From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is closely monitoring Oroville reservoir levels and...
In this issue: Clarifying Effects of Environmental Protections on Freshwater Flows to—and Water Exports from—the San Francisco Bay Estuary: Gregory...
Beset by the impacts of climate change, a drought and increased water demand, the Colorado River Basin was already running near empty before the Trump administration approved a new deal allowing additional extractions from one of its main tributaries. By...
THIS JUST IN … State Water Project Allocations Increase to 70 Percent Following Strong Winter Storms
From the Department of Water Resources: Following several strong winter storms that brought snowpack and precipitation to above average levels,...
Presentation delves into the proposed voluntary agreement; compares flows, looks at funding At the March meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s...
Residents and officials who packed a yacht club on the north shore of the Salton Sea in Southern California on Tuesday vented their anger about what they perceive as unnecessary delays and obfuscations about the environmental and public health disaster...
South of Delta ag contractors increased to 55%; North of the Delta, in-Delta and American River increased to 100% From...
Studies show fall water temperatures may play more of a role in Delta smelt survival than flow augmentation Managing freshwater...
Dr. Glenda Humiston is Vice President of Agriculture & Natural Resources for the University of California. At the 2019 California Irrigation Institute conference, Dr. Humiston was the opening keynote speaker, and in her speech, she talked about work being done...
From Congressman John Garamendi’s office: Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Davis, Fairfield, Yuba City) announced that the President signed his Sacramento-San Joaquin...
From the Metropolitan Water District: With the fate of a long-negotiated deal to protect Colorado River supplies in jeopardy, the...
From Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s office: Congressman Kevin McCarthy introduced legislation today that would repurpose recovered Federal funding from the California High-Speed Rail project to critical water infrastructure projects in California and the West. McCarthy released the following statement on this...
Their analysis concludes that the voluntary agreements as proposed could worsen conditions in the Delta Last week, the Department of...
In the pre-development Central Valley, winter-spring flooding once created a vast mosaic of productive wetland habitats that teemed with fish...
Water supply reliability. It’s a term often talked about in the realm of California water, but what does it really mean? And how can you describe it in quantitative terms? As the Delta Independent Science Board prepares to tackle the...