By Alistair Bland, Cal Matters Last century, California built dozens of large dams, creating the elaborate reservoir system that supplies the bulk of the state’s drinking and irrigation water. Now state officials and supporters are ready to build the next...
From DWR News Following the driest three-year period on record, California experienced one of the wettest three weeks in January. But now those extreme wet conditions have activated a water quality standard in the Delta that, coupled with the extended...
By DWR News As California enters a possible fourth dry year, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released its biennial report to help water managers better understand how key factors, like climate change and regulatory and operational considerations, affect...
In a split decision the appellate panel ruled that the government agencies aren’t precluded from using water from the dam to support the endangered trout population. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with...
From DWR News: The Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series has explored a wide range of topics including climate change, financing the project, tunnel construction and Delta fisheries, among others. We return to the subject of fish again, this time...
