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January 17, 2023

Collaborative 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

Agriculture Colorado River

January 17, 2023

The 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, 2023

By Gerald Meral, director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute Californians have suddenly turned their attention...

NREL: New model could help break through inefficiencies of common water treatment systems

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Water supply augmentation

January 17, 2023

By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory In April 2022, a team of engineers hiked into California’s Sierra Nevada mountains...

RESERVOIR/SNOW CONDITIONS: What do reservoir levels and the snowpack look like now?

Maven

Current Conditions

January 17, 2023

Here’s a look at reservoir conditions as of this morning …...

High-flow releases from Coyote Valley Dam at Lake Mendocino on January 16, 2023.

DWR NEWS: California’s Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations Are Key to Managing Floods and Water Supplies

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water project operations

January 16, 2023

By DWR News As California experiences more extreme swings between wet and dry periods, it is critical for the State...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Amid Onslaught of Storms, State Must Get Serious About More Pumping, Water Storage

Dave Puglia

Agriculture Commentary Policy and regulation

January 15, 2023

By Dave Puglia, President & CEO, Western Growers California has once again been caught flat-footed in the aftermath of another...

California Environmental Flows Framework: The Ways Good Science Gets Watered Down

Maven

Delta science

January 14, 2023

By Paul Stanton Kibel In the field of natural resources policy, there is a longstanding tendency for good science to...

STATE WATER BOARD: Board issues first five-year temporary groundwater recharge permit

State Water Board

Groundwater News

January 13, 2023

Streamlined permitting helps capture stormwater in Sacramento, Merced counties Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: Furthering state...