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Reclamation makes historic releases of water from Friant Dam to San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors

May 14, 2014

From the Bureau of Reclamation: Reclamation will begin increasing releases from Friant Dam near Fresno into the San Joaquin River...

Reclamation updates CVP water supply for exchange contractors and refuges south of Delta

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

May 14, 2014

From the Bureau of Reclamation: “The Bureau of Reclamation today announced an update to the February 2014 Central Valley Project...

California Water Policy Seminar Series: Farms, floods, fowl and fish on the Yolo Bypass: Can we all get along here?

Maven

Delta science Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

May 12, 2014

The California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s...

Diving into groundwater – what’s left of it

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

May 7, 2014

As the warm temperatures melt California’s meager snowpack, turning rivers into streams and streams into mere trickles, communities and farmers...

The BDCP is affordable for Los Angeles ratepayers, says the City’s Ratepayer Advocate

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

May 6, 2014

The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is affordable to almost all Los Angeles households under a wide array of cost and...

Temporary Urgency Change Petitions approved for State and Federal Water Projects

State Water Board

Water project operations Water quality

May 2, 2014

The Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board has issued an order approving further changes to the license...

Final snow survey comes up dry as 3-year drought retains grip: Snow water content just 18% of normal statewide, but only 7% in Northern Sierras

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

May 1, 2014

From the Department of Water Resources: Today’s final snow survey of the year found more bare ground than snow as...

DWR Groundwater Report, the picture edition

Maven

Groundwater News

May 1, 2014

I was preparing to print out DWR’s groundwater report, but then I realized that out of the 51 pages, most...

Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 4: The state backstop

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

May 1, 2014

On March 24, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the California Environmental Protection...

DWR releases report on groundwater basins with potential shortages, monitoring, gaps

Maven

Groundwater News

April 30, 2014

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released a report on groundwater showing that...

State Water Board moves to expedite use of recycled water

Maven

Water supply augmentation

April 30, 2014

In response to the Governor’s proclamation of a Drought State of Emergency in January of this year, the State Water...

Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 3: Financing mechanisms for groundwater management

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

April 30, 2014

On March 24, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the California Environmental Protection...

Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 2: Tools, authorities and incentives to help local agencies manage groundwater sustainably

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

April 29, 2014

On March 24, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the California Environmental Protection...

Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 1: Sustainable Groundwater Management Panel

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

April 28, 2014

On March 24, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the California Environmental Protection...

Governor Brown issues Executive Order to redouble state drought actions + reactions

Maven

Policy and regulation

April 25, 2014

From the Office of the Governor: “With California’s driest months ahead, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an executive...