Harmful algal blooms (or HABs) occur when colonies of algae, under the right conditions, grow out of control and produce toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and birds. Every U.S. coastal and Great Lakes state...
The Department of Water Resources should enhance groundwater protection with changes to California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. By Jeanette Howard,...
With no viable interim solutions that the Board can implement, the process is expected to take years In October of 2018, the State Water Board received a petition from Madera Irrigation District for a statutory adjudication of the Fresno River...
One of the California Water Commission‘s statutory responsibilities is to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of the State Water Project and make a report on its findings to the Department of Water Resources and the Legislature,...
The monthly reservoir report is written by hydrologist Robert Shibatani exclusively for Maven’s Notebook. California’s March (“water”) Madness didn’t pan...
Statewide, the snowpack’s SWE is 16.5 inches, or 59 percent of average for April 1st From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the fourth snow survey at the Phillips Station snow course....
At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed a new research paper on the changing timing of precipitation during California’s wet season. She also updated the Council on the Delta Science Program’s activities and announced...
