An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
DWR’s David Gutierrez and the State Water Board’s Michael Lauffer discuss the carrot and stick role of the state in...
From the Metropolitan Water District: The governing board of Southern California’s primary water agency today supported Gov. Jerry Brown’s edict...
California’s new historic groundwater legislation, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires local agencies and stakeholders to come together to from Groundwater Sustainability Agencies and to develop plans to manage their groundwater basins in a sustainable fashion – no easy task....
From the State Water Resources Control Board: “With April snow measured at its lowest level on record, the State Water...
The Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board has issued an order modifying Bay Delta standards for the...
Tim O’Halloran discusses the challenges of implementing the new groundwater legislation on the local level The provisions of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act call for local control of groundwater by establishing Groundwater Sustainability Agencies to manage the groundwater basins or...
This afternoon, agency officials held a media call to discuss their roles in addressing the drought as laid out in...
From the Office of the Governor: Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in...
In her keynote address at Capitol Weekly’s Water 2015 conference, Senator Lois Wolk says drought is the new normal and calls for wise spending of Prop 1 funds, more data gathering Capitol Weekly’s 2015 conference on water was held in...
From the Office of Governor Brown: Moving swiftly to help communities cope with California’s devastating drought and the ongoing effects...
Attorney David Aladjem and Professor Richard Frank explain the substantive provisions of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act California Water Policy...
The amendment, set to be considered for adoption on May 5, will address intakes, brine discharges, mitigation and other issues for desalination facilities As water supplies have tightened throughout the state, more coastal communities have been considering desalination as a...
Peter Gleick, Noah Diffenbaugh, Wade Crowfoot, and Solomon Hsiang discuss the current drought and climate change, focusing on water resources,...
Keynote speaker Pat Mulroy opens California Water Policy Conference with a stern warning: California must fix the Bay Delta, because...
From the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA): As the state looks to preserve every drop of water amid record drought, the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) today released a new policy framework aimed at effectively managing headwaters areas...
