In September of 2018, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms, which asserted there are five climate pressures affecting California’s water: Hotter temperatures, a shrinking snowpack, shorter and...
At the January meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee, Bay Delta Initiatives Manager Steve Arakawa updated...
Agreement reached on Coordinated Operation Agreement for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, cost sharing From the Department of Water Resources: Yesterday, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the Bureau of Reclamation reached agreement on updating...
Oroville Dam’s Main Spillway Fully Reconstructed From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced it has met its goal of completely reconstructing the main spillway at Oroville Dam by Nov. 1 to be prepared...
A large group of environmental and fishing organizations have sent a letter to Department of Water Resources, saying that the environmental impact review for the State Water Project Contract Extension should be revised due to substantial changes in circumstances since...
By the USGS Extensive groundwater withdrawal from the unconsolidated deposits in the San Joaquin Valley caused widespread aquifer-system compaction and resultant land subsidence from 1926 to 1970—locally exceeding 8.5 meters. The importation of surface water beginning in the early 1950s...
