In March 2023, the Department of Water Resources issued final determinations on groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) submitted by the groundwater...
In 2014, voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which provided $2.6 billion to be...
Written by Robin Meadows for Maven’s Notebook The Mokelumne River is on the modest side, running 95 miles from the Sierra Nevada and accounting for less than 3% of flows into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. But the river’s impact...
Water rights have garnered increasing attention as water managers and decision-makers grapple with how best to respond to changing conditions. ...
With the ever-changing climate and increasingly dry summers, California faces water challenges, despite this year’s bountiful snowpack. At the February...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Integrating the social sciences into environmental science and management in the Delta can contribute to a better understanding of the people who live, work, and recreate in and around the estuary, how the region impacts their health and well-being,...
The key is to treat the environment like a priority, not a constraint, says Dr. Jeffrey Mount Freshwater-dependent species in...
DISB Board Chair Lisa Wainger: “This is worth doing. Just make sure you learn from it.” The Delta Independent Science...
At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, Keali’i Bright, Assistant Director of the Department of Conservation’s Division of Land Resources, gave a presentation on the Department’s Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program. Mr. Bright began by acknowledging that the Department...
At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, Jeanine Jones took the commissioners through the history of past droughts...
Regional San’s Harvest Water project expected to be the first project to receive final funding award In 2014, voters approved...
Habitat restoration projects in the Delta have become increasingly important as our understanding of their role in supporting native aquatic and providing flood protection deepens. As such, several state agencies and initiatives have set goals for restoration in the Delta,...
Written by Jennifer West, Managing Director of WateReuse California As the impacts of California’s ongoing drought collide with new groundwater...
Best case scenario has adoption of updated Sacramento River objectives and implementation of San Joaquin River flow objectives in 2024...
With the installation of Adán Ortega as the Chair of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors, there have been in the committee structure and assignments. The Bay-Delta Committee and the Water Planning and Stewardship Committee are no longer; they...