By Madeline Turland, Colin A. Carter, Bulat Gafarov, Jens Hilscher, and Katrina Jessoe California’s agricultural surface water prices exhibit extreme volatility...
Lower San Joaquin River Project strengthens levees to reduce flood risk near Stockton, California By the Army Corps of Engineers Why strengthen a levee when there is no water in sight? Because a levee is not built for a normal...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water A proposal by farmers in the Buena Vista Water Storage District to expand the district board in order to better represent farmers, and which will dilute the voting power of one large grower, was unanimously...
The state has more than 50 badly degraded dams. Fixing them all would cost some $28 billion. Not fixing them could cost more. By Hillel Aron, Courthouse News Service California has 57 dams deemed in poor or unsatisfactory condition, the...
Proposition 1, approved by California voters in 2014, authorized $2.65 billion for public benefits associated with water storage projects, administered...
Years of inaccurate water demand forecasts have exacted a heavy price on the environment and on ratepayers. Records show staff pushed consultants to publish inflated demand projections, even as the agency’s own finance team predicted water sales would stay flat....
From the California Municipal Utilities Association: A new policy paper from CMUA called Understanding Water Affordability in California: A System Cost Perspective examines the key drivers that are increasing water system costs and explains why rate design alone is not...
