By Anne Castle, Jack Schmidt, Eric Kuhn, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara Stored water reserves in the Colorado River system continue to decline. The mismatch between natural supply and overall Basin water use is having the inevitable effect on Basin-wide storage. This paper analyzes the...
Groundwater-driven land sinking in the San Joaquin Valley is reducing aqueduct capacity, prompting interim repairs and long-term planning. At Metropolitan...
Big cuts in generating capacity are coming. by Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Some day in the next 12 months – maybe in late-August, maybe not until next spring – Lake Mead will drop below the critical threshold of 1,035...
From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) hosted the inaugural meeting of the Advisory Committee for California Water Plan 2028 on May 13 and 14 in Sacramento, marking an important milestone in the implementation...
Satellite data tracks hidden water dynamics across the basin, improving predictions critical for drought planning By Faith Kearns, Arizona State University For Arizona, where much of the state’s water supply depends on the Colorado River, even small improvements in hydrologic...
Press release from Cramer Fish Sciences: A newly published study from the Dutch Slough Restoration Project in the San Francisco Estuary shows that restored tidal habitat can begin functioning ecologically within just two years of reconnection and demonstrates the promise...