Last week was certainly an active week for California water. On Wednesday, the State Water Board decided to delay their...
Public workshop scheduled for November 15 and 16 From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council (Council) will conduct...
The threats that sea level rise poses to coastal development from direct inundation are better understood than the threats due to rising groundwater levels. Rising sea level will raise the level of groundwater in coastal aquifers, resulting in damage to...
In recent years, media reports and editorials have suggested that environmental regulations have made Delta outflows increasingly large, project water...
Governor Jerry Brown and Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom have sent a letter asking the State Water Board to postpone voting...
Panel discusses water rights and pumping allocations, groundwater recharge as a beneficial use, public trust doctrine and groundwater, and the fee authorities for GSAs In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which required all groundwater basins designated...
Oroville Dam’s Main Spillway Fully Reconstructed From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced...
In September of 2018, the Department of Water Resources released the latest economic analysis for the California Water Fix which...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science is now online. In this issue: ESSAY Ecocultural Equality in the Miwkoʔ Waaliʔ Don L. Hankins DOI // URL RESEARCH Western and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Ecocultural Restoration Joy B. Zedler...
Many approaches to ecological restoration and enhancement of ecosystem services focus on particular parts of the landscape, such as open...
Hearing on whether the California Water Fix is consistent with the Delta Plan is expected to last three days Today,...
Four essential policy reforms are needed to reduce the social, economic, and environmental costs of future droughts, says Dr. Mount California’s climate is changing. Hotter temperatures, a shrinking snowpack, shorter and more intense wet seasons, rising sea level, and more...
From President Donald Trump: MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY THE...
Launching a new front in his war on red tape, President Donald Trump on Friday ordered federal agencies to speed...
Earlier today, President Trump signed an executive memorandum on water intended to bring more water to Valley farms. Here’s what legislators and interest groups had to say: From House Republicans (McCarthy, Nunes, Valadao, Denham, McClintock. LaMalfa): “Congressman Kevin McCarthy and Representatives...