DWR’s LandFlex Pilot Program has saved over 100,000 acre-feet of groundwater and protected 16,500 drinking water wells in California’s frontline communities. Enrolled lands are now in compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act well ahead of the 2040 deadline. By...
From the Office of Governor Newsom: Today, Governor Newsom and the Department of Water Resources released a new report showing that the state is collecting more groundwater data than ever before, and strengthening partnerships with water agencies to ensure that more groundwater...
From USGS Ecosystems Land Change Science Program: USGS researchers are leveraging advances in satellite-based monitoring to better characterize and predict...
By Matt Simon, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The newest, hottest power couple doesn’t live in Hollywood. It’s actually the marriage of solar panels and water reservoirs: Known as floating...
By Don Wright, Water Wrights The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley met in person at Fresno State University’s Jordan Agricultural Research Center and on Zoom on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. We’re beginning to hear more and more about...
Conservationists demand that the state reevaluate the physical and legal availability of water taken by subdivisions from the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area. By Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service Fifty-five southern Arizona subdivisions have been illegally siphoning water from federally...
