water storage

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Conservation Groups Unite in Opposition To Sites Reservoir, Formally Protest Water Right

September 1, 2023 355

Friends of the River (FOR) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), two of California’s oldest and most respected water...

PRESS RELEASE: Scientific Report: Yearly Greenhouse Gas Pollution From Proposed Sites Dam and Reservoir Project Would Equal 80,000 Gas-Powered Cars

Press Release/Notice

Press Release/Other

August 24, 2023 216

New Patagonia & Friends of the River Study Estimates the Proposed Dam’s Annual Emissions Press release from Friends of the...

PRESS RELEASE: Biden-Harris Administration Invests $50 Million in California Water Storage Projects

Bureau of Reclamation News

Press Release/Other

July 27, 2023 380

Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project, Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion, and Sites Reservoir Project to receive funding From the...

NOTICE: Posting of Additional Information for Water Right Permit Application A025517X01 of Sites Project Authority – Colusa, Glenn, and Tehama Counties

Press Release/Notice

Other Announcements

June 20, 2023 49

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Please be advised that Sites Project Authority submitted additional information in support of...

UNDARK: Will California Get Enough Rain to Fill Its Pricey New Reservoir?

Undark

News and Features

April 17, 2023

The $4 billion project is designed to draw water from the Sacramento River — but only during major storm surges....

CA WATER COMMISSION: Water Storage Investment Program project update

Maven

Meetings and Events

March 29, 2023 640

In 2014, voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which provided $2.6 billion to be...

CAL MATTERS: This reservoir on the Sacramento River has been planned for decades. What’s taking so long?

Cal Matters

News and Features

February 27, 2023 37

By Alistair Bland, Cal Matters Last century, California built dozens of large dams, creating the elaborate reservoir system that supplies...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Amid Onslaught of Storms, State Must Get Serious About More Pumping, Water Storage

Dave Puglia

Guest contributors

January 15, 2023 22

By Dave Puglia, President & CEO, Western Growers California has once again been caught flat-footed in the aftermath of another...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Hydrologist Robert Shibatani

Maven

5 Questions

July 5, 2022 256

Robert Shibatani is a hydrologist with 38 years of collective experience in physical hydrology, watershed resource management, and operational water...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Dam fight pits city water against fish habitat

Courthouse News Service

News and Features

April 4, 2022 23

Operators of a dam on California’s Central Coast told a Ninth Circuit panel it has no authority to release water...

CA WATER COMMISSION: DSOD’s proposed new dam safety regulations

Maven

Meetings and Events

May 13, 2021 628

The Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), housed within the Department of Water Resources, regulates over 1,240 dams to prevent...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Screening process for eligible water storage projects; Commission continues conveyance conversation

Maven

Meetings and Events

January 28, 2021 178

Screening process for potential new Water Storage Investment Program projects At the December 2020 meeting, the California Water Commission approved...

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Temperance Flat Reservoir Project Status Update

Maven

Meetings and Events

October 26, 2020 740

Project unlikely to meet program deadlines, putting $171.3 million in Prop 1 storage funds back on the table [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In...

LETTER sent to Congressional subcommittee requesting funding for California water storage projects under the WIIN Act

Maven

Press Release/Other

June 24, 2020 355

Funding requested for Shasta Dam enlargement, Friant-Kern Canal, Delta Mendota Canal, and others On Monday, Interior Assistant Secretary for Water...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Water Storage Investment Program

Maven

Meetings and Events

February 5, 2020 620

WSIP Program Manager Amy Young updates commissioners on project schedule, progress on the projects, and how the projects will be...

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Conservation Groups Unite in Opposition To Sites Reservoir, Formally Protest Water Right

PRESS RELEASE: Scientific Report: Yearly Greenhouse Gas Pollution From Proposed Sites Dam and Reservoir Project Would Equal 80,000 Gas-Powered Cars

PRESS RELEASE: Biden-Harris Administration Invests $50 Million in California Water Storage Projects

NOTICE: Posting of Additional Information for Water Right Permit Application A025517X01 of Sites Project Authority – Colusa, Glenn, and Tehama Counties

UNDARK: Will California Get Enough Rain to Fill Its Pricey New Reservoir?

CA WATER COMMISSION: Water Storage Investment Program project update

CAL MATTERS: This reservoir on the Sacramento River has been planned for decades. What’s taking so long?

GUEST COMMENTARY: Amid Onslaught of Storms, State Must Get Serious About More Pumping, Water Storage

FIVE QUESTIONS: Hydrologist Robert Shibatani

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Dam fight pits city water against fish habitat

CA WATER COMMISSION: DSOD’s proposed new dam safety regulations

CA WATER COMMISSION: Screening process for eligible water storage projects; Commission continues conveyance conversation

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Temperance Flat Reservoir Project Status Update

LETTER sent to Congressional subcommittee requesting funding for California water storage projects under the WIIN Act

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Water Storage Investment Program

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DFW NEWS: Invasive New Zealand Mudsnails Discovered In Lake Tahoe

NASA Tech Lets Scientists See Snow-Water Through the Trees

PRESS RELEASE: DWR releases California Water Plan 2023 for public comment

STATELINE: Feds’ cash stream supports Colorado River conservation — but the money will dry up

AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Anti-farming agenda blocks vineyard in Napa Valley

DAILY DIGEST, 9/25: Water rights vs. fish goes to court today; Is groundwater trading the future of California water?; First atmospheric river of season to arrive today; Tracking sediment during the Klamath Dam removal; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Sept 17-22: First atmospheric river of the season in the forecast; El Niño getting stronger, odds tilting toward another wet winter; Will a pending water rights bill be a game changer?; and more …