An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
The Delta Stewardship Council’s December meeting included updates from the Delta Conservancy and the Delta Protection Commission. Activities of the...
From the Klamath waters to the Western desert valleys, recent court rulings highlight the important and evolving role of tribal...
With Inauguration Day looming, the lame-duck Trump administration continues to spend political capital on weakening the Endangered Species Act, the latest move a redefining of “critical habitat” as only referring to a given species’ presently occupied ecosystem rather than its...
Defending the decision to give farm irrigation districts permanent access to low-cost, federally pumped water in California, a Justice Department...
Panel discussion outlines challenges facing disadvantaged communities and small water systems The Water Resilience Portfolio directs the Water Commission to...
Presentations highlight San Diego CWA’s Regional Water Conveyance System Study, addressing California Aqueduct subsidence, and the San Joaquin Valley Water Blueprint The Water Resilience Portfolio directs the Water Commission to assess the state’s role in financing conveyance projects that could...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Recent changes by the Trump Administration to the Clean Water Act have had a ripple effect on many regulatory...
From the Office of the Governor: California Governor Gavin Newsom today joined with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, leaders of the...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On July 28 of this year, Governor Newsom issued the final water resilience portfolio which calls for a set of actions to meet California water needs through the 21st century. Specifically, Action 19.4 directs the Water Commission to assess...
Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Every year at this time as the new water year unfolds, predictions and warnings about...
Prior to the completion of Friant Dam in 1942, the San Joaquin River supported the southernmost populations of Central Valley...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the October 22nd meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave a detailed presentation on estimating water use in the Delta, something he acknowledged doesn’t matter much when there’s plenty of water in the system,...
Project unlikely to meet program deadlines, putting $171.3 million in Prop 1 storage funds back on the table [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In...
Drinking water treatment is among the most important public health achievements of the 20th century. However, agencies responsible for drinking...
At the October 7 meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, Alan Lilly, the presiding hearing officer in the Administrative Hearings Office, updated the Board Members on the first year of operations of the newly-formed office. Background of the...
