By Jim Peifer, Executive Director, Regional Water Authority Though summer is behind us, the risk of wildfires persists in our...
The appeals allege numerous inconsistencies with Delta Plan policies and say piecemealing the project is inconsistent with CEQA Last Friday, the Delta Stewardship Council reported that four appeals had been filed for the Department of Water Resources (DWR) certification of...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Residents and advocates in the small community of Fairmead have been working for years to...
Higher temperatures can cause droughts even with normal precipitation Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought...
From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following parties have appealed the California Department of Water Resources Certification of Consistency (C20242) for the 2024-2026 Proposed Geotechnical Activities for the Delta Conveyance Project, which was submitted to the Delta Stewardship Council on...
A lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air,...
Loss of forest canopy and deposition of ash alter forest hydrology By Mitch Tobin, Water Desk As the American West...
By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Against the backdrop of global warming, sea level rise and extreme weather, it’s reassuring to learn that not all climatic changes are solely due to human activities. There are still natural rhythms in the...
By Sarah Whichello, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Research Participant with EPA. Estuaries are waterbodies where freshwater from the uplands mixes...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The legal fracas over who should pay to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal grew Friday...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials are taking another step forward as part of a broader process to improve conditions for struggling fish populations in the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta and its tributaries. Last...
Part of the permit’s implementation will include methods for environmental restoration and spawning projects to benefit endangered species like the...
A balanced approach is key to benefiting California’s endangered fish species through habitat restoration, improved flow measures, monitoring, and hatchery...
Press release from the State Water Contractors Today, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) for the long-term operation of the State Water Project (SWP),...