Researchers are just beginning to unveil the hazardous mix of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals concealed within car and truck...
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 groundwater resources. However, the path to effective implementation has been fraught with challenges. At ACWA’s 2024 Spring Conference, a panel...
by Robin Meadows California’s freshwater ecosystems―from springs and wetlands to rivers and estuaries―are in trouble and the warming world is...
At the June meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting, DWR Director Karla Nemeth was on...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: It’s complicated. Consider: The Bay Delta watershed spans 75,000 square miles, stretching over 500 miles from the Cascade Range to the Tehachapi Mountains. Nearly half of California’s surface water originates as rain or snow in this...
by Robin Meadows Water diversions can harm aquatic ecosystems, riparian habitat, and beaches fed by river sediment. But the people...
Jeffrey Kightlinger spent 15 years as Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Water District, the largest municipal water provider in...
At the May meeting of the California Water Commission, the Commission was updated on the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act or SGMA, including state activities related to the Commission’s May 2022 White Paper on groundwater trading, an update...
By Alastair Bland I first tuned in to murmurs about plastic pollution in the late 1980s, when my mom would...
In August 2022, amidst a severe drought, the State Water Board ordered ranchers and farmers in Siskiyou County to cease...
by Robin Meadows If you visit the Delta town of Walnut Grove during winter or spring, look for a surprise in the Sacramento River just before it meets Georgiana Slough. A steady stream of bubbles rises from the river bottom,...
Petitioners say the Delta Conveyance Project must show consistency with the Delta Plan before initiating implementation Note: Scroll down for...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is undergoing continual and often rapid change. This poses challenges in predicting and preparing for the...
California’s climate is changing, with atmospheric rivers and extreme events occurring more frequently. This is not the new normal; we’re just getting started, says state climatologist Dr. Michael Anderson in this presentation at the California Irrigation Institute’s 2024 annual meeting....