LETTER: Interest groups send letter to DWR, say EIR for State Water Project contract extensions must be revised

Maven

Water project operations

September 28, 2018

A large group of environmental and fishing organizations have sent a letter to Department of Water Resources, saying that the...

CAL MATTERS: Meet the newest recruits in California’s war on climate change: carbon farmers

Cal Matters

Agriculture

September 26, 2018

Eighty California farmers are engaged in a state-funded effort to boost carbon concentrations in the soil—a promising way to combat...

GUEST COMMENTARY: SGMA – What’s a Farmer to Do?

Maven

CommentaryGroundwater News

September 26, 2018

Guest commentary by Don A. Wright at WaterWrights.net: Just when things are starting to get back to normal after the...

THIS JUST IN … Reclamation releases updated environmental document for California WaterFix

Bureau of Reclamation News

Delta Conveyance Project

September 21, 2018

From the Bureau of Reclamation: “The Bureau of Reclamation released today the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for...

DWR releases economic analysis showing value of investing in WaterFix

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

September 20, 2018

From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a Benefit-Cost Analysis for California WaterFix...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling letter on outstanding objections, request for clarification, motion for reconsideration; Transcripts available

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

September 19, 2018

Here is the latest ruling from the California Water Fix Hearing Team at the State Water Board:  This ruling addresses...

NEVADA CURRENT: Pipeline opponents to SNWA: See you in court

Nevada Current

Colorado River

September 18, 2018

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Less than a week after the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) board voted unanimously to...

CAL WATER FIX HEARING: Ruling on procedural matters, updated hearing schedule

State Water Board

Delta Conveyance Project

September 14, 2018

Sur-rebuttal to begin on September 26 From the California Water Fix Hearing Team at the State Water Board: Service List...

THIS JUST IN … Statements from Restore the Delta and Food and Water Watch, Delta Counties Coalition in response to Joint Legislative Budget Committee Hearing

Maven

Policy and regulation

September 11, 2018

DWR Director Karla Nemeth verbally commits to bring back future SWP contract amendments related to the tunnels project back to...

CA AGRICULTURE: Groundwater sustainability in the San Joaquin Valley: Multiple benefits if agricultural lands are retired and restored strategically

UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR)

Groundwater News

September 10, 2018

From California Agriculture: Sustaining the remarkable scale of agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley has required large imports of surface...

THIS JUST IN … Watchdogs Sue Metropolitan Water District Over Delta Tunnel Financing

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

September 10, 2018

MWD’s planned rate hikes to pay for WaterFix Project violate Propositions 26 and 13 From Food and Water Watch: Food...

Joint Legislative Budget Committee hearing on the contract extensions for the State Water Project is on again – and so is the heat …

Maven

Policy and regulation

September 7, 2018

Once again, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee has scheduled a hearing on the State Water Project Contract Extension for 10...

OROVILLE SPILLWAYS: Cost Estimate and Construction Update (with pictures and video)

Maven

Water project operations

September 5, 2018

Current cost estimate now $1.1 billion From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today provided...

Metropolitan’s Groundwater Banking Programs

Maven

Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

September 5, 2018

Presentation looks at the benefits, challenges, and risks of Metropolitan’s groundwater banking programs Beginning in the early 1990s, Metropolitan Water...

THIS JUST IN … AB 747 Water rights bill heads to Governor’s desk

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

September 1, 2018

The bill would create an Administrative Hearings Office within the SWRCB From the Byron Bethany Irrigation District: In a decisive...