DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Study develops framework for forecasting contribution of snowpack to flood risk during winter storms Desert Research Institute Planning and management May 3, 2022New research advances effort to create a decision-support tool for reservoir operators and flood managers From the Desert Research Institute:...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds to take water from Wyoming to bolster Lake Powell Courthouse News Service Colorado River May 3, 2022Akin to robbing Peter to pay Paul, the feds say the influx of water into Lake Powell is necessary to...
CENTRAL VALLEY WATER BOARD: CV-SALTS program to focus on enforcement Maven AgricultureNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 3, 2022“You can’t just dare the board to come after you. You have to pay your fees, and you have to...
UPDATE: Delta Stewardship Council denies appeal of Lookout Slough project Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 2, 2022At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council during a public hearing, the Council voted to deny the appeal...
MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for May 1 Robert Shibatani Current Conditions May 2, 2022The rains that bring May flowers sort of fizzled after what looked momentarily promising… Across California, federal CVP reservoir storage...
STATELINE: Climate Change is Pushing Toxic Chemicals into Drinking Wells Stateline Groundwater NewsWater qualityWildfires and watersheds April 28, 2022By Erika Bolstad, Stateline Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires...
STATE WATER BOARD: PFAS in California Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 28, 2022Staff presents results from the ongoing statewide PFAS investigations Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (or PFAS) are a group of manufactured...
CAL MATTERS: 6 million Southern Californians face unprecedented order to conserve water Cal Matters Policy and regulation April 27, 2022By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Unprecedented water restrictions are...
COMMENTARY: Farm regions deserve a voice on protecting aquifers Ag Alert AgricultureCommentaryGroundwater News April 27, 2022By Danny Merkley, California Farm Bureau Federation California’s farmers and ranchers are under enormous stress entering a third year of...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Voluntary agreements: Are the promises enough or is it just a signpost on the way to more litigation? Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 27, 2022Attorneys Richard Roos-Collins, Doug Obegi, Jennifer Buckman, and Peter Prows discuss the pros and cons of the voluntary agreements Voluntary...
COMMENTARY: Valley farmers feel the pain of groundwater rules Ag Alert AgricultureCommentaryGroundwater News April 27, 2022By Christina Beckstead, executive director of the Madera County Farm Bureau The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is not a new...
AG ALERT: Butte farmers propose new water district Ag Alert Groundwater News April 27, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A group of Butte County farmers, who rely solely on groundwater to farm mostly tree...
PNNL: Studying water in the mountain air Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Colorado RiverHydrologyScience April 26, 2022PNNL scientists participate in project to collect climate data in Colorado mountains By Allan Brettman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory An...
GUEST COMMENTARY: As the drought worsens, there are two plans to protect water: one keeps water flowing for now, the other for decades to come Guest Contributor CommentaryGroundwater NewsPolicy and regulation April 26, 2022Guest commentary by Ruth Martinez (Ducor Water Board Member) and Roger Dickinson (Co-author of SGMA) The California town of Ducor,...
USBR: A necessary building block of fish survival is added to the Sacramento River Bureau of Reclamation News Ecosystems April 25, 2022By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation In addition to sufficient flows of cold water, chinook salmon migrating in the Sacramento...
