An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
A panel at the ACWA conference discusses the importance of healthy forests to water supply reliability California’s mountain watersheds are...
This year, I am soliciting special guest commentaries for the each holiday, loosely based on the theme of the day. ...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: As the State continues to experience near-record and record hot conditions, increasing the severity of the drought’s effects on communities, agriculture and the environment, California’s urban water suppliers reported the highest level of...
Yesterday, Congressman David Valadao, along with fellow Republicans and Democrat Jim Costa, introduced the Western Water and American Food Security...
From the office of Rep. David Valadao: On Thursday, June 25, 2015, Congressmen David G. Valadao (CA-21) introduced a bill...
An expert review panel evaluates the methodology behind the development of the Delta Levee Investment Strategy Note: This post is quite long; it is available for downloading as a pdf (with essential graphics only) here: DLIS Workshop PDF The 2009...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: “The State Water Resources Control Board today approved an emergency regulation to provide...
Federal and state officials talk openly about the difficulties and challenges of maintaining cold water through the summer to support...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: State and federal officials today announced the outlines of a revised plan for managing water flows in the Sacramento River for cities and farms while keeping enough cold water in Shasta Reservoir to...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: With drought conditions continuing into the summer months, the State Water Resources Control...
From Westlands Water District: Today, Westlands Water District, along with the San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority, sent to the Department...
Panel discusses how California’s water storage and management systems can evolve to meet the challenges of the future With the passage of Proposition 1 last November, $2.7 billion was allocated for water storage, setting the stage for significant investments to...
Delta Watermaster Michael George updates the Delta Stewardship Council on the activities of his office and the State Board...
By Elizabeth Warmerdam, Courthouse News Service The city of Riverside is fighting California’s order to cut its water use by...
From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), Restore the Delta, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and AquAlliance: On 3 June 2015, The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Water Impact Network (C-‐WIN), AquAlliance and Restore the Delta (RTD), collectively “Petitioners,” filed...