From the Department of Water Resources: Construction of major infrastructure projects can raise understandable questions about local effects. For the...
For the first time in state history, California has a statewide water supply target: 9 million acre-feet by 2040. The California Water Plan 2028 is an action-oriented blueprint that will be built by voices from across the state and designed...
How do SGMA’s “sustainable yield” and the long-established legal concept of “safe yield” align—or differ—in practice? In a January webinar presented by the Groundwater Resources Association, panelists Stephanie Hastings of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Eric Garner of Best Best and...
By Sierra Garcis, San Francisco Estuary Institute Even though most Bay Area residents couldn’t name a quaternary ammonium compound, or QAC, they have encountered them. That’s because the antimicrobial chemicals have soared in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic, and end...
Visit the Water Shelf main page William and Rosemary Alley are a dynamic and uniquely paired writing team who have combined their technical and artistic talents to write a series of important books on the environment and water issues. They...
by Robin Meadows In 2021, California suffered a severe drought and the hottest summer then on record. Water was beyond scarce. It was brutal for the fish, farmers and others who depend on flows in the San Francisco Bay-Delta watershed,...
