An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
From the office of Congresswoman Grace Napolitano: Today, Reps. Grace F. Napolitano (CA-32), John Garamendi (CA-03), Lois Capps (CA-24), and...
DWR’s Kamyar Guivetchi presents the California Water Plan, touching on the importance of integrated water management; the nexus between the...
Earlier today, Governor Brown proposed his balanced budget that increases funding for schools and health care coverage, holds college tuition flat and delivers on the propositions approved by voters last November by starting investments in water projects and saving money,...
Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee members agree to accept interim science action agenda and return in six months with a...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Against the backdrop of early season rainfall that has delivered only a third...
Today, Governor Brown Jr. took the oath of office as Governor of California for the fourth time, and delivered his inaugural address in the Assembly Chamber. At two points in his address, he briefly discussed water: ” … We also...
On January 1st, the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act took effect. The statewide regulation of groundwater is one of the...
At the 2014 fall conference of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), the keynote speaker at Wednesday’s luncheon was...
For one week each October, Chicago Ideas Week brings together some of the world’s most outstanding speakers to present their ideas and inspire the innovations of tomorrow at 80+ sessions across the city of Chicago. In October of 2013, the...
Just last week, the State Water Resources Control Board appointed Michael George to be the new Delta Watermaster. He’ll be...
Groundwater adjudications, notoriously expensive and time consuming, emerged as an issue during the development and ultimate passage of the Sustainable...
The Antelope Valley groundwater adjudication case is the current poster child for how painfully long and expensive groundwater adjudications can be. The enormous case involves a multitude of public agencies, farmers, cities, the federal government, and landowners, both large and...
In August of this year, Governor Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requiring local officials for the first time...
Coverage of the Delta Stewardship Council’s November meeting wraps up today with the Delta Levee Investment Strategy Monthly Update, and...
From Congressman Garamendi’s website: U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-05), George Miller (D-11), Doris Matsui (D-06), Jerry McNerney (D-09), and John Garamendi (D-03) today voted against H.R. 5781, so-called “California Emergency Drought Relief Act.” The legislation, introduced on December 2nd, was...
