Screening process for potential new Water Storage Investment Program projects At the December 2020 meeting, the California Water Commission approved...
By Christina Souza, Ag Alert Despite pleas from winery owners and their representatives—one of whom described the wine sector as “an industry on the brink”—state water regulators adopted new regulations on wastewater discharge. The State Water Resources Control Board voted...
Data shows 686,000 acre-feet of water was recycled in 2019, far short of the state’s 2020 goal Recognizing the importance of recycled water as a critical water supply for California, the State Water Board in 2009 developed the Recycled Water...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in January 2020, and high and medium priority subbasins will be submitting their GSPs in 2022. At the Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite, a panel provided an update on...
Governor Gavin Newsom today submitted his 2021-22 State Budget proposal to the Legislature totaling $227.2 billion. Here are some of the highlights pulled from the climate change, sustainable agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection chapters. The full budget document...
By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert California Department of Pesticide Regulation scientists say they are shifting their water-quality efforts toward preventing problems rather than to focus on cleaning up materials after they have reached rivers, streams or lakes. In the Central...
