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PRESS RELEASE: Kern County Water Agency board approves additional funding for the Delta Conveyance Project

March 28, 2025

Press release from the Kern County Water Agency: The Kern County Water Agency (Agency) approved funding for the planning and...

USBR: Reclamation further increases Central Valley Project water supply allocations for 2025; Central Valley Project contractors respond water year

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

March 27, 2025

From the Bureau of Reclamation: In support of ongoing efforts to provide maximum water supplies in California, the Bureau of...

DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: Report: Many Socioeconomic Indicators for the Delta See Improvement

Delta Protection Commission

Policy and regulation

March 22, 2025

From the Delta Protection Commission: Unemployment fell. Median income rose. Land in agricultural production increased. These improving socioeconomic indicators for...

SF BAYKEEPER: Coalition demands cancellation of Delta tunnel change petition over DWR’s repeated failure to provide required water use data

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

March 20, 2025

From the San Francisco Baykeeper and other organizations: A coalition of water advocates, Tribes, environmental justice organizations, and fishing organizations...

Webb Tract Update: Updates on wetland and rice conversion projects

Metropolitan Water District

Ecosystems

March 20, 2025

From the Metropolitan Water District: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy hosted the...

CAL MATTERS: ‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: The long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals

Cal Matters

Delta Conveyance Project

March 13, 2025

The governor’s planned $20 billion tunnel to divert more water south and bypass the Delta would bring years of construction...

SJV WATER: Wheeler Ridge board members weigh costs and benefits of Delta tunnel project

SJV Water

Delta Conveyance Project

March 4, 2025

By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water Discussions among Kern County agricultural water districts on whether to continue funding the Delta Conveyance...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Third amended notice of public hearing and procedural ruling

State Water Board

Delta Conveyance Project

March 1, 2025

This ruling addresses the request for supplemental information from DWR, the joint motion for cancellation and related requests, and other...

PRESS RELEASE: Two Delta counties and other Delta agencies sue Delta Stewardship Council

Press Release/Notice

Delta Conveyance Project

February 27, 2025

The petition alleges bias and legal error favoring controversial Delta tunnel project Sacramento County, San Joaquin County, the City of...

CU BOULDER: How young salmon navigate a gauntlet of danger en route to the sea

University of Colorado at Boulder

Fish and wildlife

February 25, 2025

By Yvaine Ye, Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder For young salmon, the journey along the San Joaquin River in Central...

Governor Newsom sends letter to State Water Board in support of the Delta Conveyance Project; Conservation groups respond

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

February 19, 2025

Decades ago, a separate, north-to-south conveyance system was envisioned as part of the original State Water Project. The idea persists...

DWR: Delta Conveyance Project receives Incidental Take Permit: Updated with statements from the Governor, Restore the Delta, and State Water Contractors

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

February 14, 2025

From Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP)...

DELTA ISB: New threat in the Delta: Golden mussels join the ranks of invasive species

Maven

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

February 5, 2025

Plus is there yet another new mussel invader in California? Golden mussels may be small, but their impact on aquatic...

CAL MATTERS: Trump takes step to overhaul Delta water deliveries to farms, cities

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

January 22, 2025

Trump apparently wants to override new Biden-Newsom rules that have widespread support among Southern California cities and some Central Valley...

WATER BLUEPRINT FOR SJV VALLEY: Protecting smelt over people: Delta pumping curtailments hurt California communities

Water Blueprint for the SJ Valley

Policy and regulation Water project operations

January 17, 2025

Press release from the San Joaquin Valley The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley calls on state and federal...