Water is vital to California. Access to water and ecosystem information helps communities plan for the increasing demands caused by climate change, population growth, and other factors. This data assists in identifying areas and populations most at risk from drought,...
By Jane Berg and Rachel Sender, co-published with the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute At the end of 2022, 65 percent of the Western United States was in severe drought, the result of a two decades long mega drought in...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The powerful, and politically right-leaning Westlands Water District recently teamed up with left-leaning democratic assemblymember...
With California experiencing climate-driven extremes in weather, the state is continuing to take aggressive action to protect and expand the state’s water supplies, including prioritizing groundwater recharge and infrastructure improvements and supporting vulnerable drinking water systems. Press release from the...
Dr. Sedlak discusses various water challenges and solutions, including water for the wealthy and water for food, with a focus on the implementation of advanced water technologies Dr. David Sedlak is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the...
New program will work with local partners to measure and plan for how much water is flowing in California rivers and streams, in turn providing a better snapshot of California’s water supplies By DWR News Today, the Department of Water...