From the California Farm Bureau Federation: Using farmland for wintertime aquifer recharge could help nearby communities replenish their groundwater supplies,...
Agriculture and M&I water users allocation reduced; 5% allocation for CVP agricultural water service contractors both north-of-Delta and south-of-Delta confirmed at 0% From the Bureau of Reclamation: Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced an update to the initial Central Valley...
Low flows are a threat to drinking water supplies, endangered fish From the State Water Board: With drought conditions resulting...
by Allison Winter, Nevada Current A drought crisis unfolding across the West will require short-term relief and massive, long-term federal...
X2, OMR, Gates, Barriers, and more: Dr. Ted Sommer sorts out the hydrodynamics of the Delta At the 2021 Bay-Delta Science Conference, Dr. Ted Sommer, the Lead Scientist for the CA Department of Water Resources, gave a short course on...
A new DRI pilot study finds severe water repellency in sand samples after treatment with both hot and cold smoke....
More than 70 million people are affected by a historic drought in the West. Lawmakers and administration officials are scrambling...
By Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; John Abatzoglou, University of California, Merced, and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, McGill University The Western U.S. appears headed for another dangerous fire season, and a new study shows that even high mountain areas once considered...
Water agencies need to invest in infrastructure and plan for drought to diversify their water supply portfolio and increase reliability....
New understanding of relationship between stream flows and salmon survival provides a critical tool for balancing water needs in the...
The California Water Commission is in the process of completing the task assigned to them in the Water Resilience Portfolio of examining the state’s role in funding conveyance projects. At the April meeting, the last two speakers on the panel...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With very little water to spare this drought year, water districts struggling with limited or...
Secretary of Natural Resouces Wade Crowfoot and DWR Director Karla Nemeth address the ACWA Spring Conference Last week, the Association...
The California Department of Water Resources has filed an application for water quality certification with the State Water Resources Control Board for the 2021 Emergency Drought Salinity Barrier Project. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The California Department of Water Resources has applied for...