An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today adopted a statewide water conservation approach...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) regulations that will guide local groundwater sustainability agency...
Dr. Lisa Thompson discusses the upgrades to Sacramento’s wastewater treatment plant; highlights a new study on the effects of wastewater effluent on phytoplankton In 2010, the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District was issued stringent new treatment requirements from the State...
Felicia Marcus addresses the California Water Policy Conference, emphasizing the need for people skills to face the future: “It has...
Yesterday, Governor Brown issued an executive order, making some water conservation measures permanent and calling on water suppliers to prepare...
From the State Water Resources Control Board Fact Sheet: A staff statewide water conservation proposal was released for public comment today that would amend the Feb. 2 emergency water conservation regulations, due to improved water supply conditions around most of...
Executive Order Aims to Make Water Conservation a Way of Life in California From the Office of the Governor: Moving...
Updated Water Quality Plan is Vital for Health of Bay and Delta, say legislators From the Office of Senator Lois...
Lawmakers seek answers about “Enron accounting” agency that seeks Congressional approval of a sweeping legal settlement Press release from the Office of Congressman Jared Huffman: In light of the nearly unprecedented penalties paid by the powerful Westlands Water District to...
The farmers achieved a 32% reduction in diversions At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael...
Also, DWR’s Paul Marshall updates Commission on the effectiveness drought barrier Attending a Delta Protection Commission meeting is, among other...
California Achieves 96 Percent of Statewide Conservation Goal, Narrowly Missing Governor’s Nine Month Mandate From the State Water Resources Control Board: Californians came just shy of meeting Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s 25 percent water conservation mandate for the nine...
Bay Area stakeholders have their say On March 11, the Senate Select Committee on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta held an...
Secretary John Laird discusses Cal Water Fix with respect to the Bay Area; State Water Board’s Diane Riddle updates on...
Presentation from the Central Valley Regional Water Board covers Phase 1 methylmercury control study progress reports and implementation of the Delta Mercury Exposure Control Program Mercury contamination is a problem both in California and worldwide, present in the environment as...
