From the Planning and Conservation League: Summers are getting hotter. Rain and snowpack are disappearing, and water reserves are shrinking....
From the California Water Commission: As part of the California Water Commission’s work assessing how to shape well-managed groundwater trading programs with appropriate safeguards for vulnerable water users, Commission staff will present a draft white paper containing preliminary findings and next steps for...
From the California Natural Resources Agency: A new report (below) released today conveys significant progress made in the past 18...
From the Department of Water Resources: Water Year 2021 (October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021) was an extreme year...
The Delta Independent Science Board (Delta ISB), which provides scientific oversight of programs that support adaptive management, has finished its review on the science of non-native species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta). The review highlights the importance of anticipation...
Desalination holds the potential of providing a highly reliable water source for some communities; however, there are major cost and...
While recycled water reuse has been steadily increasing in California since 1970, a task force in 2003 found that water...
Restoring ecosystems can have multiple benefits, such as recovering endangered and threatened species, increasing water supply reliability, and adapting to climate change In recent decades, planning and conservation efforts to preserve and recover endangered species have often recognized that habitat...
Concurrent Governance Processes of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act By Anita Milman and Michael Kiparsky California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)...
The Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Act established through Assembly Bill 401 (Dodd, 2015) directs the State Water Resources Control Board...
Innovation in Action: 21st Century Water Infrastructure Solutions From the Water Now Alliance: “Innovation in Action: 21st Century Water Infrastructure Solutions,” is a WaterNow Alliance paper that outlines innovative pathways to a sustainable water future. It reviews state-of-the-art advancements in...
Water and Land Use From the Local Government Commission: In 2005, the California Legislature passed new laws that enable communities to...
By the USGS Extensive groundwater withdrawal from the unconsolidated deposits in the San Joaquin Valley caused widespread aquifer-system compaction and...
By DWR DWR recognizes the need to rehabilitate and modernize water and flood infrastructure in California. Floodwater for Managed Aquifer Recharge, or Flood-MAR, is an emerging water management strategy that can significantly improve water resources sustainability throughout the state. Flood-MAR’s...