At yesterday’s meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Karla Nemeth and Carl Wilcox updated the Council on the BDCP’s adaptive...
On September 24, 2013, Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta was updated on the status of the Collaborative...
Currently, there are two bond measures that are working their way through the legislative process. Senator Lois Wolk has introduced SB 42 that would replace the current 2014 bond with the $6.475 billion “Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality, and Flood...
From Senator Wolk’s office: A joint hearing of the Senate Environmental Quality and Natural Resources and Water Committees heard presentations...
On September 19, the Department of Water Resources held a Delta regional forum as part of the update to the...
On September 19, the Department of Water Resources held a Delta regional forum as part of the update to the California Water Plan. Part of the forum was dedicated to updates on some of the relevant planning processes currently underway...
In a letter to Commissioner Michael Connor, Secretary Laird lays out the latest time frame for the release of the...
An independent review of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan has just been released by American Rivers and The Nature Conservancy. ...
Science in the Delta is entering a new era. The requirements of the Delta Reform Act, the recommendations of the National Research Council, and recent court rulings have propelled California forward on a new path of collaborative approaches to management...
Kate Poole at the Natural Resources Defense Council fires back at the State’s analysis of the portfolio approach on the...
The State Legislature has adjourned for the year, punting the water bond, CEQA reform and the possible move of the...
What was the most costy disaster in the U.S. in recent years? The Mississippi River floods in 2011? The outbreak of 336 tornadoes in that same year? Last year’s Hurricane Sandy? As it turns out the answer isn’t any of...
California lacks a statewide sustainable groundwater management program, instead leaving groundwater under local control, and while there are a few...
Several studies have demonstrated that saving water also saves energy. With 19% of the state’s electricity use and 32% of...
Negotiations continue between the Department of Water Resources and the water suppliers who contract for water from the State Water Project. Some of the issues on the table include extending the length of the contracts from between 40 and 75...