CA WATER COMMISSION: State Water Project drought operations Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations November 17, 2021DWR prepares for another dry year At the September 2021 meeting, John Yarbrough, Assistant Deputy Director of the SWP, briefed...
COMMENTARY: How California ignored lessons of an epic drought Ag Alert AgricultureCommentary September 15, 2021By Justin Fredrickson, environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau The epic California dry spell that even not-so-old drought...
COMMENTARY: It’s time to fulfill the promise: Build Sites Reservoir Ag Alert Commentary August 18, 2021By Jeffrey P. Sutton, general manager of the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority California is in a dire situation. Most of our...
AG ALERT: Delta water cutbacks weigh on farmers Ag Alert AgriculturePolicy and regulation August 11, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Organic farmer Al Courchesne of Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood walks through rows of his...
NOTICE: SPK-2021-00088, Public Notice of Permit Application, Los Vaqueros Reservoir Phase 2 AJD, Contra Costa County, CA Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS July 7, 2021From the US Army Corps of Engineers: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has posted Public Notice SPK-2021-00088...
COMMENTARY: Water: We can go on fighting or we can get to work Ag Alert AgricultureCommentary May 26, 2021By Justin Fredrickson, environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau We’re in a drought again—and a bad one—and that...
CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Investment in Delta tunnel, Sites Reservoir will ensure water supply Cal Matters CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project May 24, 2021Water agencies need to invest in infrastructure and plan for drought to diversify their water supply portfolio and increase reliability....
CA WATER COMMISSION: DSOD’s proposed new dam safety regulations Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 13, 2021The 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 Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation January 28, 2021Screening 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 Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 26, 2020Project unlikely to meet program deadlines, putting $171.3 million in Prop 1 storage funds back on the table [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In...
Surface Storage Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater supply augmentation October 17, 2020Surface storage offers a mixed bag of benefits and impacts. On the one hand, dams can provide water storage, flood...
THIS JUST IN … Public comment period open for critical Shasta Dam proposal to increase water storage for Californians and fish Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations August 6, 2020The Bureau of Reclamation has proposed raising the Shasta Dam and is seeking public input on the Shasta Lake Water...
LETTER sent to Congressional subcommittee requesting funding for California water storage projects under the WIIN Act Maven Policy and regulation June 24, 2020Funding requested for Shasta Dam enlargement, Friant-Kern Canal, Delta Mendota Canal, and others On Monday, Interior Assistant Secretary for Water...
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS for Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion project Guest Contributor Policy and regulation February 28, 2020Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion project would increase storage capacity by more than 100K acre-feet, add new conveyance facilities From the...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Water Storage Investment Program Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation February 5, 2020WSIP Program Manager Amy Young updates commissioners on project schedule, progress on the projects, and how the projects will be...
