Groundwater is one of the world’s most important natural resources,but groundwater management has traditionally been governed by lax and uneven legal regimes which tend to focus on the extraction of groundwater or groundwater quality, rather than groundwater recharge. In a...
DWR Director Karla Nemeth discusses the Department’s efforts to respond to the drought and why she is optimistic we can meet the challenge of climate change Last week, the Regional Water Authority hosted a discussion with Karla Nemeth, the Director...
Over the years, the state has established three Delta-focused agencies, each with different missions and responsibilities: The Delta Stewardship Council, the Delta Protection Commission, and the Delta Conservancy. In this post, I’ll tell you what these agencies do and what...
At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, Tim Godwin, Supervising Engineering Geologist at California Department of Water Resources,...
At the January meeting of the Delta Independent Science Board, the board members heard a series of presentations on water management in the Delta to orient new members to the complexities of science and management issues in the Delta. The...
Over 600,000 Californians rely on nitrate-contaminated public supply wells for their household water needs. However, those numbers are even greater as they don’t include the many others who struggle with contaminated groundwater from domestic wells. Balancing long-term groundwater sustainability and...
