Both Upper and Lower basin reps say their alternative is best By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism At the largest annual gathering of the basin’s water managers on Thursday, speakers invoked Dr. Strangelove, the Hunger Games and Alice in Wonderland to...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Water users in California have conserved enough water since 2022 to raise Lake Mead water levels by 16 feet — an effort that has provided temporary stability to the Nevada reservoir, as western states negotiate...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water A group of water users in Kern County’s Indian Wells Valley who disagree with how groundwater has been apportioned, won a legal skirmish last month in a court of appeal but the state Supreme Court...
By Charles Wilson, Executive Director of the Southern California Water Coalition We can’t escape our history. In 1984, the Southern California Water Coalition (SCWC) was founded in response to the ballot-box defeat of the Peripheral Canal, a predecessor to today’s...
First forecast of the season based on current reservoir storage and impacts of record-setting summer heatwaves From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced an initial State Water Project (SWP) allocation forecast of five...
