With the task of developing and adopting the Delta Plan behind them, the Delta Stewardship Council is now preparing to...
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From Senator Lois Wolk’s office: The State Senate’s Democrats yesterday all lined up in support of a new water bond...
The CalFed surface storage investigations were looking primarily at large reservoirs, but there are substantially more options for smaller, regional reservoirs that could add to local water supply reliability, but provide statewide benefits as well. At the request of the...
The CalFed storage investigations have been underway for decades. As the feasibility studies round to an end, presumably, and a...
Increasing water storage, both above and below ground, has become a part of the conversation as the state grapples with...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board has issued curtailment orders to all water right holders on Deer Creek, a significant Sacramento River tributary, to ensure minimum flows for migratory fish. The orders are...
From the North State Water Alliance: “Founders of the North State Water Alliance today joined Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson,...
Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard...
Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard proposals from organizations for the key elements and statutory changes needed for sustainable groundwater management. In this second installment of...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: “With California’s extreme drought resulting in insufficient water to serve all water-rights holders,...
Last month, the Brown Administration held the second of two workshops to gather input on possible groundwater legislation to heard...
The California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s California Environmental Law & Policy Center in the spring of 2014, focused on the idea of reconciliation ecology, an emerging discipline based on...
Here is Pat Mulroy, former General Manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, in her own words, speaking at the...
From U.S. Reps. George Miller (CA-11), Mike Thompson (CA-5), Doris O. Matsui (CA-6), Jerry McNerney (CA-9), John Garamendi (CA-3), Jared...
Here are the reactions that I have found so far today to the passage of Senator Feinstein’s drought legislation yesterday. They are listed in alphabetical order: From the NRDC: Today, the U.S. Senate passed S. 2198 (Feinstein), drought legislation that...