With drought becoming a normal feature of life in California, finding reliable ways to increase freshwater resources has become imperative. One promising solution may be desalination — the process of removing salt and other minerals from seawater or brackish groundwater...
Written for Maven’s Notebook by hydrologist Robert Shibatani It has indeed been a March full of madness; and for many reasons other than the usual collegiate festivities. The month has seen a seemingly continual procession of atmospheric rivers battering the...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Poso Creek took control of a days-long stand off between the powerful J.G. Boswell Company and the tiny Deer Creek Storm Water District, when it busted through berms along Dairy Avenue, rushed over the...
The benefits of a long-sought and controversial project to replumb the Delta and send more water south are speculative at best, argue elected leaders from Yolo and Sacramento counties. Guest commentary by Oscar Villegas, the chair of the Yolo County...
By Climate Central KEY CONCEPTS Atmospheric rivers carry vast amounts of moisture globally from the tropics to the poles. On their way through mid-latitudes, landfalling atmospheric rivers can dump intense pulses of rain and snow over U.S. regions including the...
