California is leading the charge in clean energy with its ambitious goals. By 2030, the state aims to have 60 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources, and by 2045, it plans to achieve 100 percent renewable and zero-carbon...
The Delta Stewardship Council met in July at Peter’s Steakhouse in Isleton. On the agenda was an update on the Delta Conveyance Project. Carrie Buckman, Environmental Program Manager for the Department of Water Resources, provided the update. The Delta Conveyance...
By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a Soviet bureaucrat on an LSD trip.” The system was engineered in the 1900s to capture winter rain and spring snowmelt...
In March 2023, six basins were deemed by the Department of Water Resources to have inadequate groundwater sustainability plans, prompting possible intervention by the State Water Board. This marks the first since the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act was passed in...
Written by Robin Meadows It sounds like such a simple fix for California’s groundwater woes. In phenomenally wet years like this one, when reservoirs are so full water is still being released to make room for snowmelt, just use some...
