiations, tribes are demanding to be included in policy discussions on how the water is managed. Ahead of a conference of the Colorado River Water Users Association in Las Vegas,...
By Christine Souza The atmospheric river storm that brought some rain and snow to the parched state may serve as...
From Ag Alert Giving 1,200-pound cows access to one of California’s most fragile and biologically rich ecosystems seems a strange...
Natural variability dominates modeled uncertainty in California precipitation By Beth Mundy, PNNL Over the past 40 years, winters in California have become drier. This is a problem for the region’s agricultural operations, as farmers rely on winter precipitation to irrigate...
At the recent ACWA Fall Conference, held in-person in Southern California, State Water Resources Control Board’s Joaquin Esquivel sat down...
The Department of Water Resources has issued letters to the GSAs of the remaining six subbasins in the San Joaquin...
Plants that grow under the water surface are known as submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Some species of SAV have been introduced from other regions of the world and outcompete many native species. These invasive species of SAV often disrupt waterways...