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CAL MATTERS: Western States’ planned water cuts are enough to avert a Colorado River crisis, for now

October 25, 2023

Wet weather and planned cuts by California, Arizona and Nevada averted declines that could have threatened water deliveries and power...

NEWS RELEASE: Reclamation releases draft SEIS for Colorado River operations through 2026

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

October 25, 2023

Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and voluntary water conservation commitments will save 3-million-acre feet of water through...

EOS: Dust Is Melting Snow—And Current Models Can’t Keep Up

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

October 25, 2023

Mountain snowpack melts quicker when coated in dust. This cyclical problem is forcing water forecasts to evolve. By Kara West,...

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Update on the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 25, 2023

In 2014, voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which allocated $2.6 billion for the...

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition urges the Newsom administration to reject the Sites Project Authority’s rushed application for regulatory streamlining

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

October 25, 2023

Today, Friends of the River, Defenders of Wildlife, and a coalition of conservation organizations submitted a letter to the Governor’s...

AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers

Ag Alert

Agriculture

October 25, 2023

By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...

UC DAVIS: Adding crushed rock to farmland pulls carbon out of the air

UC Davis

Agriculture Climate change

October 25, 2023

Field test finds carbon stored in soils even in dry climates By Amy Quinton, UC Davis Adding crushed volcanic rock...

AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Farmers fight to fix a river channel before next flood

Ag Alert

Commentary

October 25, 2023

By Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau During atmospheric river storms that hit California in January...

FEATURE: The Delta National Heritage Area takes shape

Maven

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

October 24, 2023

The Delta Reform Act and Delta Plan both emphasize the importance of designating the Delta under the National Heritage Area...

DWR NEWS: Recent delta earthquakes a reminder of why modernizing our water infrastructure is vitally important

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water project operations

October 24, 2023

From the Department of Water Resources: News of yet another earthquake in the heart of the Delta in the last week...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: What Water Bill Relief Could Look like for San Diego

Voice of San Diego

Planning and management

October 24, 2023

New research shows how big water bill discounts for the region’s poorest would impact city budgets. By MacKenzie Elmer, Voice...

NEWS RELEASE: New SoCal water bank improves water supply reliability for millions

Metropolitan Water District

Groundwater News

October 23, 2023

Officials celebrate start of $211 million High Desert Water Bank, Metropolitan’s largest-ever investment in groundwater storage From the Metropolitan Water...