DWR NEWS: Climate readiness – Using advanced lasers and sonar to determine if Lake Oroville has lost capacity Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News June 27, 2024 241For the Department of Water Resources: With California experiencing extreme swings between severe drought to torrential rain, the Department of...
NOTICE: State Board AHO releases procedural ruling and amended notice of public hearing for Sites Reservoir water right application State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS June 7, 2024 47On March 1, 2024, the State Water Resources Control Board’s Administrative Hearings Office (AHO) issued a Notice of Public Hearing...
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation groups undaunted by court ruling: Sites Reservoir is a bad deal for rivers, for fish, and for California Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other June 6, 2024 852Court gives Sites Reservoir green light to degrade the environment Press release from Friends of the River: This week, a...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California governor welcomes judicial ruling in Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service News June 4, 2024 1140Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday noted that judges must rule on certain CEQA challenges within 270 days under a streamlining...
PRESS RELEASE: Real-time conditions show Sites Reservoir would be 100% full at close of 23-24 wet season Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other May 30, 2024 192Sites would be completely filled to 1.5 million acre-feet of water over the past 2 years if it was operational...
SJV WATER: New Kern County groundwater bank gets underway with another shot of public funding SJV Water News April 4, 2024 174By Lois Henry, SJV Water The $171 million Kern Fan Groundwater Storage project – with a unique “eco-twist” – received...
BOOK REVIEW: Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing Climate Justin Scott-Coe Book Reviews March 3, 2024 116Visit the Water Shelf main page In Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing Climate (Yale University Press, 2023),...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Water Storage Investment Program Projects Maven Meetings and Events February 29, 2024 284Proposition 1 of 2014 dedicated $2.7 billion for investments in water storage projects, which the California Water Commission administers through...
PRESS RELEASE: New Analysis Finds Sites Reservoir Would Be 80 Percent Full After Recent Storms If It Were Operational Today Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 17, 2024 2412023 and 2024 storms combined would have yielded 1.2 million acre-feet of water From the Sites JPA The Sites Project...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Conservation groups sue over Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service News December 21, 2023 301By Adam Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A legal challenge was filed Wednesday in Yolo County Superior Court over one of...
PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit: Sites Reservoir Proposal Threatens River, Climate, Fish Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other December 20, 2023 2221From the Center for Biological Diversity: Conservation and environmental justice groups filed a legal challenge today to the largest reservoir...
SITES RESERVOIR: Notice of assignment to the Administrative Hearings Office Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS December 6, 2023 63From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board’s Executive Director has assigned to the Administrative...
PRESS RELEASE: Sites Reservoir Reaches Milestone in Environmental Review Process Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 120Press release from the Sites JPA The Sites Project Authority, as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act,...
PRESS RELEASE: Friends of the River, Sierra Club, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Condemn Today’s Hastened Approval of Sites Reservoir’s Environmental Impact Report Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 920Press release from Friends of the River, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the Sierra Club On November 17, members of...
AG ALERT: Sites Reservoir on fast track for final legal green light Ag Alert News November 15, 2023 153By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert After decades of discussions and delays, a major new reservoir in Northern California is close...