At the January meeting of the Delta Independent Science Board, the board members heard a series of presentations on water...
California’s current system of water laws seems ill-equipped to respond to long-term droughts and climate change. One million Californians do...
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...
At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George updated the Council on curtailment and reporting...
The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...
The California Water Plan is the state’s strategic plan for sustainably managing and developing water resources for current and future generations. The plan is updated every five years, and work is in progress for the 2023 update. At the January...
Can we look to the sky to address California’s water challenges? As California continues to grapple with frequent drought and...
In the fall of 2021, the Delta Stewardship Council held a series of four webinars focusing on the social and...
The Colorado River flows 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, forming the border between California and Arizona along the way. This mighty river supplies water to 40 million people in the West and is a major source of...
As California works towards reducing greenhouse gases to address climate change, carbon capture and storage have been presented as options...
Board staff give an update on the progress on the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, including an potential timeline...
At the recent ACWA Fall Conference, held in-person in Southern California, State Water Resources Control Board’s Joaquin Esquivel sat down with Cindy Tuck, Deputy, Executive Director of Government Relations, for a wide-ranging one-on-one conversation, followed by an audience Q&A. Here...
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) hosted four informational webinars between July and September 2021 to provide background information related...
At the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Fall Conference held last week, the keynote speaker at the luncheon was...
At the November meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, Bay-Delta Initiatives Manager Steven Arakawa briefed the committee members on recent communications from elected officials and others regarding the operations of the federal and state water projects and the voluntary agreements. He...