Water storage Archives ~ Page 5 of 10 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

June 7, 2023

By NASA/JPL Early data shows the greatest net gain of water over the winter in nearly 22 years, but the...

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

Undark

Water project operations

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

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

March 29, 2023

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

Water project operations

February 27, 2023

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

Agriculture Commentary Policy and regulation

January 15, 2023

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

STATELINE: Planning for Dry Times: The West Considers More Reservoirs and Aquifers

Stateline

Planning and management

December 16, 2022

by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the West are grappling with drought that’s worsening because of...

COMMENTARY: These projects can solve water crisis, protect farms

Edward Ring

Commentary Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

December 14, 2022

By Edward Ring Despite seasonal rainfall at normal levels so far this year, the California Department of Water Resources on...

USBR: Fortifying B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir against the power of an earthquake

Bureau of Reclamation News

Water project operations

November 8, 2022

Earthquakes are a fact of life in California, and at the B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir work is...

CAL MATTERS EXPLAINER: How can California boost its water supply?

Cal Matters

Planning and management Water supply augmentation

November 7, 2022

By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Over and over again, drought launches California into a familiar scramble to provide enough water....

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: The Road to Final Funding

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

July 27, 2022

The first of seven projects could see final funding awarded by the end of the year; other projects not until...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Hydrologist Robert Shibatani

Maven

Climate change Notebook News and Features

July 5, 2022

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