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KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: Two perspectives on the State Water Board report, Recommendations for an Effective Water Rights Response to Climate Change

Best of the Notebook Climate change Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

June 2, 2021

State Water Board’s Erik Ekdahl discusses the climate change report; Attorney Valerie Kincaid explains why existing water right holders are...

CAL MATTERS: Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for the drought?

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

May 30, 2021

With most of the state gripped by extreme dryness, some conditions are better, some worse, than the last record-breaking drought....

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Drought Spurs Worry, Opportunities for Water Solutions in California

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

May 27, 2021

Water experts believe efficiency measures and technological innovation will help California meet the needs of its 40 million thirsty residents...

COMMENTARY: Water: We can go on fighting or we can get to work

Ag Alert

Agriculture Commentary

May 26, 2021

By Justin Fredrickson, environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau We’re in a drought again—and a bad one—and that...

AG ALERT: Water shortages hit North Coast farms

Ag Alert

Agriculture

May 26, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Describing the situation as “bleak,” farmers in Mendocino and Sonoma counties, who rely on water...

THIS JUST IN … Extremely dry conditions prompt restrictions for some water right holders on the Russian River

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

May 26, 2021

Low flows are a threat to drinking water supplies, endangered fish From the State Water Board: With drought conditions resulting...

NOTICE: of Sonoma County Water Agency Petitions for Temporary Urgency Change in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

May 20, 2021

From the State Water Board: Sonoma County Water Agency has filed petitions for temporary urgency change for water right Permits 12947A, 12949, 12950,...

AG ALERT: Irrigation districts look to transfers as water dwindles

Ag Alert

Water supply augmentation

May 19, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With very little water to spare this drought year, water districts struggling with limited or...

AG ALERT: Farmers grapple with implications of water cuts

Ag Alert

Agriculture

May 12, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert In water-stressed farming areas of California, farmers removed productive trees and idled other land to...

THIS JUST IN … Reclamation updates Central Valley Project 2021 water supply; Hold placed on North-of-Delta Agriculture Service Contractors due to worsening drought conditions

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

May 5, 2021

Hold placed on North-of-Delta Agriculture Service Contractors due to worsening drought conditions Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced an update...