From the Department of Water Resources: Severe droughts are nothing new to California, home to the highest variable precipitation in...
Pricing, programs, pleading, prohibiting, pressuring, and plastering … what’s the most effective approach to get consumers to use less? UC...
By Nick Cahill, Courthouse News Service California’s water regulator Tuesday imposed statewide mandatory water restrictions, limiting outdoor watering to two days a week for millions of residential and commercial customers. For the first time in its history California will regulate...
New PPIC report cites four key weaknesses in drought preparation and response From the Public Policy Institute of California: “State,...
At the PPIC’s Managing Drought conference, State Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus, David Guy, Bill Croyle, and Jill Duerig reflect...
From the Metropolitan Water District: “Preparing for a potential fourth drought year, Southern California’s wholesale water importer today outlined scenarios that could require the agency to limit deliveries and prompt mandatory rationing throughout much of the region this summer. After...
An Australian water official discusses the key policy initiatives that Australia enacted to respond to long-term exceptional drought conditions In...
Panel discusses how the water transfer market fared the drought in 2014, and with another dry year possible, they contemplate...
Janelle Beland and Kris Tjernell from the California Natural Resources Agency brief the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee on the progress in implementing the California Water Action Plan and the efforts to integrate flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo...
From the Department of Water Resources Drought Page: “This week brings sorely needed and significant precipitation to California. But similar...
At the October meeting of the California Water Commission, commission members heard an update on the soon-to-be-released update of the...
At the October meeting of the California Water Commission, Department of Water Resources Drought Manager Bill Croyle updated the Commission members on the actions DWR has been taking to address the drought conditions across the state. He said he had...
As the exceptionally dry conditions continue, the Governor and agency officials plead for water users to conserve, and water agencies...
The September 22nd luncheon meeting of TownHall Los Angeles featured Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager and CEO of the Metropolitan Water...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: “In response to the ongoing severe drought, on Tuesday the State Water Resources Control Board approved an emergency regulation to ensure water agencies, their customers and state residents increase water conservation in urban...