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...
For one week each October, Chicago Ideas Week brings together some of the world’s most outstanding speakers to present their ideas and inspire the innovations of tomorrow at 80+ sessions across the city of Chicago. In October of 2013, the...
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...
The Antelope Valley groundwater adjudication case is the current poster child for how painfully long and expensive groundwater adjudications can be. The enormous case involves a multitude of public agencies, farmers, cities, the federal government, and landowners, both large and...
In August of this year, Governor Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requiring local officials for the first time...
Coverage of the Delta Stewardship Council’s November meeting wraps up today with the Delta Levee Investment Strategy Monthly Update, and...
At the November meeting of the Delta Protection Commission, Cindy Messer from the Delta Stewardship Council gave a presentation on the Council’s Delta Levee Investment Strategy and DWR’s Paul Marshall updated the Commission on the Drought Contingency Plan. Delta Levee...
When it comes to the upcoming winter season, there are many questions. Will it be wet or dry? What about...
The only debate on HR 5781 California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 apparently was in the House Rules Committee...
At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard from numerous agency and water officials on how the state has responded to the drought conditions. In this final installment, Mary Scruggs from the Department of Water Resources...
At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard from numerous agency and water officials on how...
Dr. Dan Cayan is the director of the Climate Change Center at Scripps and also concurrently holds a research position...
A. G. Kawamura is owner and partner of Orange County Produce, LLC, and a board member of Western Growers Association. He recently spoke at a TEDx Orange Coast Conference. Here’s what he had to say: “When it comes to food...