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 managers forecast future water demand for a variety of purposes, including planning future water purchases or building new infrastructure. There are several methods for estimating future water demand; the simplest and most traditional means is to estimate current per-capita...
At the February meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George updated the councilmembers on the efforts underway...
In recent months, the California Water Commission has been gathering public and expert input related to conveyance projects as part...
At the February meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, committee members were updated on the voluntary agreement process for the Bay-Delta and the Delta Conveyance Project. Update on the voluntary agreements Steve Arakawa, Bay-Delta Initiatives Manager, reviewed the voluntary agreements with...
Report presents staff recommendations for incorporating climate change into water rights permitting California’s climate is changing rapidly, and historical data...
Stakeholders all said they wanted better communication, but data and SB-88 compliance are a problem In 2014 and 2015 during...
At the 2021 California Irrigation Institute Conference, the keynote speaker was Wade Crowfoot, the Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency. For the last two years, Secretary Crowfoot has overseen California’s forests and natural lands, rivers and waterways, coast and...
State Water Board member Laurel Firestone talks about the need to bring equity into our climate adaptation actions; Professor Karrigan...
Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) is an initiative led by the Department of Water Resources that seeks to support collaborative...
Panel at PCL’s Environmental Assembly focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan update and the voluntary agreements Note: This panel discussion focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan...
Screening process for potential new Water Storage Investment Program projects At the December 2020 meeting, the California Water Commission approved...
Abishek Singh, Ph.D., is Vice President of Intera’s Western Region based out of Los Angeles. His professional experience has focused...
WATER ASSN OF KERN COUNTY: DWR Director Karla Nemeth gives an update on the Delta Conveyance Project
The Delta Conveyance Project is the Newsom Administration’s plan to construct a tunnel and other facilities that would carry water from the Sacramento River to State Water Project facilities in the south Delta. The Delta Conveyance Project has a long...