Posts

June 26, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water In a comment letter to the state Water Resources Control Board, one of the plaintiffs...

EDWARD RING: The Grand Water Bargain

June 26, 2025

By Edward Ring, California Policy Center For the last few decades in California, the conventional wisdom has been that farmers...

EOS: Precipitation Extremes Drive Swings in Lake Tahoe’s UV Exposure

American Geophysical Union

Ecosystems Science

June 26, 2025

An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles. By Andrew Chapman,...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS respond to Budget Agreement

State Water Contractors

Delta Conveyance Project

June 25, 2025

Delta Conveyance Project streamlining efforts will continue as part of the legislative process Press release from the State Water Contractors...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/25: Newsom warns CA’s water system ill-prepared to cope with hotter, drier future; Budget deal reached without Delta tunnel trailer bill; How is SGMA affecting growers’ planting and drilling decisions?; Climate science and the case of the missing moisture; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 25, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

SJV WATER: Deal that relied on Kern County water for housing 200 miles away sours, potentially leaving residents high and dry

SJV Water

Planning and management

June 25, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency is poised to cut off the only water source for...

USGS: Long-term satellite data reveal how climate shapes West Coast shorelines

USGS

Ecosystems

June 25, 2025

By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program New research uses decades of satellite data to show...

DWR highlights successful partnership with California’s farming community to protect groundwater supplies

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

June 25, 2025

DWR’s LandFlex Pilot Program has saved over 100,000 acre-feet of groundwater and protected 16,500 drinking water wells in California’s frontline...

NOTICE: Shasta River: Flows Declining – Coordination of Diversions Encouraged

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 25, 2025

To: Shasta River Watershed Water Users from the State Water Board Flows in the Shasta River watershed are declining. All...

UCANR: How is SGMA affecting growers’ planting and drilling decisions?

UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR)

Groundwater News

June 24, 2025

By Ellen Bruno and Nick Hagerty, UCANR California is now ten years into a revolution in groundwater management. In 2014,...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/24: Semi-Annual Groundwater Conditions Update highlights key trends for Water Year 2024; Ocean salmon fishery achieves summer catch limit; Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?; ‘Glimmer of hope’ emerges from long-stuck Colorado River negotiations; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 24, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

PRESS RELEASE: DWR Semi-Annual Groundwater Conditions Update highlights key trends for Water Year 2024

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News Reports

June 24, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: California is now collecting more groundwater data than ever before as highlighted in the...

PRESS RELEASE: California needs more than groundwater to ensure water sustainability

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Groundwater News Policy and regulation

June 24, 2025

From the Office of Governor Newsom: Today, Governor Newsom and the Department of Water Resources released a new report showing that the...

USGS: Causes and consequences of flooding in California’s Central Valley

USGS

Planning and management

June 24, 2025

From USGS Ecosystems Land Change Science Program: USGS researchers are leveraging advances in satellite-based monitoring to better characterize and predict...

GRIST: Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?

Grist

Wildfires and watersheds

June 24, 2025

By Frida Garza, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Jeff King...

SJV WATER: Kern River plaintiff alleges region’s groundwater plan ignores harm to river flows

EDWARD RING: The Grand Water Bargain

EOS: Precipitation Extremes Drive Swings in Lake Tahoe’s UV Exposure

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS respond to Budget Agreement

DAILY DIGEST, 6/25: Newsom warns CA’s water system ill-prepared to cope with hotter, drier future; Budget deal reached without Delta tunnel trailer bill; How is SGMA affecting growers’ planting and drilling decisions?; Climate science and the case of the missing moisture; and more …

SJV WATER: Deal that relied on Kern County water for housing 200 miles away sours, potentially leaving residents high and dry

USGS: Long-term satellite data reveal how climate shapes West Coast shorelines

DWR highlights successful partnership with California’s farming community to protect groundwater supplies

NOTICE: Shasta River: Flows Declining – Coordination of Diversions Encouraged

UCANR: How is SGMA affecting growers’ planting and drilling decisions?

PRESS RELEASE: DWR Semi-Annual Groundwater Conditions Update highlights key trends for Water Year 2024

PRESS RELEASE: California needs more than groundwater to ensure water sustainability

USGS: Causes and consequences of flooding in California’s Central Valley

GRIST: Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?

DAILY DIGEST, 11/17: Storminess to continue along the West Coast this week; CA’s rule book on El Niño and La Niña is broken; Fall Run Chinook salmon runs looking much better this year on the Sacramento and Klamath; Building a watershed-scale monitoring network in the Sierra Nevada; and more …