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...
While the negotiations have not yet started for the new guidelines for the management of the Colorado River, the lower...
“We really have to get creative and equally value all of the interests of the stakeholders, use cooperative agreements and...
Upcoming workshops to gather public input on the new program At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, Kealiʻi Bright, Assistant Director of the Division of Land Resource Protection at the California Department of Conservation (or DOC), gave a...
At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, Daniel Whisman, principal engineer and program manager for DWR’s California Aqueduct...
DWR prepares for another dry year At the September 2021 meeting, John Yarbrough, Assistant Deputy Director of the SWP, briefed...
Additional barriers in the Northern Delta being contemplated if conditions remain dry Despite the wet weather, California is still experiencing dire drought conditions and concerningly low storage levels in the state’s largest reservoirs. DWR is responding to the continuing drought...
Within the Central Valley, over seven million acres is in irrigated agriculture, and depending on the conditions, water discharged from...
In 2018, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted an amendment to the Recycled Water Policy to promote recycled water...
At the September meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George updated the council members on the activities of his office. In his update, he discussed the drought, an investigation into a complaint alleging unlawful water diversion within...