DWR Director Karla Nemeth verbally commits to bring back future SWP contract amendments related to the tunnels project back to...
From California Agriculture: Sustaining the remarkable scale of agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley has required large imports of surface...
MWD’s planned rate hikes to pay for WaterFix Project violate Propositions 26 and 13 From Food and Water Watch: Food & Water Watch and Center for Food Safety served a lawsuit today to challenge the Metropolitan Water District of Southern...
Once again, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee has scheduled a hearing on the State Water Project Contract Extension for 10...
Current cost estimate now $1.1 billion From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today provided...
Presentation looks at the benefits, challenges, and risks of Metropolitan’s groundwater banking programs Beginning in the early 1990s, Metropolitan Water District established a number of groundwater storage programs in the Central Valley and on the State Water Project which have...
The bill would create an Administrative Hearings Office within the SWRCB From the Byron Bethany Irrigation District: In a decisive...
In recent years, invasive aquatic plants have increased exponentially in the shallow waters of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, clogging...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available. In this month’s issue: ESSAY Towards Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Recovery: Research Priorities Katherine R. Smith, Melissa K. Riley, Laureen Barthman–Thompson, Mark J. Statham, Sarah...
The Delta Stewardship Council reports that nine appeals have been filed for the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) July 27,...
By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University Despite higher-than-normal amounts of rain in early 2017, the large agricultural and metropolitan communities that...
Timothy Parker and Graham Fogg discuss the benefits and the challenges of Managed Aquifer Recharge, and how MAR can be key to water security in a changing climate Groundwater is an essential water source, providing 35% of the fresh water...
On Friday, Secretary Zinke issued a memo calling for specific actions to be taken within 15 days to maximize Central...
By the USGS Extensive groundwater withdrawal from the unconsolidated deposits in the San Joaquin Valley caused widespread aquifer-system compaction and...
Despite repeated assurances California has enough water to fight the currently 18 major fires raging throughout the state, the Trump administration said Wednesday it will tell its agencies to suspend environmental rules to provide firefighters with water. By Nick Cahill...