Written by Elyse De Franco Writing in the June 2021 issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science, a group...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Our Enduring Water Supply: Are the Answers to California’s Water Problems Obvious?
Written by Robert Shibatani Is there a water supply problem in California? To answer such a question, much depends on who one asks. For in the politically ideological and highly volatile world that is California water, we would likely...
In the year after the Carr Fire in northern California, USGS researchers found that greater-than-average precipitation moved large sediment loads...
By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert Efforts have been made by nut-crop growers to recharge their underground water supplies by capturing...
A federal judge concluded the Trump administration rule that rolls back regulation of water-polluting projects contradicts Supreme Court precedent and decades of EPA interpretation of the Clean Water Act. By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service A federal judge on Thursday...
By Aries Keck, NASA Applied Sciences OpenET uses publicly available data to provide satellite-based information on evapotranspiration (the “ET” in...
At the September meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted an article on salmon...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California’s water bucket is not even half full as the state enters the 2022 water year, which began Oct. 1. Two years of drought has depleted the state’s surface and groundwater supplies, and weather forecasters...
From Senator Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representatives Jim Costa, John Garamendi and Josh Harder (all D-Calif.) today called...
At the September meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George updated the council members on the activities...
From the Office of the Governor: Following the second driest year on record and with near record low storage in California’s largest reservoirs, Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation extending the drought emergency statewide and further urging Californians to step...
Gov. Newsom expands the California drought emergency from 50 counties to statewide, but does not order mandatory water conservation. He...
Commentary written by San Joaquin County Supervisors Chuck Winn and Kathy Miller Last month, the State Water Resources Control Board...
SNWA chief warns of fights ‘over water that simply isn’t there’ by Jacob Fischler, Nevada Current States in the Colorado River Basin are adjusting to the reality that a changed climate means their rights will outstrip the available water by...