By Liz Saunders and Ellen M. Bruno Across critically overdrafted groundwater basins, groundwater market development has faced significant hurdles. These include challenges with determining allocations and resistance to trade due to fears of consolidation and the loss of small-scale farming. ...
The launch of Cal WATRS—California Water Accounting, Tracking, and Reporting System—marks a new era in water rights management in California. Replacing the outdated eWRIMS platform, this state-of-the-art system delivers faster, more transparent, and more efficient tools for both water rights...
A new study warns that day zero droughts—when reservoirs fail to supply taps—could become common within this decade. By Mariana Mastache-Maldonado, EOS The outlook for our planet’s water future is anything but reassuring. Across much of the world, communities are...
Siskiyou County has argued it needs water ordinances in place to combat illegal cannabis grows. The plaintiffs say they have difficulty getting water day to day. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service Northern California’s Siskiyou County took another hit Tuesday...
By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Spurts of goo oozed between Jeff Wingfield’s fingers as he methodically crushed a handful of golden mussels, popping the shells of the tiny invaders...
