January budget proposal closes a $37.86 billion shortfall while protecting key investments in education, public safety, addressing homelessness, mental health...
Project aims to develop new tools to allocate limited water supplies By Janet Byron Joan Didion wrote in the 1970s...
by Robin Meadows Rivers in California once swelled and ebbed as the seasons changed and as wet years gave way to dry ones. Salmon and other now-imperiled aquatic species depended on these historic patterns. But today dams and diversions have...
Water Commission discusses voluntary agreements, Metropolitan looks at impacts on SoCal supplies On Monday, the State Water Resources Control Board...
One of the many permitting hoops that the Delta Conveyance Project must jump through on the road to construction should...
Dear Director Karla Nemeth and Department of Water Resources: By this letter, our public interest organizations submit additional supplemental comments on the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Delta Conveyance Project. These comments follow...
by Robin Meadows The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta seems like one of the most scrutinized places on Earth, with decades of...
On Friday, the State Water Resources Control Board will hold the first day of a three day public hearing on...
Capturing and Managing Large Storms and Wet Winters in California—Prospects and Limitations Capturing water from wet periods for use in drier seasons or years has been central to California’s water management since the early 1900s. Reservoirs and aquifers are routinely...
They say the proposed Bay Delta Plan amendments call for substantial increases in outflows to protect the Delta which would...
In 2014, voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which allocated $2.6 billion for the...
The Delta Reform Act and Delta Plan both emphasize the importance of designating the Delta under the National Heritage Area program. This designation aims to protect and enhance the unique cultural, historical, recreational, agricultural, and economic values of the Delta...
By Robin Meadows A new strategy could help California water managers meet the needs of people as well as the...
Independent analysis shows that implementation would drive up costs for most water suppliers which in turn will put further upward...
The biological goals will inform adaptive implementation methods for flows, evaluate the effectiveness of implementing the Lower San Joaquin River flow objectives, and inform future changes to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan. At the September 6 State Water Resources...