SoCAL WATER DIALOG: Spilling reservoirs and empty basins – California’s storage dilemma Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 5, 2025Climate Change is bringing warmer and wetter storms, reducing our snowpack and increasing the need for more storage. At the...
UCSB: The atmosphere’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains UC Santa Barbara Hydrology June 5, 2025By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Hot air holds more moisture. That’s why you can blow your hair dry even...
PRESS RELEASE: Coachella Valley water districts, Tribe reach water rights settlement Press Release/Notice Groundwater NewsWater rights and water law June 5, 2025Press release from Desert Water Agency The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) and Desert...
COMMENTARY: Risk and Reward: Why California Governors Continue to Push for the Delta Tunnel CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN) CommentaryDelta Conveyance ProjectPolicy and regulation June 5, 2025By Max Gomberg, Senior Policy Advisor, California Water Impact Network In its latest propaganda campaign promoting the $20 billion plus...
COMMENTARY: The Water Authority built San Diego’s economy. Support it; Don’t tear it down Voice of San Diego CommentaryPolicy and regulation June 5, 2025This piece was submitted to the Voice of San Diego by 16 past chairs of the San Diego Regional Chamber...
DAILY DIGEST, 6/4: State Water Board returns Chowchilla Subbasin to DWR’ jurisdiction; Restore the Delta calls for legislative audit of public spending on Delta tunnel project; Spring runoff is older than you think; Colorado River study increases urgency for reduction of water consumption; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 4, 2025[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
SJV WATER: Chowchilla groundwater subbasin earns “get out of jail card” from state Water Board SJV Water Groundwater News June 4, 2025By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board Tuesday passed a resolution to send the Chowchilla subbasin...
PRESS RELEASE: Restore the Delta calls for legislative audit of billions in public spending on Delta Tunnel Project Restore the Delta Delta Conveyance ProjectPolicy and regulation June 4, 2025Press release from Restore the Delta: Today, Restore the Delta submitted a formal request to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee urging a...
THE CONVERSATION: Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews The Conversation Policy and regulation June 4, 2025By J.B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University Getting federal approval for permits to build bridges, wind farms, highways and other major infrastructure...
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: Spring runoff is older than you think University of Utah Hydrology June 4, 2025New research finds water flowing out of Western ranges is, on average, more than 5 years old, demonstrating that runoff...
COLORADO NEWSLINE: Shared risk at the heart of dispute over Colorado River Colorado Newsline Colorado River June 4, 2025By Allen Best, Colorado Newsline Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when...
PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board returns Chowchilla Subbasin to Department of Water Resources’ jurisdiction State Water Board Groundwater News June 3, 2025Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board approved today a resolution to...
DAILY DIGEST, 6/3: SoCal water agencies end lengthy legal dispute; COEQWAL and Just Transitions: Innovative projects tackle California’s water future; Freshwater fish in US carry introduced human-infecting parasites; Arizona Senate leader suggests making desalination a part of Colorado Rivers talks; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 3, 2025[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
PRESS RELEASE: Southern California water agencies end lengthy legal dispute Metropolitan Water District Water rights and water law June 3, 2025Settlement agreement aims to bring region greater fiscal stability, water supply efficiency and reliability Press release from the Metropolitan Water...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: COEQWAL and Just Transitions: Innovative projects tackle California’s water future Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management June 3, 2025Second series of workshops for the Just Transitions project to take place on June 7 and June 9 California is...