From the USGS: In recently published research, a consortium of local, state, and federal agencies including USGS and NOAA introduces the Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information (AQPI) system, which aims to improve prediction and monitoring of precipitation, streamflow, and coastal flooding...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Farmers in the critically overdrafted Tulare Lake Subbasin in the San Joaquin Valley are bracing for escalating costs as state and local agencies assess fees on wells and groundwater pumped. For the first time, the...
Latest Increase Translates to Enough Water for an Additional 1.5 million Households for a Year From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced a further increase in the State Water Project (SWP) water supply...
Farmers spread treated human waste on their crops. It’s full of forever chemicals. By Zoya Teirstein This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency designated two types of...
Stanford economist Paul Milgrom won a Nobel Prize in part for his role in enabling today’s mobile world. Now he’s tackling a different 21st century challenge: water scarcity. By Krysten Crawford, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) The Colorado...
