With the hearing on the water rights petition for the Delta Conveyance Project at the State Water Board set to...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success lakes would immediately begin dumping water was in response to President Trump’s Jan. 24 executive order mandating that federal officials...
A state appeals court decided that the different water prices for residential and agricultural customers violated state and federal constitutions....
From the Office of the Governor: In anticipation of a multi-day, significant atmospheric river in Northern California, Governor Gavin Newsom...
Extremely dry conditions in January put dent in early season start, big regional differences remaining From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the second snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal tug of war between Friant Water Authority and three small Tulare County irrigation...
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT: Southern Californians’ per person water use drops to lowest in 35 years
Decline by 45% supported by Metropolitan’s $1 billion investments in conservation alongside region’s commitment to sustainability. Press release from the...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive amounts of water from Kaweah and Success lakes....
River District warns again about impacts to Western Slope By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism After years of studying and experimenting...
LA had planned to take substantially less from the iconic Eastern Sierra lake this winter. The decision is a blow...
“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny. By María Paula Rubiano, Environmental Health News Wildfire retardants, the hot-pink mix of water and chemicals sprayed from airplanes by the U.S Forest service to combat wildfires, are...
UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center outlines Clear Lake water quality issues By Cara Hollis, UC Davis The water quality...
Coarse particulate matter deriving from California’s largest lake is linked to an increased risk of respiratory-related hospitalizations. By Katherine Kornei,...
Lawsuit filed to address potential impacts on State Water Project operations by Sacramento River upstream drought management plans Press release from the State Water Contractors Today, the State Water Contractors (SWC) filed a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) lawsuit against...