NEWS RELEASE: Water Commission presents statewide strategies for protecting communities, fish and wildlife during drought January 17, 2024 107
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: A new, rigorous assessment of OpenET accuracy for supporting satellite-based water management January 17, 2024 535
EOS: Weather and watershed forecasting make for dam smart water use American Geophysical Union News December 13, 2023 67By Nicole Choi, AGU In December 2012, heavy downpours from an atmospheric river—a long atmospheric pathway that transports large amounts...
PRESS RELEASE: New report confirms benefits of FIRO strategy in enhancing water management at Prado Dam Press Release/Notice Reports December 5, 2023 190Press release from the Orange County Water District, Army Corps of Engineers, and Scripps Institute of Oceanography A new report...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Blueprint seeks water reliability for San Joaquin Valley farmers Ag Alert Commentary November 8, 2023 159By Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition, posted at Ag Alert California’s San Joaquin Valley is...
DR. JAY LUND: Why can’t we capture all the water in wet years? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features November 7, 2023 1202Capturing and Managing Large Storms and Wet Winters in California—Prospects and Limitations Capturing water from wet periods for use in...
DAN WALTERS: Another wet winter looms. California needs to get serious about water management Cal Matters Commentary October 29, 2023 582California’s reservoirs are more full than usual thanks to last winter’s heavy rain and snow storms. Scientists believe that the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biologist asks judge to limit California dam’s impact on endangered salmon Courthouse News Service News October 18, 2023 167U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said she could not issue an order recommending operational changes to the Coyote Valley...
NASA: OpenET Launches a New API NASA/JPL News October 4, 2023 135From NASA: On Tuesday, October 3, NASA Ames’ OpenET program launched an application programming interface (API) for its widely-used Data...
THE CONVERSATION: What Arizona and other drought-ridden states can learn from Israel’s pioneering water strategy The Conversation News September 12, 2023 60By Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University; Clive Lipchin, Tel Aviv University, and Sharon B. Megdal, University of Arizona Arizona is...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Water Authority OK’s Suit to Keep Districts from Leaving as They Rush to Pack Voice of San Diego News August 14, 2023 141San Diego County Water Authority sues local boundary refs over letting two of its water buyers go, as those buyers...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: In 2021 people used all the runoff in the Delta watershed—how it happened and lessons learned Robin Meadows Delta scienceScience August 2, 2023 421by Robin Meadows This year is a classic example of the way California’s water system was designed to work. Winter...
NEW REPORT TO LEGISLATURE: Status of 2020 Urban Water Management Plans Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other July 26, 2023 267From the California Natural Resources Agency: At the bottom of this post is the Department of Water Resources (DWR) Report...
THE CONVERSATION: How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world The Conversation News July 25, 2023 236By Riley Post, University of Iowa, The Conversation The arduous task of cleaning up from catastrophic flooding is underway across...
STATELINE: These cities coordinate to save water, a model for parched Western areas Stateline News July 25, 2023 74by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the West are grappling with drought that’s worsening because of...
USBR STORY MAP: Operating Shasta in a New Climate:Moving from crisis management to long-term stability Bureau of Reclamation News News June 28, 2023 166From the Bureau of Reclamation: Shasta Reservoir is the centerpiece of the Central Valley Project – a major infrastructure component...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California water manager ripped over poor climate change planning Courthouse News Service News May 25, 2023 99The state auditor pointed to the California Department of Water Resources’ outdated forecasts that may not account for extremes brought...
