An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
From the Sites Project Authority: The Sites Project Authority has been working for several months with the State Water Resources...
From Friends of the River: The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is responsible for granting certification of state compliance...
By Mike Wade, California Farm Water Coalition The draft environmental impact statement for the long-term operation of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project has raised alarm bells for farmers and urban water users who depend on these...
Landmark law has driven significant progress to protect drinking water supplies against the impacts of climate change From the Department...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: On September 16, 2024, the Chief Deputy Director for the State Water Resources...
A key certification request was withdrawn because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lacked documentation. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service The California state water board on Monday formally announced that the Sites Reservoir project failed to get federal approval,...
Siskiyou County claims its water restrictions — which aren’t uniformly enforced — are meant to thwart illegal cannabis grows. By...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California’s role in U.S. food security took center stage last week at a congressional field...
Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to...
CV-SALTS 3rd quarter update The Salt and Nitrate Control Programs continue to progress as they work to improve water quality...
By Gary Bobker, Senior Policy Director at Friends of the River, and Jon Rosenfield, Science Director at San Francisco Baykeeper...
Ranchers who defied a state water order were only fined about $50 each. Under new legislation headed to the governor, some daily fines for water scofflaws can increase 20-fold. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on...
By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle A Cornell-led research collaboration found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of...
In parts of the Central Valley, nitrate levels in groundwater have risen so high that the drinking water in rural...
From the State Water Contractors: Today, DWR, Reclamation and public water agencies participating in the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program provided responses to questions and comments raised during the April 2024 workshops or submitted to the State Water Board during...
