This past year, invasive weeds in the Delta were likely the worst it’s ever been, with the low flows due...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: With a mandatory average conservation rate of 25 percent beginning this month for...
Chair of the Water Commission Joe Byrne discusses the specifics and the process for allocating the water bond’s $2.7 billion for storage projects At the May meeting of the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee, Chair of the Water Commission Joe...
The interagency committee charged with implementation of the Delta Plan endorses a list of high priority science actions for the...
Tom Howard, Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board, has sent a letter to Ron Milligan at the...
From the Department of Water Resources: Construction of a temporary emergency drought barrier at West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is nearing completion about two weeks sooner than anticipated, according to the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The...
By Rebekah Hearn, Courthouse News Service Imperial County and the Imperial Irrigation District agreed to settle a long-running dispute over...
At a budget subcommittee hearing last week, Senator Wolk has some questions for Director Bonham and Director Cowin on the...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Today the State Water Resources Control Board approved a proposal from riparian water right holders in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to voluntarily cut back water use in exchange for assurances they would...
An overview of how new reporting requirements, frost protection regulations, water curtailments, and some pending litigation could affect water rights...
Dr. Jay Lund reviews water storage in California: Changing patterns and reasons for hope Earlier this year, the U.C. Davis...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation and water users in California’s Central Valley have forged an agreement that will bring some much-needed Central Valley Project water supplies to farmers in the CVP’s Friant Division this summer. “Thanks...
Successful forest management plans and a study that found that forest thinning can increase runoff by 20% demonstrate the benefits...
The Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee talks about the current drought, Prop 1 funds, and what...
From AquAlliance, this press release: AquAlliance filed a lawsuit in federal District Court against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA) over their inadequate disclosure, avoidance of impacts, and mitigation of major water...