An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On July 28 of this year, Governor Newsom issued the final water resilience portfolio which calls for a set...
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 spring-run Chinook salmon and fall-run Chinook salmon, where hundreds of thousands of Chinook used to return each year. After the...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the October 22nd meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave a detailed presentation on...
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 water treatment and distribution face major challenges related to emerging contaminants, infrastructure, and the quality of source water. Many people...
At the October 7 meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, Alan Lilly, the presiding hearing officer in the...
From the Office of the Governor: Harnessing the innovative spirit of California, Governor Gavin Newsom today advanced an executive order...
Much progress made on implementation of Order WQ-2018-0002 Runoff and other discharges from agricultural lands affect water quality by transporting pollutants including pesticides, sediment, nutrients, salts, pathogens, and heavy metals from cultivated fields into surface waters. Groundwater bodies are also...
As more than two dozen fires still rage, Newsom stands amid charred parkland, vowing to ratchet up the state’s ‘inadequate’...
By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona For more than 25 years, Congress has directed U.S. government agencies to set energy...
The Delta Reform Act expressly defined the state’s water policy priorities as they relate to the Delta, including the express recognition that given the interconnected nature of the Delta with the water use patterns of large parts of Northern, Central,...
Supreme Court lets stand decision upholding Delta Stewardship Council’s authority for sustainable management of the Delta From the Delta Stewardship...
At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, councilmembers heard briefings on the activities of the Delta Protection Commission...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) virtual conference last week, one of the keynote speakers was the Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman. Commissioner Burman has more than 25 years of experience in water and natural resources,...
