Using existing cropland for groundwater recharge could potentially be more cost-effective than dedicated recharge basins Groundwater overdraft has become a...
Senior Engineer Dr. Paul Hutton provides a brief update on Metropolitan’s ongoing science efforts in the Delta At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, Senior Engineer Dr. Paul Hutton updated committee members on Metropolitan’s ongoing...
How the ESA, Streambed Alteration Agreements, and the Clean Water Act Are All Curtailing the Exercise of Water Rights Recent court cases and regulatory changes have had major effects on the ability to for diverters to exercise their water rights,...
This morning, Governor Brown delivered his State of the State address to the legislature; the Governor’s office has released the prepared text of his speech. If he stuck to the script, he addressed levees (breifly), climate change, Prop 1 and...
It’s a very different world we live in, he says: “We can protect the natural systems, but we have to engineer our way forward” This morning, Governor Brown spoke at the ACWA event, California Water 2.0: What’s ahead for the...
The Governor released his proposed budget this morning. Here’s what’s in the budget for emergency drought response and the California Water Action Plan: What’s in the Governor’s proposed budget for Emergency Drought Response … From the Natural Resources Chapter pages...
