California frequently experiences multi-year droughts, a natural aspect of our highly variable climate. However, climate change intensifies both the frequency...
California is taking a major step forward in transforming how water is managed and monitored with the roll out of a groundbreaking tool aimed at modernizing water rights data. Launching this summer, the State Water Board’s $60 million Updating Water...
Natalie Stork, director of the State Water Resources Control Board’s Office of Sustainable Groundwater Management, spoke at the 2025 California Irrigation Institute conference about the state’s intervention process for groundwater management. She provided updates on six San Joaquin Valley groundwater...
By Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright & Ariel Rubissow Okamoto In 1999, regional managers vowed to restore 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands in the San Francisco Estuary by 2030. More than two decades later, over 53,000 acres have been or are in...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Researchers are uncovering the hidden dangers lurking in car and truck tires, a complex source of pollution that affects both air and water quality. Tires contain a hazardous mix of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals, with experts warning that...
By John Hart, Estuary News In the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, an invisible fire is burning. Peat soils, laid down under water when the region was a vast wetland, are oxidizing, vanishing into the atmosphere at the rate of about...
