An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
From the Delta Conservancy: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Board on Wednesday approved awarding up to $13.3 million for three...
In 2014, voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which allocated $2.6 billion for the...
Today, Friends of the River, Defenders of Wildlife, and a coalition of conservation organizations submitted a letter to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) opposing the application for Sites Reservoir to be certified under the new Senate Bill...
New Mandate Would Crack Down on Cities, Let Corporate Growers Off the Hook – All for Minimal Water Savings A...
California cities can ban synthetic turf under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed. He rejected a bill to ban PFAS...
Progress reports on state’s Water Supply Strategy and Water Resilience Portfolio highlight state actions to bolster water supplies through more storage, recycling, desalination, conservation and more From the Office of the Governor: Amid extreme weather conditions this past year, the...
From the Office of Planning and Research: Sites Reservoir has requested certification as an infrastructure project under SB 149 SB...
By Joe Mouawad, general manager of Eastern Municipal Water District, and Jim Peifer, executive director of the Regional Water Authority...
California has a new proposal for allocating water to enhance the environmentally fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, but the state’s fundamental water conflicts remain. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters California’s water warriors have a new arena for their perpetual conflict over...
Note: The Governor vetoed this bill on October 8, 2023. His veto message is here. Commentary by Sean Bothwell, Executive...
Water providers say rebates for residential areas are costly and residents may refuse to remove their lawns. The rules aim...
One water district official called the mandated annual conservation progress report “ridiculous.” By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service Several speakers pleaded with the State Water Resources Control Board on Wednesday to rethink proposed regulations intended to reduce Californians’ water use...
By Alexandra Biering, senior policy advocate for the California Farm Bureau In the past several years, the equity and effectiveness...
Independent analysis shows that implementation would drive up costs for most water suppliers which in turn will put further upward...
by Rachel Becker, CalMatters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. With the Bay-Delta watershed in the throes of an ecological crisis, California’s water regulators...
