At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting, staff began the first of a series of...
The San Francisco Estuary watershed is characterized by periods of both wet and dry. But the dry seems to be...
By Robin Meadows In the late 1990s, hardly anyone had heard of the storms called atmospheric rivers. That includes Marty Ralph, founding director of Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) and a leading expert on these relatively recently...
Current water policies in the Delta encourage “shifting baselines” that gradually degrade ecosystems. But ongoing work on the Klamath River...
by Robin Meadows In 1990, Gary Estes moved to Auburn, a town of nearly 14,000 in the Sierra Nevada foothills...
Dr. Sedlak discusses various water challenges and solutions, including water for the wealthy and water for food, with a focus on the implementation of advanced water technologies Dr. David Sedlak is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the...
In July 2024, the Bureau of Reclamation released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the long-term operation of the...
By Robin Meadows The first time Malissa Tayaba visited one of her ancestral village sites on the banks of the...
In parts of the Central Valley, nitrate levels in groundwater have risen so high that the drinking water in rural homes and small water systems no longer meets safety standards. Many small, rural communities in the Central Valley aren’t connected...
A new kind of Delta diversion could extract water at a slow enough rate, and across a wide enough area,...
Informational resources include new Story Map on the incorporation of climate change conditions into the new operations plan and the...
Researchers are just beginning to unveil the hazardous mix of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals concealed within car and truck tires. Experts warn that emissions from these tires significantly contribute to air and water pollution, posing a serious threat to...
by Jacoba Charles In a time when both science and women’s rights are being actively challenged, the Sierra Nevada Phillips...
A decade after the introduction of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), significant strides have been made in managing California’s...
by Robin Meadows California’s freshwater ecosystems―from springs and wetlands to rivers and estuaries―are in trouble and the warming world is hastening their decline. Fish and the wealth of other aquatic species that live in these habitats are increasingly vulnerable as...