PRESS RELEASE: DWR Awards $17 Million in LandFlex Grants to Protect Drinking Water Supplies Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News July 24, 2023From the Department of Water Resources: Moving to help preserve groundwater supplies for Central Valley communities, the Department of Water...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: What is produced water? Inside Climate News Policy and regulation July 24, 2023Here’s what you need to know about wastewater from oil and gas drilling operations. By Liz Gross, Inside Climate News...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Politics Report: The Real Reason the Water Agencies Are Fighting so Hard Voice of San Diego Planning and management July 22, 2023By Scott Lewis, Voice of San Diego Eleven years ago, when the San Diego County Water Authority was going through...
SJV WATER: Isabella Dam officially off the No. 1 “at risk” dam list, what will that mean for downstream users? SJV Water Policy and regulationWater project operations July 20, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially lowered the risk level of Isabella Dam from...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmentalists push feds to add solar panels over US canals Courthouse News Service Planning and management July 20, 2023Placing solar panels over existing federal canals would create renewable power and prevent valuable water from evaporating at the same...
SoCAL WATER DIALOG: SGMA implementation in the San Joaquin Valley Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features July 20, 2023Groundwater is a critical resource, supplying nearly 40% of the state with water to support cities and farms. With droughts...
DWR NEWS: DWR Captures and Stores Water from Record-Breaking Snowpack Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations July 19, 2023From DWR News: 2023 has demonstrated how quickly California can move from one extreme to another — as severe drought...
PRESS RELEASE: Yolo County Files Lawsuit Against California Department of Water Resources Challenging Undisclosed and Harmful Features of the Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project Press Release/Notice Water rights and water law July 18, 2023Press release from Yolo County: Today, Yolo County has taken the necessary step of filing a lawsuit against the California...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Planning underway for Colorado River basin operations Courthouse News Service Colorado River July 18, 2023Some documents and agreements that govern operation of the river basin expire in 2026. By Bob Leal, Courthouse News Service...
STANFORD NEWS: Droughts in Western states drive up emissions and threaten human health Stanford University Climate change July 18, 2023Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during droughts has led to higher carbon emissions and cost 11 Western states tens...
THE CONVERSATION: Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US The Conversation Climate change July 14, 2023By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New...
UC DAVIS: Discussing ‘Deadbeat Dams’ as Klamath Plan Moves Forward UC Davis Ecosystems July 14, 2023Center for Watershed Sciences Director Andrew Rypel talks the importance of — and paths ahead for — California’s dams By...
PRESS RELEASE: Judge: Federal Shasta River “Safe Harbor” coho salmon program violates Endangered Species Act Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulationWater rights and water law July 13, 2023From the Western Environmental Law Center, Friends of the Shasta River, and the Environmental Protection Information Center: Late yesterday, the...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: California’s unnatural river flows threaten aquatic life—here’s a (partial) fix Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesScience July 13, 2023By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board releases draft report on expediting permitting for seawater desalination plants State Water Board Policy and regulationWater supply augmentation July 13, 2023Draft siting and streamlining criteria developed as part of state’s multipronged Water Supply Strategy From the State Water Resources Control...
