AG ALERT: Court green lights state’s flows plan, rejects all claims Ag Alert Agriculture March 27, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A state plan that requires affected water users to leave unimpaired flows of 30% to...
AG ALERT: State works to better adapt to extreme dry, wet periods Ag Alert Policy and regulation March 27, 2024By Ching Lee As California farmers struggle through impacts of rapid swings between intense drought and severe deluge, the state’s...
NOW AVAILABLE: Final Water Board Staff Report for the Consideration of a Probationary Designation for the Tulare Lake Subbasin State Water Board Groundwater News March 27, 2024From the State Water Resources Control Board: On April 16, 2024, the State Water Board will hold a public hearing...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put? Inside Climate News Climate change March 27, 2024A new report highlights the risk 120,000 abandoned oil and gas wells pose to carbon dioxide storage in Louisiana, home...
NOTICE of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking for SGMA fees State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTSGroundwater News March 27, 2024From the State Water Resources Control Board: On March 19, 2024, the State Water Board adopted Resolution No. 2024-0011 to...
DAILY DIGEST, 3/26: Back-to-back storms to soak West Coast; UC Santa Cruz researchers study impacts of CZU fires on local streams; California farmers could save a lot of water — but their profits would suffer; Western U.S. hydropower generation fell to a 22-year low last year; and more … Maven DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST March 26, 2024[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Closer water monitoring needed as wildfires increase UC Santa Cruz Water qualityWildfires and watersheds March 26, 2024By Mike Peña, UC Santa Cruz With climate change leading to increases in the size and frequency of wildfires, UC...
CAL MATTERS: California farmers could save a lot of water — but their profits would suffer Cal Matters Agriculture March 26, 2024California farms could use 93% less water but less-thirsty crops, such as grains and hay, are much less lucrative than...
DAILY DIGEST, 3/25: Zombie lake turned farmland to water. A year later, is it gone for good?; Court determines that the “pay first” rule applies to SGMA fee lawsuits; Small changes can yield big savings in agricultural water use; California’s March water madness; and more … Maven Daily Digest March 25, 2024[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
UCSB CURRENT: Small changes can yield big savings in agricultural water use UC Santa Barbara AgricultureScience March 25, 2024By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara While Hollywood and Silicon Valley love the limelight, California is an agricultural powerhouse, too....
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Additional storms eyeing the West Coast to end March; Water project allocations increased; Legislation to eliminate 6PPD from stormwater discharges passes Committee; Judge hears testimony in Monterey Peninsula water battle; and more … Maven Daily Digest March 24, 2024[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
NOTICE: Regulation Rulemaking on the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO): Comments due by April 3 Department of Water Resources (DWR) ANNOUNCEMENTS March 23, 2024From the Department of Water Resources: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Water Resources, pursuant to the authority...
SJV WATER: Dead fish piling up in pockets along the western reach of the Kern River concern Bakersfield residents; may prompt return to court SJV Water Water rights and water law March 23, 2024By Lois Henry, SJV Water After taking a bike ride along the Kern River recently, Bakersfield resident Jonathan Vegas was...
THIS JUST IN … Forecasted State Water Project Water Supply Allocation Doubles Following February Storms Department of Water Resources (DWR) Current Conditions March 22, 2024From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced a second increase in the State...
THIS JUST IN … Reclamation increases 2024 Central Valley Project water supply allocations Bureau of Reclamation News Current Conditions March 22, 2024From the Bureau of Reclamation: Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced an increase in Central Valley Project 2024 water supply...
