PRESS RELEASE: New Analysis Finds Sites Reservoir Would Be 80 Percent Full After Recent Storms If It Were Operational Today Sites Project Authority Water project operations February 17, 20242023 and 2024 storms combined would have yielded 1.2 million acre-feet of water From the Sites JPA The Sites Project...
WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PGM: Commissioners discuss what to do if a project is not progressing Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management February 1, 2024At the January meeting of the California Water Commission, commissioners discussed what discretion the Commission has if a project selected...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Conservation groups sue over Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law December 21, 2023By 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 Center for Biological Diversity Water rights and water law December 20, 2023From 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, 2023From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board’s Executive Director has assigned to the Administrative...
SJV WATER: Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District directors frustrated by state’s “miscalculation” of carry over water SJV Water Water project operations November 16, 2023By Lois Henry, SJV Water Districts that contract for State Water Project water are only allowed to hold a certain...
AG ALERT: Sites Reservoir on fast track for final legal green light Ag Alert Policy and regulation November 15, 2023By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert After decades of discussions and delays, a major new reservoir in Northern California is close...
DR. JAY LUND: Why can’t we capture all the water in wet years? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management November 7, 2023Capturing and Managing Large Storms and Wet Winters in California—Prospects and Limitations Capturing water from wet periods for use in...
THIS JUST IN … Reclamation and Sites Project Authority finalize plans to create new water storage in Northern California Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations November 2, 2023Sites Reservoir would increase California’s existing water supply by providing 1.5 million acre-feet of additional storage capacity to the state...
DAN WALTERS: Another wet winter looms. California needs to get serious about water management Cal Matters CommentaryPolicy and regulation October 29, 2023California’s reservoirs are more full than usual thanks to last winter’s heavy rain and snow storms. Scientists believe that the...
SJV WATER: One Central Valley dam project gets nearly $95 million in funding; two others still in proposal phase SJV Water Planning and management October 21, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Three dam expansion projects could increase water storage for use in the Central Valley by...
NEWS RELEASE: Biden-Harris Administration and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority Approve Plan for B.F. Sisk Dam Project, Advancing Water Supply Reliability and Public Safety in California’s Central Valley US Department of the Interior Water project operations October 20, 2023As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, investments in B.F. Sisk Dam expansion represent first approval of a...
NOTICE: Sites Reservoir requests certification as an infrastructure project under SB 149 Sites Project Authority Policy and regulation October 11, 2023From the Office of Planning and Research: Sites Reservoir has requested certification as an infrastructure project under SB 149 SB...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As the Colorado River Declines, Some Upstream Look to Use it Before They Lose it Inside Climate News Colorado River September 11, 2023As states negotiate future water cuts, some officials are looking to build new dams and reservoirs in the Upper Basin...
PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Conservation Groups Unite in Opposition To Sites Reservoir, Formally Protest Water Right Conservation organizations & coalitions CommentaryWater rights and water law September 1, 2023Friends of the River (FOR) and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), two of California’s oldest and most respected water...
