At last week’s meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, preparations continued for the board action at the December meeting regarding funding...
One of the goals in the California Water Commission’s strategic plan directs the Commission to remain apprised of the operations...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On July 28 of this year, Governor Newsom issued the final water resilience portfolio which calls for a set of actions to meet California water needs through the 21st century. Specifically, Action 19.4 directs the Water Commission to assess...
Prior to the completion of Friant Dam in 1942, the San Joaquin River supported the southernmost populations of Central Valley...
At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, staff continued preparing the committee members for the upcoming decision on funding...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the October 22nd meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave a detailed presentation on estimating water use in the Delta, something he acknowledged doesn’t matter much when there’s plenty of water in the system,...
At the October 20 meeting of the State Water Board, one of the agenda items was the consideration of a...
Project unlikely to meet program deadlines, putting $171.3 million in Prop 1 storage funds back on the table [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In...
At the Western Groundwater Congress held in September of 2020, Dr. William Blomquist gave the following presentation on a study done with colleagues from other institutions that focused on the multi-agency groundwater sustainability agencies that have been formed under SGMA...
At the Western Groundwater Congress hosted online by the Groundwater Resources Association, Audrey Arnao, an associate with WestWater Research, gave...
Professor Holly Doremus is a leading scholar and teacher in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law, and law...
Cleaning up polluted groundwater basins can create additional water supply that would not otherwise be available without remediation, but treatment costs can be expensive. Throughout California, contaminants such as arsenic, nitrates and naturally occurring radioactivity have reduced the amount of...
As the state’s largest water using sector, many look to agriculture as a way to free up water supplies for...
With the right infrastructure in place, water districts and agencies can manage surface water and groundwater as a single source,...
Cloud seeding, practiced in California since the 1950s, is estimated to add 400,000 acre-feet per year to the state’s precipitation. Expanding the program could potentially add another 400,000 acre-feet per year. Precipitation enhancement, or cloud seeding, involves artificially stimulating clouds...