PRO PUBLICA: Las Vegas Needs to Save Water. It Won’t Find It in Lawns. Pro Publica Colorado River June 9, 2023by Nat Lash, Mark Olalde and Ash Ngu, and photography by Liz Moughon This story was originally published by ProPublica. ...
SJV WATER: San Joaquin Valley groundwater will need more than one epic water year to rebound in the long term SJV Water Groundwater News June 8, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water With all the flooding, runoff and more snowmelt still to come, everyone’s wondering: How’s the...
SJV WATER: Domestic wells still going dry in San Joaquin Valley towns as historically low groundwater levels are slow to rebound SJV Water Groundwater News June 8, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The small town of Tooleville ran out of water and started receiving water hauled in...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Water rights key to San Joaquin Valley aquifer recharge Robin Meadows Groundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law June 8, 2023Written by Robin Meadows It sounds like such a simple fix for California’s groundwater woes. In phenomenally wet years like...
NASA/JPL: US-German satellites show California water gains after record winter NASA/JPL Groundwater News June 7, 2023By NASA/JPL Early data shows the greatest net gain of water over the winter in nearly 22 years, but the...
STATE WATER BOARD: Over 1 million acre-feet of water authorized for groundwater recharge since December State Water Board Groundwater News June 7, 2023Nine out of 10 permits issued for projects in Central Valley From the State Water Resources Control Board: Seizing the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California lawmakers eye new trims to judicial process to sidestep environmental red tape Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation June 7, 2023By Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service A debate in California’s Assembly about whether to fast-track bills looking to trim down...
DWR NEWS: DWR and Partners Experiment with Soft Release Method to Improve Delta Smelt Survival DWR and Partners Experiment with Soft Release Method to Improve Delta Smelt Survival Department of Water Resources (DWR) Delta scienceFish and wildlife June 7, 2023By DWR News Delta smelt are a fish that have gone from vast abundance to the brink of extinction. After...
PRESS RELEASE: Over 1 million acre-feet of water authorized for groundwater recharge since December State Water Board Groundwater News June 7, 2023Nine out of 10 permits issued for projects in Central Valley From the State Water Resources Control Board: Seizing the...
CDFW NEWS: Improved passage lets threatened sturgeon, salmon and other species return to spawn in Sacramento River Department of Fish and Wildlife Delta scienceFish and wildlife June 7, 2023Dozens of adult sturgeon and hundreds of other large fish including threatened Chinook salmon have moved safely from receding floodwaters...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Yolo Bypass floodplains and fish food Maven Delta scienceScience June 7, 2023The Yolo Bypass was originally designed as a flood control measure to protect the city of Sacramento. It is also...
CDFW NEWS: New CDFW Policy Recognizes Ecological Value of Beavers in California Department of Fish and Wildlife Ecosystems June 6, 2023From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has implemented a new policy...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Fight over Oregon’s Klamath water can stay in federal court, Ninth Circuit rules Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law June 5, 2023A Ninth Circuit panel ruled against the Klamath Irrigation District in its attempt to move a dispute over the allocation...
STANFORD NEWS: How Sierra Nevada snowpack confounds Central Valley groundwater readings Stanford University Groundwater News June 5, 2023By Adam Hadhazy Billions of tons of snow piled atop the Sierra Nevada Mountains can cause parts of the Central...
MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for June 1 Robert Shibatani Current Conditions June 2, 2023Written by Robert Shibatani This past month has seen the much-anticipated ablation of this year’s record-breaking snowpack. The big resulting...
