An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...
The election of Joe Biden sparked a wave of optimism in wildlife advocacy organizations that the worst is over, but...
Integrating consumptive use with environmental flows is a core challenge for water management. Regulatory methods for protecting instream flows have evolved over the decades. Currently, California is engaged in a robust conversation about these approaches as the state grapples with...
The Northern California Water Association Annual Meeting was held on March 5, 2021. The theme was ‘Ridgetop to River Mouth...
A week doesn’t go by without someone saying there are water wars underway or about to kick off in California....
Huge gaps exist in scientific knowledge, but California is about to set the world’s first health guidelines for microplastics in drinking water. Yet no one agrees how to test water for the tiny bits of plastic, or how dangerous they...
Stakeholders all said they wanted better communication, but data and SB-88 compliance are a problem In 2014 and 2015 during...
At the 2021 California Irrigation Institute Conference, the keynote speaker was Wade Crowfoot, the Secretary of the California Natural Resources...
A panel discussion on how the Irrigated Lands Program (ILRP), the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-Salts) initiative, and Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) can work together to support water quality improvements across the San Joaquin Valley. The...
From the California Water Commission: The California Water Commission has increased the potential funding amounts for two groundwater storage projects...
Presentation at NID’s January board meeting focuses on the benefits of water supplier’s participation in the voluntary agreement process At...
Panel at PCL’s Environmental Assembly focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan update and the voluntary agreements Note: This panel discussion focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan...
Screening process for potential new Water Storage Investment Program projects At the December 2020 meeting, the California Water Commission approved...
A federal judge in Montana said Donald Trump’s EPA failed to demonstrate why an eleventh-hour rule barring the use of...
By Christina Souza, Ag Alert Despite pleas from winery owners and their representatives—one of whom described the wine sector as “an industry on the brink”—state water regulators adopted new regulations on wastewater discharge. The State Water Resources Control Board voted...
