An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Roughly 600,000 Californians still lack access to safe and reliable drinking water supplies. The problem will cost billions to fix. So...
Governor Newsom today delivered closing remarks at the Association of California Water Agencies, highlighting the state’s accomplishments since 2019 to...
By Jane Sooby The Second Statewide Agricultural Expert Panel, convened by the State Water Board to advise the board on technical aspects of California’s Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, is close to finalizing its recommendations. View more information on the expert...
By Ag Alert: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife swore in its new director, Meghan Hertel, in February. Before...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Abundance, and its political twin, affordability,...
From the US Army Corps of Engineers: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has finalized its Record of Decision for the proposed Sites Reservoir Project following completion of its National Environmental Policy Act review. The Sites Reservoir Project...
By Ag Alert A new study has put a price tag on the cost to Napa County winegrape growers of...
From the Association of California Water Agencies: The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) today announced the launch of Vision...
Commentary by the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) Two terms are often used by legal and policy experts when discussing water consumption: safe yield[1] and sustainable yield.[2] They are sometimes used interchangeably, and they describe the same general concept: the amount of...
Inclusion on the agency’s draft Contaminant Candidate List doesn’t require the EPA to monitor or set limits on microplastics in...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: An independent panel of academics and agricultural industry advisors today released a draft...
Press release from AquAlliance: Fourteen days after being sued by AquAlliance and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) for unlawfully prolonging the 2021 Drought Emergency, Governor Newsom suddenly signed a proclamation on March 24, 2026,1 officially ending the drought emergency...
By Jane Sooby The State Water Resources Control Board has announced that a public workshop will be held April 10...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Along with the California Condor, one...
By Michelle Paul, California Farm Water Coalition From the moment California’s earliest residents called the vast, fertile soils of California’s Central Valley home, efforts began to solve one of the state’s oldest challenges: harnessing the water. With rainfall and snowpack...