Yesterday, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released its Delta Conveyance Notice of Preparation which begins the preparation of...
Microplastics are ubiquitous and persistent pollutants in the ocean, and a pervasive and preventable threat to the health of marine...
Scoping meetings to be held statewide in February The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for a proposal to modernize water infrastructure in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, initiating environmental review in compliance with the...
The San Francisco Estuary Partnership periodically reports on the health of the estuary, producing the State of the Estuary report...
This commentary is based on speakers notes from an ACWA Talk given by Anecita Agustinez at the ACWA Fall Conference...
When most think of the possible impacts of sea level rise, they think of coastal flooding and the growing risks to shore-based infrastructure — but there’s another sea level rise-related threat that is much less talked about. As sea level...
As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...
While considerable progress has been made to improve flood management in the Central Valley, the vast region still faces significant...
Last Friday, the Newsom administration released the long-awaited Water Resilience Portfolio with over 100 specific actions across four broad categories. Here’s what organizations had to say, listed in alphabetical order: From the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta: The Newsom Administration’s...
Monthly hydrology report prepared by Robert Shibatani The latter part of 2019 provided some much-needed precipitation across the State. As...
From the California Natural Resources Agency: State agencies today released a draft water resilience portfolio with a suite of recommended...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the first manual snow survey of 2020 at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 33.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent (SWE) of...
Coodinated Operations Agreement addendum, State Water Project incidental take permit, and the Yuba-Feather Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations program At the December...
From the Department of Pesticide Regulation: The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) added 122 new Ground Water Protection Areas (GWPAs)...
At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Carrie Buckman, Environmental Program Manager with the Department of Water Resources, gave an update on the Delta Conveyance project including the preparation of environmental documents; roles and responsibilities of the Delta...