Amid the controversial remarks and charges of lack of stakeholder participation, Brown Administration officials had their chance to defend the...
Mercury contamination is a widespread problem, not just locally but also globally, and its serious effects on health are well known. It is a particular insidious problem as mercury can be a threat to people and wildlife even in areas...
The landmark Delta Reform Act of 2009 made many changes to governance in the Delta, including a provision that required...
Governor Brown has sent a letter to Secretary Sally Jewell and Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank urging timely federal review of...
Decreasing water supply reliability and increasing costs are not just about problems in the Delta. Serious labor recruitment and retention issues within the State Water Project have cost rate payers at least $70 million in additional costs and, in one...
Here’s an update from the Delta Stewardship Council on the status of the Delta Plan: “A final review of the...
With so much attention and focus on the Brown Administrations $18 billion tunnel plan, otherwise known as the Bay-Delta Conservation...
Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird has responded to legislator’s demands that the BDCP consider the ‘Portfolio-Based Conceptual Alternative’. Mr. Laird writes that the state already has as its goal further advancement in water conservation and recycling as important components...
The Owens Lake Dust Control Project. It’s hard to imagine there’s any place more surreal then this place – in...
A second public meeting on the BDCP documents was held in Sacramento on April 4th to discuss the newly released...
From yours truly at the California Water Blog: “California’s water future is at a critical juncture. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is declining, both as a reliable hub for exporting water for millions of Californians and millions of farmed acres, and...
The Director of the Department of Water Resources, Mark Cowin, was the final speaker in the California Water Policy Seminar...
Have you been meaning to read those Bay Delta Conservation Plan documents that everyone’s talking about, but just hadn’t gotten...
On March 11th, 2013, the California Water Policy Seminar Series at UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences continued, hosting Tim Washburn, the Director of Planning for the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency. Mr. Washburn served as the Agency’s chief counsel...