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...
PRESS RELEASE: Sites Reservoir Reaches Milestone in Environmental Review Process Sites Project Authority Policy and regulation November 17, 2023Press 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 Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulation November 17, 2023Press release from Friends of the River, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the Sierra Club On November 17, members of...
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...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California governor taps new law to streamline Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation November 6, 2023The Sites Reservoir Project is slated to hold up to 1.5 million acre-feet of water, enough for 3 million households...
THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom Streamlines Sites Reservoir Project Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Policy and regulation November 6, 2023Press release from the Office of the Governor: Today, Governor Gavin Newsom took action to accelerate the Sites Reservoir project, utilizing...
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...
WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Update on the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 25, 2023In 2014, voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which allocated $2.6 billion for the...
PRESS RELEASE: Coalition urges the Newsom administration to reject the Sites Project Authority’s rushed application for regulatory streamlining Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulation October 25, 2023Today, Friends of the River, Defenders of Wildlife, and a coalition of conservation organizations submitted a letter to the Governor’s...
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...