Secretary of Natural Resouces Wade Crowfoot and DWR Director Karla Nemeth address the ACWA Spring Conference Last week, the Association...
The Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), housed within the Department of Water Resources, regulates over 1,240 dams to prevent...
Dr. Graham Fogg and DWR’s Jenny Marr discuss the efforts underway to assess the potential for Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge (or Flood MAR) At the April meeting of the California Water Commission, the Commission continued examining the state’s role in...
Delta Watermaster: It’s physically, ecologically, and economically impossible to squeeze water out of the Delta for export. At the April...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Conveyance Project update: Environmental review, community benefits
At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Councilmembers received an update on the Delta Conveyance Project, including the...
A look at how the state is (or is not) regulating fracking and aquifer exemptions One of the most controversial areas of current environmental policy is the debate over hydraulic fracturing (or fracking). The process involves the injection of pressurized...
A recap of the webinar featuring Tim Quinn, formerly with ACWA, Tracy Quinn with the NRDC, and author John Fleck...
At the March meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the councilmembers were briefed on the 2022 on the Central Valley...
With no viable interim solutions that the Board can implement, the process is expected to take years In October of 2018, the State Water Board received a petition from Madera Irrigation District for a statutory adjudication of the Fresno River...
One of the California Water Commission‘s statutory responsibilities is to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of...
One of the California Water Commission’s statutory responsibilities is to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of...
The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project on February 22nd, 2021, finding that the project is consistent with the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan. On March...
Last year was a milestone year for SGMA, with the critically-overdrafted basins required to submit their first groundwater sustainability plans...
Integrating consumptive use with environmental flows is a core challenge for water management. Regulatory methods for protecting instream flows have...
The Northern California Water Association Annual Meeting was held on March 5, 2021. The theme was ‘Ridgetop to River Mouth Water Management.’ For the opening session, Thad Bettner facilitated a discussion between Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot and Deputy Secretary...