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By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency board took several actions at a recent meeting following...
Latest report shows that local agencies have made great strides under SGMA, but climate extremes pose challenges From the Department of Water Resources: On the heels of the 10-year anniversary of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) last month and...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Water managers in two Tulare County groundwater agencies are scrambling to keep their farmers out...
By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency board took several actions at a recent meeting following...
Repeated pollution violations result in $2.38 million in mitigation payments From the San Francisco Baykeeper: Valero oil refinery and Amports, a shipping company operating at the Port of Benicia, reached an agreement with San Francisco Baykeeper over allegations that the...
By Robin Meadows In the late 1990s, hardly anyone had heard of the storms called atmospheric rivers. That includes Marty...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Land owners can now officially submit proposals to Madera County to convert their ag land...
Tribal and state officials say Reclamation walked back support for forbearance payments By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Tribes in the upper Colorado River basin are still struggling to get compensated for water to which they are entitled but aren’t using....
The Klamath River dam removal unblocked nearly 400 miles of waterways in a big win for local Native American tribes....
From the Klamath River Renewal Corporation: Today marks the complete removal of the four lower Klamath hydroelectric dams. Kiewit, the...
NOAA Fisheries led coordination efforts to protect water quality. By NOAA Fisheries “Heavy equipment removed the final obstacle separating the Klamath River from the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. The reconnected river was turbid but remained safe for fish after crews...
With California experiencing climate-driven extremes in weather, the state is continuing to take aggressive action to protect and expand the...
From the Mono Lake Committee: Thirty years ago, on September 28, 1994, the California State Water Resources Control Board issued...
Climate volatility spurs need for quick and adaptive responsiveness From the Bureau of Reclamation: California’s 2025 water year begins with relatively good conditions in major Central Valley Project reservoirs, with 7.43 million acre-feet of water in storage, about 120% of...