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...
While the negotiations have not yet started for the new guidelines for the management of the Colorado River, the lower basin states (California, Nevada, and Arizona) still have been meeting regularly to discuss the response to the worsening drought conditions,...
“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...
At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, Daniel Whisman, principal engineer and program manager for DWR’s California Aqueduct Subsidence Program, updated the Commissioners on the Department’s ongoing efforts to address subsidence impacts to the aqueduct, including the status...
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...
Within the Central Valley, over seven million acres is in irrigated agriculture, and depending on the conditions, water discharged from the site may carry nutrients, pesticides, and pathogens off-site and into water bodies or aquifers. The Central Valley Water Board’s...
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...
Written by Robin Meadows San Francisco Estuary Institute ecologist Letitia Grenier has already led projects on working with nature toward large-scale restoration in both the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Now, with a 2021 Delta Stewardship Council...
For the past several months, the California Water Commission has been leading a process to frame state considerations around how...
Written by Robin Meadows Like other islands in the central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Bacon Island has subsided below sea level...
Informational webinar discusses fish and aquatic species analysis, fish screens, and operating criteria The Department of Water Resources (DWR) hosted four informational webinars between July and September 2021 to provide background information related to the preparation of the Draft Environmental...