Governor Brown Takes Action to Bolster Dam Safety and Repair Transportation and Water Infrastructure
From the Office of the Governor: With extreme weather putting increasing stress on California’s roads, bridges and flood control system,...
Democrats in the California Legislature, wary of as-yet unknown environmental polices to come from the Trump White House, have moved...
The State Water Board should focus on functional flows, not unimpaired flows, they say In a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board, a broad group of Central Valley farmers have expressed concerns over the Board’s use of unimpaired...
Effectively communicating complex science to policy- and decision-makers is critical for managing the Delta, but the science needs to be...
In 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board sent curtailment notices to pre- and post- 1914 water rights holders based...
With the passage of SB-555 in October 2015, all urban retail water suppliers in the state are required to submit a validated water loss audit annually to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) beginning October 2017. As a result of...
Dr. Gerrit Platenkamp: Adaptive management in a regional context faces challenges with monitoring, experimentation, and adaptation At the Bay Delta...
The State Water Resources Control Board is set to consider adopting a resolution at their February 22nd board meeting that...
California Water Governance Takes Important Step Forward By Robert Shibatani The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) released its new Resolution titled, “Comprehensive Response to Climate Change – Resolution No. 2017-XXX”. This Resolution will, for the first time, provide SWRCB...
Bipartisan Group of Delta Legislators Release Statement on Alarming Oroville Dam Situation From the Office of Assemblyman Jim Frazier: Today,...
Dr. Tina Swanson gives her analysis of the standard; has it really resulted in increased Delta outflow? Fresh water flowing...
From Sacramento County Supervisor Don Nottoli and Yolo County Supervisor Oscar Villegas on behalf of the Delta Counties Coalition: This winter and spring may forever be known – like many fishermen would say – as “the one that got away.”...
BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Problems and promise of restoring tidal marsh to benefit native fishes
Dr. John Durand discusses the effectiveness of existing and proposed tidal marsh restoration sites in the Suisun Marsh and the...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Today the State Water Resources Control Board extended its existing water conservation regulations,...
Groundwater Pumping Causes Subsidence, Damages Water Infrastructure From the Department of Water Resources: New NASA radar satellite maps prepared for the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) show that land continues to sink rapidly in certain areas of the San...