By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Winegrape growers in Mendocino and Sonoma counties say a proposed water-quality regulation establishes...
Ever wonder what happens to an oil and gas well when it runs dry? Believe it or not, that is a multi-billion-dollar question that occupies the attention of thousands of people, from industry to government, NGOs to private citizens. From...
USGS estimates at least 45% of tap water could have one or more PFAS Press release from the USGS At least 45% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals known as...
The Return of Native Zooplankton Aided Tahoe Clarity Efforts in 2022 By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis For the last five months of 2022, Lake Tahoe was the clearest it has been since the 1980s. That is due in part to...
From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): A coalition of environmental groups – the California Water Impact Network, the California Sportfishing...
As California’s drought deepens, harmful algal blooms have been on the rise in the San Francisco Estuary. In this episode of science-in-short from Estuary News, Keith Bouma-Gregson, a biologist with the US Geological Survey, explains the science basics behind these...
Traditionally, stormwater was viewed as a flood management problem in which the runoff needed to be conveyed as quickly as possible away from urban areas and ultimately into waterways to protect public safety and property. Consequently, stormwater was considered a...