By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Watsonville-area farmers who rely on well water to produce berries and vegetables are continuing to...
Data shows 686,000 acre-feet of water was recycled in 2019, far short of the state’s 2020 goal Recognizing the importance of recycled water as a critical water supply for California, the State Water Board in 2009 developed the Recycled Water...
Cloud seeding, practiced in California since the 1950s, is estimated to add 400,000 acre-feet per year to the state’s precipitation. ...
Desalination holds the potential of providing a highly reliable water source for some communities; however, there are major cost and...
Water transfers can be an effective tool for water managers to provide flexibility in the allocation and use of water by moving water to where it is needed most, especially during times of drought. Water transfers can also help accommodate...
While recycled water reuse has been steadily increasing in California since 1970, a task force in 2003 found that water...
Surface storage offers a mixed bag of benefits and impacts. On the one hand, dams can provide water storage, flood...
Stormwater, traditionally thought of as a flood management problem, is getting attention as a resource with the potential to increase water supplies by up to 630,000 acre-feet per year. But implementation of stormwater projects face challenges by high costs and...
Every year, the Groundwater Resources Association of California selects two speakers for the David Keith Todd Lectureship, which named after...
Press release from AquAlliance: AquAlliance filed a lawsuit in federal District Court against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Another block of water has been offered for sale in Kern County at $950 per acre foot. With a dry January and extremely dry February, California’s water outlook has worsened. And that has bumped the...
Scientists have long explored the environmental possibilities of cloud seeding – injecting special chemicals into the atmosphere to create a...
The Monterey Peninsula is running out of water. By Matthew Renda, Courthouse News Service The Monterey Peninsula is running out...
By Kate Cimini, Cal Matters Activists and local government officials across Monterey County have banded together to fight a proposed desalination plant that could double the cost of water for some residents and endanger an aquifer that serves low-income communities....
