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PRESS RELEASE: Drinking water for nearly 1.1 million people could have been captured during recent storm if Sites Reservoir were operational today

January 5, 2026

Press release from the Sites Project Authority The Sites Project Authority announced that during the recent atmospheric river events, Sites...

NEVADA CURRENT: Tribes stake their claim on the Colorado River, and help conserve it

Nevada Current

Colorado River

January 5, 2026

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve...

THE CONVERSATION: West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America’s aging flood defenses

The Conversation

Planning and management

January 5, 2026

By Farshid Vahedifard, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept...

THE CONVERSATION: The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference

The Conversation

Water quality

January 5, 2026

By: James Salzman, University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Los Angeles Growing up in the 1970s, I took...

OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT: 2025-2030 Nonpoint Source Program Implementation Plan

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

January 5, 2026

From the State Water Resources Control Board: A Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment on the Draft 2025-2030 Nonpoint Source...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec 21-Jan 2: Rain, snow on repeat; Court upholds bar on revenue bonds for Delta tunnel; December storms deliver much-needed snowpack and water supply; Feds intervene in Eel River dam removal; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

January 2, 2026

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Rain, snow on repeat; Appellate court upholds bar on revenue bonds for Delta Program; Using science to protect fish and water supply; Satellites show dozens of U.S. dams are sinking; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

January 2, 2026

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

NOAA FISHERIES: Conflicting ocean indicators suggest moderate returns of Pacific salmon

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

January 2, 2026

Ocean data in 2025 points to roughly average conditions. By NOAA Fisheries Juvenile salmon encountered a mixed bag of ocean...

PRESS RELEASE: Siding with counties and other opponents, Court Of Appeal affirms decision rejecting DWR’s unlawful attempt to validate bond financing for Delta Tunnel Project

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

January 2, 2026

On December 31, 2025, the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District affirmed a trial court decision against the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California appellate court upholds bar on revenue bonds for Delta Program

Courthouse News Service

Delta Conveyance Project

December 31, 2025

The panel agreed with a trial judge that Water Resources hadn’t met its burden to show the controversial project qualifies...

DWR: Cloudy water, clear decision: Using science to protect fish and water supply

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water project operations

December 31, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: When the first major storms of the season arrive in California, they bring more...

LEGAL ALERT: Court of Appeal Affirms Trial Court’s Rejection of Financing Scheme for Delta Conveyance Project

Guest Contributor

Delta Conveyance Project

December 31, 2025

From Somach Simmons & Dunn: “On December 31, 2025, the Third District Court of Appeal issued an opinion rejecting the...

SJV WATER: State continues to ghost Kings County water managers blaming lawsuit

SJV Water

Groundwater News

December 31, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Even as the state has given Kings County farmers a deadline to begin reporting groundwater...

SJV WATER: Nation’s highest court declines to hear water rights case stemming from decade-old drought

SJV Water

Water rights and water law

December 31, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The United States Supreme Court officially declined to hear a case alleging the federal government...

USGS: Duckling survival is higher if nests are closer to wetland habitats flooded during the summer

USGS

Fish and wildlife

December 31, 2025

By Western Ecological Research Center (WERC), USGS California’s breeding populations of dabbling ducks have declined and the factors contributing to...