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....
Panel discusses the potential of stormwater as a resource, implementation of stormwater capture projects Traditionally, stormwater has been viewed as...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Almonds take too much water. Wait, alfalfa is the bad guy. What about those water...
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Labs discuss their work on groundwater recharge, brackish desalination, and seawater desalinization As droughts intensify and the snowpacks diminish, California will need creative solutions to provide enhanced water supplies for urban use and agriculture. Scientists at...
Water 4.0: Developing a water supply portfolio for the future At the 10th annual OC Water Summit held in June,...
Flood control measures that were put in place decades ago have changed the landscape of the Los Angeles and Santa...
A new nationwide assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that the nation’s brackish groundwater could help stretch limited freshwater supplies. This study, the first of its kind in more than 50 years, found that the amount of brackish groundwater...