Dr. Thomas Harter on the importance groundwater – a critical source of drinking water and drought insurance for 40% of...
Secretary John Laird speaks of the administration’s efforts on climate change adaptation, sea level rise, and preparing our water resources...
Lester Snow, Buzz Thompson, Tom Zuckerman, and Robert Shibatani give their thoughts on the draft principles At the August meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, discussion continued on a possible amendment to the Delta Plan addressing conveyance, storage, and water...
Secretary John Laird and Deputy Secretary Karla Nemeth discuss Cal Water Fix, the Coordinated Operating Agreement, and federal legislation On...
Council staff is looking at how the Council’s previous comments and concerns were addressed in the recirculated documents In July,...
Public comment period on the draft regulations closes this Friday Yesterday, the Department of Water Resources held a public meeting to present the draft set of regulations for revising groundwater basin boundaries, the first set of regulations to be developed...
Staff give details on the background, the process for identifying critically overdrafted basins, the results and the next steps; public...
Coverage of the hearing concludes with former Delta watermaster Craig Wilson and economist Dr. Jeff Michael, plus highlights from the...
Senator Wolk leads a hearing on the Delta tunnels: The Legislative Analyst’s Office first briefs the legislators; Dr. Christina Swanson and Sacramento Supervisor Don Nottoli provide testimony On Tuesday, August 18, the Senate Select Committee on the Delta led by...
Details include the flexibility and constraints, transfer capability, and water quality benefits of the Delta tunnels project, plus an analysis...
DWR’s Mary Scruggs gives more details on the draft list of critically overdrafted basins; plus an update on the development...
PPIC’s Dr. Jeff Mount, The Bay Institute’s Gary Bobker, and water resources consultant Maurice Hall give environmental perspectives; ACWA’s Tim Quinn and NCWA’s Todd Manley follow up with the water suppliers’ views The language in the 2009 Delta Reform Act...
Public policy professor Dr. John Kirlin, scientist Dr. Sam Luoma, and Deputy Secretary of Water Policy Karla Nemeth advise the...
What does drought look like? I tried this once before last year. Optimistically, I engaged some of my readers and...
Metropolitan staff review what’s in the documents and explore what the project might yield; Drought operations update includes the effect of the Delta salinity barrier At the July meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, committee members...