PRESS RELEASE: Coachella Valley water districts, Tribe reach water rights settlement

Press Release/Notice

Groundwater NewsWater rights and water law

June 5, 2025

Press 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, 2025

By 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, 2025

This 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

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SJV WATER: Chowchilla groundwater subbasin earns “get out of jail card” from state Water Board

SJV Water

Groundwater News

June 4, 2025

By 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, 2025

Press 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, 2025

By 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, 2025

New 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, 2025

By 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, 2025

Press 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

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PRESS RELEASE: Southern California water agencies end lengthy legal dispute

Metropolitan Water District

Water rights and water law

June 3, 2025

Settlement 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, 2025

Second series of workshops for the Just Transitions project to take place on June 7 and June 9 California is...

UC MERCED: Study indicates human-caused dust events are linked to fallow farmland

UC Merced

Groundwater News

June 3, 2025

By Lorena Anderson,  UC Merced An average of more than 1 million acres of idled farmland a year is a...

COMMENTARY: California’s restoration bottleneck deepens biodiversity debt

Guest Contributor

CommentaryPolicy and regulation

June 3, 2025

Guest commentary by Becca Madsen, director of the Restoration Economy Center at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) California’s water...