Concerns about the State Water Board’s proposed San Joaquin River flow objectives, the BDCP’s effect on upstream water rights, and...
Here is the latest on the timelines for the BDCP and the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan: BAY DELTA...
While there may not be an miracle cure for the ailing Delta, there is a path forward that would achieve better environmental results than current efforts while at the same time, keeping costs under control, says a new report from...
Mercury contamination is a widespread problem, not just locally but also globally, and its serious effects on health are well...
Governor Brown has sent a letter to Secretary Sally Jewell and Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank urging timely federal review of...
Here’s an update from the Delta Stewardship Council on the status of the Delta Plan: “A final review of the Delta Stewardship Council’s proposed Rulemaking Package is under way now through April 22. The revised version out for review is...
With so much attention and focus on the Brown Administrations $18 billion tunnel plan, otherwise known as the Bay-Delta Conservation...
Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird has responded to legislator’s demands that the BDCP consider the ‘Portfolio-Based Conceptual Alternative’. Mr....
The Department of Water Resources has announced negotiation sessions will begin next month for State Water Project contracts to develop amendments that will extend the term and change certain financial provisions of the contracts. The State Water Project is owned...
The Eastern District Court has granted the request of the water and federal fish agencies to extend the deadline for...
The Owens Lake Dust Control Project. It’s hard to imagine there’s any place more surreal then this place – in...
Just in time for your weekend reading pleasure, these documents, now available at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website: NMFS Progress Assessment and Remaining Issues NMFS Evaluation of Flow Effects on Survival in Vicinity of Proposed North Delta Diversions U.S....
A second public meeting on the BDCP documents was held in Sacramento on April 4th to discuss the newly released...
From yours truly at the California Water Blog: “California’s water future is at a critical juncture. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta...
The Director of the Department of Water Resources, Mark Cowin, was the final speaker in the California Water Policy Seminar Series which concluded on March 18, 2013. Mark Cowin has worked for over 30 years at the Department of Water...