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...
From the Department of Water Resources: The operators of the State Water Project and Central Valley Project, working with federal and state wildlife protection agencies, have agreed to modify fall flows for endangered Delta smelt fish species. Throughout September, the...
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Decision moves away from outdated “Fall X2” provision that isn’t helping Delta smelt populations recover but has significant water costs...
Study identifies 5 key gaps in the hydropower supply chain—and ways to address them By Tiffany Plate, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Solar panels and wind turbines get a lot of attention in the current conversation about renewable energy. Meanwhile,...
By DWR News Are you interested in learning how the nation’s largest state-built water conveyance system, known as the California...
From the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley: In August, the Blueprint and the Southern California Water Coalition submitted...
By Mike Wade, California Farm Water Coalition The draft environmental impact statement for the long-term operation of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project has raised alarm bells for farmers and urban water users who depend on these...
Draft EIS for federal water project favors unsustainable status quo, ignores Tribal and community needs A Draft Environmental Impact Statement...
Press release from the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District: The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (San Bernardino Valley),...
In July 2024, the Bureau of Reclamation released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and the State Water Project (SWP) for public comment. The draft document considers revised operations of...
Press release from the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley and the Southern California Water Coalition: The Water Blueprint...
A new kind of Delta diversion could extract water at a slow enough rate, and across a wide enough area,...
Informational resources include new Story Map on the incorporation of climate change conditions into the new operations plan and the efforts to protect winter-run Chinook salmon. The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the long-term...