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NEW REPORT: California water leaders release recommendations for strengthening Proposition 4 implementation

March 20, 2026

Press release from the California Water Data Consortium: The California Water Data Consortium released Strengthening California’s Climate Bond Outcomes with...

DVIDS: Salton Sea feasibility study progress takes center stage during ‘Tier 1’ meeting

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Ecosystems

March 12, 2026

By Stephen Baack, DVIDS Senior leaders and project delivery team members with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers joined key...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Recharge the valley: Why California’s water future depends on groundwater

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Commentary Groundwater News

February 19, 2026

By Jim Mayer and Michael Saunders By any honest measure, California is living in water extremes. Long droughts empty reservoirs,...

PRESS RELEASE: Interior Department moves forward on guidelines for Colorado River absent full state consensus

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Colorado River

February 14, 2026

From the Department of the Interior: The Department of the Interior is moving forward with the Post-2026 NEPA process to...

UC SAN DIEGO: Plastic pollution promotes hazardous water conditions, new study finds

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Water quality

January 31, 2026

Tests in aquatic ecosystem ponds revealed that bio-based plastics have a substantially smaller environmental footprint By Mario Aguilera, UC San...

PENN STATE: Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find

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Planning and management

January 26, 2026

A new computational model reveals that prescriptive water conservation in three US cities would be less effective under severe climate...

UTA research helps Los Angeles understand hidden water impacts long after fires end

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Wildfires and watersheds

January 26, 2026

Why California turned to University of Texas at Arlington after devastating wildfires By Brian Lopez, University of Texas at Arlington...

CSULB: Researchers trace climate threat rising beneath California

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Groundwater News

January 22, 2026

By Wendy Thomas Russell, Cal State University Long Beach Sea-level rise is easy to picture: flooded roads, eroding bluffs, shrinking...

COMMENTARY: We banked on collaboration—and it’s paying off

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Groundwater News

January 22, 2026

By Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority In the late 1990s, Sacramento-area water providers worked together to...

UNIV. OF TEXAS: El Niño and La Niña make water extremes move in sync

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Hydrology

January 16, 2026

Press release from the University of Texas at Austin: Water extremes such as droughts and floods have a huge impact...

COLORADO NEWSLINE: Need for long-term solutions to Colorado River crisis has never been more urgent

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Colorado River

January 9, 2026

As business leaders, we represent hundreds of companies and thousands of jobs that rely on stable management of this crucial...

GAO REPORT: Freshwater supply: Interior should continue to identify improvements to the large-scale water recycling program

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Water supply augmentation

January 8, 2026

From the Governmental Accountability Office: Water recycling treats wastewater so it can be used for drinking water, farming, housing, and...

BLM: Nine years of partnership pays off: Fitzhugh Creek Meadow restoration achieves dramatic results

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Ecosystems

January 6, 2026

By Jennifer Mueller, Natural Resource Specialist The BLM Applegate Field Office is celebrating a remarkable transformation at Fitzhugh Creek Meadow,...