PRESS RELEASE: Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California Water Coalition submit urgent request to Governor Newsom and Interior Secretary Haaland to suspend action reducing water supplies for 2024 Water Blueprint for the SJ Valley Water project operations August 26, 2024Press release from the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley and the Southern California Water Coalition: The Water Blueprint...
C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: Bureau of Reclamation analysis shows some benefits of restoring California’s rivers but opts for status quo on groundwater CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN) Water project operations August 7, 2024Draft EIS on the Central Valley Project sidesteps state law regulating groundwater pumping and omits water conservation potential A recently...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California must improve plans to address climate change impacts, state officials say Courthouse News Service Climate change August 1, 2024Experts report that without further adaptation to prepare for worsening climate change impacts, California will see significant losses of available...
DWR: New report estimates potential water losses due to climate crisis, actions to boost supplies Department of Water Resources (DWR) Climate changeReportsWater project operations July 31, 2024State Water Project Report Shows How Water Managers are Preparing for Drought, Extreme Weather, and Future Water Supply Conditions Amidst...
EDWARD RING: Logging can protect forests, increase water supplies Ag Alert CommentaryWildfires and watersheds July 11, 2024By Edward Ring, Ag Alert Practical solutions to California’s energy and water shortages will always have a better chance of...
EOS: Water scarcity likely to increase in the coming decades American Geophysical Union Climate changeScience July 2, 2024Hydrological modeling suggests that by 2100 more than 65% of the world’s population might, at least sporadically, lack access to...
REPORT SUMMARY: The Magnitude of California’s Water Challenges Maven Best of the NotebookClimate changeReports June 27, 2024California is on the brink of a water crisis, with projections showing a potential decrease in water availability by 4.6...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Western agricultural communities need water conservation strategies to adapt to future shortages Desert Research Institute Agriculture June 13, 2024Relying on water storage won’t be enough to make up for declines in future water availability under a changing climate,...
STANFORD NEWS: ‘Grey infrastructure’ can’t meet future water storage needs Stanford University Water project operations May 29, 2024A new study maps how energy and food systems depend on stored water to generate hydropower and feed irrigation. Dams...
WATER DESK: Ten visuals that show how climate change is transforming the West’s snow and water supply The Water Desk Climate change April 27, 2024By Mitch Tobin, the Water Desk A recent federal synthesis of climate change research paints a grim portrait of snow’s...
AG ALERT: Despite wet year, fish protections limit allocations Ag Alert Water project operations April 3, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert State and federal water providers have increased promised allocations after accounting for recent storms that...
DWR NEWS: State Water Project takes action to protect native fish species Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations March 21, 2024From the Department of Water Resources: Spring is an important time for water project operators to fill reservoirs ahead of...
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: For Sale: Water Authority’s de-salted ocean water Voice of San Diego Water supply augmentation February 23, 2024A small Orange County water district is potentially interested in purchasing some water from San Diego’s desalination plant to keep...
THIS JUST IN … Reclamation announces initial 2024 water supply allocations for Central Valley Project contractors Bureau of Reclamation News Current Conditions February 21, 2024Irrigation contractors north of Delta allocated 75%; Irrigation contractors south of Delta allocated 15% From the Bureau of Reclamation: Today,...
THE CONVERSATION: What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these flood-prone storms and how they’re changing The Conversation Hydrology January 30, 2024Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego A series of atmospheric rivers is bringing the threat of heavy downpours, flooding,...
