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The California State Water Project is a system of reservoirs, aqueducts, power plants and pumping plants that delivers water to...
The USFWS has issued the biological opinion for the Long Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project. The biological opinion includes an analysis and conclusion of whether or not the entire LTO proposed action is...
From the Center for Biological Diversity: Reservoirs, a major component of California’s water storage system, are a significant source of...
Final environmental document analyzes alternatives and responds to public comments Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of...
Part of the permit’s implementation will include methods for environmental restoration and spawning projects to benefit endangered species like the Chinook salmon. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A new operating permit issued Monday for California’s State Water Project is...
A balanced approach is key to benefiting California’s endangered fish species through habitat restoration, improved flow measures, monitoring, and hatchery...
Press release from the State Water Contractors Today, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the California Department...
The Department of Water Resources has posted the final EIR for the Long-Term Operation of the State Water Project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Marsh, and Suisun Bay. This Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is intended to support DWR’s decision...
Growers support a federal and state proposal for operating California’s massive systems that send river water south. But it could...
The aqueduct capacity in certain areas of the Southern San Joaquin Valley is nearly reduced by half due to subsidence....
By Robin Meadows In the late 1990s, hardly anyone had heard of the storms called atmospheric rivers. That includes Marty Ralph, founding director of Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) and a leading expert on these relatively recently...
From the Department of Water Resources: The operators of the State Water Project and Central Valley Project, working with federal...
From Restore the Delta: In California, today marks the start of the new “water year,” the date water managers use...
Decision moves away from outdated “Fall X2” provision that isn’t helping Delta smelt populations recover but has significant water costs Press release from the State Water Contractors Today, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) adapted State Water Project operations...