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March 2, 2020

This report/commentary prepared by hydrologist Robert Shibatani. With growing speculation, people are starting to express concern over this water year’s...

NEW REPORT: Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program Report to the Legislature

Maven

Planning and management Reports

February 29, 2020

The Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Act established through Assembly Bill 401 (Dodd, 2015) directs the State Water Resources Control Board...

Reclamation completes first group of congressionally-mandated Central Valley Project contract conversions

Bureau of Reclamation News

Policy and regulation

February 28, 2020

Completed contracts include East Bay Municipal Utility District, City of Folsom, City of Roseville, Sacramento County Water Agency, Sacramento Municipal...

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS for Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion project

Guest Contributor

Policy and regulation

February 28, 2020

Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion project would increase storage capacity by more than 100K acre-feet, add new conveyance facilities From the...

CAL MATTERS: For California well owners, clean water is hard to get as state, local hurdles remain

Cal Matters

Groundwater News

February 27, 2020

By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Cal Matters Water is scarce and dirty for many in Fresno County’s small West Park community. They’re...

THIS JUST IN … Warm, Dry Conditions Lead to Below Average Snowpack and Precipitation

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

February 27, 2020

Statewide, snowpack’s water equivalent is 11 inches, or 46 percent of the March average From the Department of Water Resources:...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Delta Conveyance update; Tribal engagement in the Delta Conveyance process

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

February 27, 2020

At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, commissioners heard an update on the Delta conveyance project, and a...

SJV WATER: State refuses to accept groundwater plans for the Madera subbasin

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 26, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water In the first indication of how strict state officials will be with new groundwater sustainability...

CA IRRIGATION INSTITUTE: Implementation strategies for SGMA

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

February 26, 2020

Hydrologist Derik Williams discusses the different paths GSAs are taking to get to sustainability, plus the three things every GSP...

REACTIONS to initial Central Valley Project allocation

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

February 26, 2020

“Pray for rain and snow,” says the Friant Water Authority Yesterday, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial Central Valley...

CAL MATTERS: Drought or dangerous flooding? Research to save California’s rain

Cal Matters

Hydrology

February 25, 2020

Store water for a drought, or prepare for floods? How atmospheric river research helps California decide. By Rachel Becker, Cal...

MEDIA CALL: Central Valley Project officials discuss water allocations

Maven

Current Conditions

February 25, 2020

If current hydrology persists, new biological opinions unlikely to result in more water deliveries this year (as compared to the...

THIS JUST IN … Reclamation outlines Central Valley Project initial 2020 water allocation

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

February 25, 2020

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the initial 2020 water supply allocation for Central Valley...

REACTIONS to California’s lawsuit against the feds over the biological opinions

Maven

Water project operations

February 25, 2020

At the end of last week, Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit challenging the new biological opinions governing the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: For first time, scientists measure snow from cloud-seeding effort

Courthouse News Service

Water supply augmentation

February 24, 2020

Scientists have long explored the environmental possibilities of cloud seeding – injecting special chemicals into the atmosphere to create a...