An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials, local water agencies and farmers have spent the past decade preparing for...
Press release from the Orange County Water District: The Orange County Water District (OCWD; the District) announces the release of an Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission (OC LAFCO) study evaluating the benefits and feasibility of consolidating OCWD and the...
Wastewater agencies are playing a crucial role in shaping a sustainable water future by increasingly reusing highly treated water. Since...
By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...
Revised plan skirts the law, promotes disastrous “voluntary agreements” to protect Bay-Delta From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): The State Water Resources Board has released implementation plans for its update to the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan –...
Water authority to provide improved water service reliability and regional coordination on water supply and infrastructure Press release from the...
The project also includes plans for a portion of the city’s Great Highway be permanently closed to car traffic to...
A Case Study on Voluntary Agreements for Water and Habitat in California’s Bay-Delta Watershed California has increasingly focused on developing voluntary agreements (VAs) with water users to achieve regulatory goals in some watersheds. Ideally, voluntary agreements combine the protectiveness of...
A lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air,...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California water officials are taking another step forward as part of a broader process to...
From the California Natural Resources Agency: California is advancing restoration projects, streamflows for native fisheries, and a science plan in the state’s ongoing commitment to establishing and maintaining the health of our Sacramento River and Bay-Delta waterways and landscapes. By...
Attorneys have two weeks to submit briefs on the scope of the injunction the judge will issue. By Alan Riquelmy,...
Presented options relate to Sacramento/Delta portions of plan In its ongoing effort to address an ecosystem in a state of...
Growers support a federal and state proposal for operating California’s massive systems that send river water south. But it could harm more salmon and other endangered fish. By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that...
