An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
“The Court has carefully considered all pending claims, and if any claims were not specifically addressed in this order, the...
As policymakers consider updates to the Bay-Delta Plan, a Stanford analysis outlines challenges and strategies to support future water security...
Total water savings through conservation will not drop below current levels until 2035 From the Conserve 4 CA Coalition: Earlier today, water experts and environmental justice advocates provided a briefing to analyze the impacts of the State Water Board’s just-released...
The revised proposal grants water providers an extra five years for reducing outdoor irrigation. Cities and water agencies are relieved,...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Moving to bolster California’s water supplies and resilience to climate change, the State...
The State Water Board has released a revised draft of a proposed regulation that would establish budget-based water conservation targets for urban water agencies. Here’s what groups had to say about the revised regulations: From Association of California Water Agencies...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water With nature providing plenty of water – finally – this year, and groundwater regulation well...
Groups call out conservation as equitable, affordable and the most reliable option for meeting the state’s demand for water in...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board received a letter from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) submitting instream flow recommendations to inform a long-term flow-setting process to support anadromous salmonids and...
Quarterly update from the CV-SALTS program The CV-SALTS program has achieved many key milestones heading into 2024. The biggest news...
Researchers say if California could collect and treat more stormwater in cities, it could provide enough water to supply a...
Proposition 1 of 2014 dedicated $2.7 billion for investments in water storage projects, which the California Water Commission administers through the Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP). Seven water storage projects were selected and must complete the remaining requirements, including final...
As California’s precipitation becomes more erratic due to climate change, the state needs more tools, including more storage capacity, to...
The state’s environmental tool skews which communities are designated as disadvantaged, researchers say. Some immigrant neighborhoods could be left out,...
A comprehensive OECD Environmental Policy Paper on wildfire risk, policy, and strategy in the United States explains how to incorporate climate change in wildfire adaptation efforts. From the USGS: Extreme wildfire events like the 2018 Camp Fire, the 2020 August...
