THIS JUST IN … State Water Project allocation increased to 30% Department of Water Resources (DWR) Current Conditions January 26, 2023Recent Storms Allow State Water Project to Increase Expected 2023 Deliveries to 1.27 Million Acre-Feet of Water From the Department...
AG ALERT: Groups sue over legality of new ‘waters of the U.S.’ law Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation January 25, 2023By Ag Alert The American Farm Bureau Federation and other agricultural and business groups are suing federal agencies, challenging the...
AG ALERT: Farmer demonstrations help promote cover crops Ag Alert Agriculture January 25, 2023By Vicky Boyd Rich Gemperle likes to describe his family’s crop production style as “soft farming,” in which they try...
METROPOLITAN ONE WATER COMMITTEE: Potential of increased water efficiency, reuse, stormwater capture; $100 million for water transfers; SoCal water update, and more … Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater supply augmentation January 25, 2023With the installation of Adán Ortega as the Chair of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors, there have been...
DELTA WATERMASTER: Michael George retires, recounts the progress made in his two terms Maven Website announcements January 24, 2023Delta Watermaster Michael George was appointed in 2015, the second to serve in the position created in 2009 by the...
GRIST: A California town’s wastewater is helping it battle drought Grist Water supply augmentation January 23, 2023By Naoki Nitta, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story...
NASA/JPL: NASA measures underground water flowing from Sierra to Central Valley NASA/JPL Groundwater News January 23, 2023This source accounts for about 10% of all the water that enters this highly productive farmland, including rivers and rain....
USBR NEWS: Making the Friant-Kern Canal Whole Again Bureau of Reclamation News Planning and management January 23, 2023Project Aims to Restore the Venerable Asset’s Ability to Convey Water By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation When a key...
NEVADA CURRENT: More snow in the mountains may not lead to more water, study finds Nevada Current Hydrology January 23, 2023by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Mountains in the southwestern U.S. are welcoming record-breaking snowpacks this year, but new research shows...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Unlocking ‘nature’s storm drains’ to harness floods and combat California’s drought Courthouse News Service Groundwater News January 21, 2023What if valleys — carved by glaciers during the last ice age and filled over millennia with highly permeable sand...
PNNL: Wettest winter storms in the western U.S. growing wetter Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Climate change January 19, 2023As Western U.S. winter storms grow wetter and change shape, threats to infrastructure like roads and bridges grow in tandem...
DWR NEWS: Groundwater Recharge – Capturing Water from Storms to Replenish Stressed Groundwater Basins Department of Water Resources (DWR) Groundwater News January 18, 2023By DWR News The wet winter storms in January 2023 have brought a lot of water that has the potential...
NOAA FISHERIES: Hemphill Dam Removal Puts California Salmon in Hot Pursuit of Cold Water NOAA Fisheries EcosystemsScience January 17, 2023Collaborative efforts reopen six additional miles of habitat to migrating and resident fish. By NOAA Fisheries California salmon are now...
CAL MATTERS: Growers brace to give up some Colorado River water Cal Matters AgricultureColorado River January 17, 2023The Colorado River’s water transformed the Imperial Valley desert into one of California’s most productive farm regions. But now growers...
COMMENTARY: How California can prepare for future floods before a megastorm hits Cal Matters Commentary January 17, 2023By Gerald Meral, director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute Californians have suddenly turned their attention...
