OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT: Draft Reclamation 2025 Annual Work Plan for the Lower San Joaquin River State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS June 7, 2024Notice from the State Water Board: The United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) has posted the Fiscal Year 2025 draft...
AG ALERT: Court green lights state’s flows plan, rejects all claims Ag Alert Agriculture March 27, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A state plan that requires affected water users to leave unimpaired flows of 30% to...
NOTICE of consideration of a proposed resolution to reapprove the final initial biological goals for Lower San Joaquin River Flow Objectives Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS January 26, 2024From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board will consider a proposed resolution to reapprove...
AG ALERT: State flows plan advances in, out of court Ag Alert Policy and regulation September 12, 2023By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Central Valley water districts subject to a state plan that diverts flows from...
BAY DELTA PLAN: State Water Board adopts initial biological goals for the Lower San Joaquin River Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation September 12, 2023The biological goals will inform adaptive implementation methods for flows, evaluate the effectiveness of implementing the Lower San Joaquin River...
NOTICE of Availability of Draft Final Initial Biological Goals for Lower San Joaquin River Flow Objectives and Consideration of Approval by the Board State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS August 9, 2023From the State Water Resources Control Board: This message is to advise interested parties that the State Water Resources Control...
NOTICE: Status of Water Quality Objectives for Salinity in the Lower San Joaquin River State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS June 30, 2023From the State Water Resources Control Board: Based upon measured and forecasted conditions during water year 2023, it is expected...
ACWA CONFERENCE: Voluntary Agreements Update Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 29, 2022At a December 2018 meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, the Board was considering one of the highest-profile,...
DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD: An update on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality March 23, 2022State Water Board staff provide an overview of the Bay Delta Plan and the progress to date At the March...
STATE WATER BOARD: Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan update: Completed and implemented by 2023? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality December 15, 2021Board staff give an update on the progress on the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, including an potential timeline...
DAN WALTERS: Farmers lose two skirmishes in California water war Cal Matters CommentaryPolicy and regulation October 31, 2021Environmentalists and their allies have scored two wins over agricultural interests in the decades-long conflict over how much water can...
THIS JUST IN … ACWA, California Farm Water Coalition say State Water Board’s San Joaquin River flow proposal is the wrong approach Maven Policy and regulation March 17, 2017The organizations advocate a ‘functional flows’ approach Today was the deadline for comments to be submitted to the State Water...
CAL MATTERS: To save SF Bay and its dying Delta, state aims to re-plumb California Cal Matters Policy and regulation November 26, 2016By Julie Cart, Cal Matters The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco...