Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta held its last meeting of the calendar year on November 17, 2016. The majority...
Costa Applauds Introduction of Bill Language to Fix California’s Broken Water System From the Office of Congressman Jim Costa: Today,...
Rider threatens Flint funding, CA Bay Delta, and wildlife From Defenders of Wildlife: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) inserted anti-environmental language into the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) bill today that would undermine protections for salmon,...
Bill includes both long-term, short-term provisions; $558 million for storage, desalination, recycling, fish, wildlife protection programs; and Fully complies with...
This morning, the Sacramento Bee posted a commentary written by Ellen Hanak, Jeff Mount, and Brian Gray outlining a ‘grand...
On Tuesday, the Department of Water Resources announced a State Water Project initial allocation of 20%. Here’s what agencies and organizations had to say: From the Kern County Water Agency: Yesterday, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced that...
From the Department of Water Resources, State Water Board, and other state agencies: Working to make water conservation a way...
Drought Continues Despite Early-Season Rainfall Still early in California’s rainy season, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced its...
By Julie Cart, Cal Matters The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco Bay and the Delta network of rivers and marshes are ecological goners, with many of its native fish species now...
By Julie Cart, Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s high country...
If regulatory issues can be solved, stormwater can be a valuable resource, says Monrovia City Manager Oliver Chi Storm water...
Implementation has begun on identifying barriers to stormwater capture and use, addressing urban pesticides, and identifying funding opportunities Stormwater runoff occurs when precipitation from rain or snowmelt flows over the land surface. The addition of roads, driveways, parking lots, rooftops...
Residents and officials living near California’s Salton Sea skewered the state water board in Sacramento on Tuesday for dragging their...
A retrospective look at water operations during Water Year 2016; plus an overview of the Delta Protection Commission’s Delta Flood...
What Are The Risks of Continuing Without One? Written by Robert Shibatani A fundamental tenet of applied hydrology has always been baseline data. Whether newly generated or, culled from existing archives, baseline data provides the characterizing information required for any...