An archive of articles addressing water management, ecosystem planning, climate resilience, and other solutions for managing natural resources.
Karla Nemeth from the Natural Resources Agency and Ellen Hanak from the PPIC discuss the state’s response to the drought:...
The State Water Resources Control Board has posted the revised draft emergency regulations to achieve 25% conservation, along with a...
From the Office of the Governor: Governor Brown, meeting with mayors from across the state, today announced he will propose legislation to help local officials better enforce conservation requirements and will direct state agencies to streamline environmental review of local...
From the State Water Resources Board: The State Water Resources Control Board’s Deputy Director for Water Rights today approved a...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: “With California’s extreme drought resulting in insufficient water to serve all water-right holders,...
Update to commission includes background, an overview of existing groundwater basins, and summary of boundary issues; Public listening sessions to start next week In September of 2014, Governor Brown signed a package of three bills which has come to be...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has completed the Groundwater Update to the California...
DWR’s David Gutierrez and the State Water Board’s Michael Lauffer discuss the carrot and stick role of the state in...
From the Metropolitan Water District: The governing board of Southern California’s primary water agency today supported Gov. Jerry Brown’s edict for mandatory conservation by voting to restrict wholesale deliveries to its 26 member public agencies to help save water and...
California’s new historic groundwater legislation, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires local agencies and stakeholders to come together to from...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: “With April snow measured at its lowest level on record, the State Water...
The Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board has issued an order modifying Bay Delta standards for the state and federal water projects. The order is quite lengthy and addresses issues on the Stanislaus River and New Melones...
Tim O’Halloran discusses the challenges of implementing the new groundwater legislation on the local level The provisions of the Sustainable...
This afternoon, agency officials held a media call to discuss their roles in addressing the drought as laid out in...
From the Office of the Governor: Following the lowest snowpack ever recorded and with no end to the drought in sight, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced actions that will save water, increase enforcement to prevent wasteful water use,...
