Recent study by the Pacific Institute and the NRDC show that there is potential water savings equivalent to 10.8 to...
Fran Spivy-Weber talks about the statewide sustainability initiatives included in the California Water Action Plan, and ends with the suggestion...
Officials from the water projects, fish agencies, and the State Water Board review how they responded last year, and outline what they plan to do if conditions remain dry Today, officials from state and federal water agencies and fish agencies...
The Delta Stewardship Council votes to unanimously accept the Delta Levee Investment Issue Paper, setting the framework for upcoming policy...
Panel discusses how the water transfer market fared the drought in 2014, and with another dry year possible, they contemplate...
DWR’s Kamyar Guivetchi presents the California Water Plan, touching on the importance of integrated water management; the nexus between the California Water Plan and the California Water Action Plan; the three overarching themes of integration, alignment and investment; and the...
The annual survey conducted each fall since 1967 shows record low number for Delta smelt; longfin smelt is second lowest...
Earlier today, Governor Brown proposed his balanced budget that increases funding for schools and health care coverage, holds college tuition...
Janelle Beland and Kris Tjernell from the California Natural Resources Agency brief the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee on the progress in implementing the California Water Action Plan and the efforts to integrate flood and ecosystem planning in the Yolo...
On January 1st, the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act took effect. The statewide regulation of groundwater is one of the...
The 21st Century delivers unprecedented challenges to water, key to life, economy and the environment. Unless we examine our relationship with...
At the 2014 fall conference of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), the keynote speaker at Wednesday’s luncheon was Senator Darrell Steinberg. He gave this speech to conference attendees just days after terming out of office and the new...
For one week each October, Chicago Ideas Week brings together some of the world’s most outstanding speakers to present their...
Just last week, the State Water Resources Control Board appointed Michael George to be the new Delta Watermaster. He’ll be...
Groundwater adjudications, notoriously expensive and time consuming, emerged as an issue during the development and ultimate passage of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014, and the Brown Administration has made it a priority to consider possible reforms. To that...