Note: Updated information available: See: UPDATE: Agreement reached on Coordinated Operation Agreement for the State Water Project and the Central...
In a meeting yesterday that began at 9:30am and went into the evening, the State Water Board voted 4-1 to...
The State Water Resources Control Board is meeting this morning, and is expected to take a vote on the update to the San Joaquin tributaries flow objectives as part of the update to the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan. ...
The Trump administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to drain federal protections for wetlands and other isolated bodies of water, doing...
The Department of Water Resources has sent a letter to Randy Fiorini withdrawing the Department’s certification of consistency for the...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: Created by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Long-term Operations Biological Opinions (LOBO) documents are designed to alleviate jeopardy to listed species and avoid adverse modification of...
Karla Nemeth was appointed Director of the California Department of Water Resources by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on January...
A growing emphasis on reconnecting California floodplains to rivers so they can absorb floodwaters is a U-turn from past reliance...
From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced an initial water allocation of 10 percent for the State Water Project (SWP) contractors for the 2019 calendar year. Allocations often change as hydrologic and...
From the Department of Water Resources: “The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released Draft Basin Boundary Modifications. The...
John Durand looks at the effects of the 2012-2016 drought on the Delta from the environmental, economic, and stakeholder perspectives...
At the November meeting of the California Water Commission, agenda items included an overview of the SB 606/AB 1668 water conservation legislation which was passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor earlier this year; Commission staff also gave...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross signed a Memorandum of...
DWR updates the Commissioners on the evaluation of alternative plans, basin boundary modifications, and basin prioritization At the November meeting...
By the Department of Water Resources: DWR recently completed construction that transforms an island in the heart of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from a managed leveed site to an open tidal wetland reminiscent of the historical landscape. Decker Island (Solano...