The Golden State has a long history of cataclysmic floods. By Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections California’s climate-change-and-El Niño-intensified extreme...
Report identifies likely points of failure for California highways and other infrastructure from El Niño flooding By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Driving across Highway 37 in the San Francisco Bay Area on the best of days already feels like driving...
Report prepared by the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Protection Commission, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) is essential to California’s water, agricultural, ecological, and cultural systems. It supplies a portion of the water used by...
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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Groundwater basins can serve as large underground reservoirs, storing water during wet periods for use in drought years. When water rights and environmental requirements are met, excess flood flows can be directed underground to replenish aquifers, reduce flood risk...
State Water Contractors are reviewing update to ensure plan resolves outstanding issues From the State Water Contractors: On Friday, October 16, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) released an updated draft of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, a...
