LETTER: State Water Contractors write Governor Newsom about Water Board AHO ruling on State Water Project’s water rights

State Water Contractors

Delta Conveyance ProjectWater project operations

March 22, 2025

Letter from the State Water Contractors: Dear Governor Newsom, Chairman Esquivel, and Members of the State Water Board: The State...

LAKE OROVILLE UPDATE: Flood control releases ongoing; Planned water fluctuations at the Oroville-Thermalito Complex; Eagle Lake trout stocking; Current lake operations; and more …

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 22, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: Flood Control Releases from Lake Oroville Ongoing The Department of Water Resources (DWR) continues...

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION PRGM: 2025 Restoration Flow Schedule Update

San Joaquin River Restoration Program

ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 22, 2025

From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: On March 17, Reclamation updated the water allocation for the 2025 water year,...

NOTICE of Proposed Rulemaking – Onsite Treatment and Reuse of Nonpotable Water (SBDDW-22-001)

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 22, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board is accepting written public comments on the...

NOTICE of a Request for a Water Quality Certification for the Potter Valley Project

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 22, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 23, section 3858, the State Water...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Occidental Arts & Ecology Center launches Fuels to Flows project

Conservation organizations & coalitions

ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 22, 2025

From the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center: Building on OAEC’s three decades of land stewardship and watershed restoration work, we...

UC DAVIS: Restored stream supports new wild salmon run

UC Davis

Ecosystems

March 21, 2025

Study confirms salmon of Putah Creek origin for first time By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Almost everywhere in California, salmon...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California water agencies argue for change of current in Kern River legal battle

Courthouse News Service

Water rights and water law

March 21, 2025

State water agencies and environmentalists debated if fish or people should be prioritized when determining water flows of a river...

PRESS RELEASE: Recent storms boost stormwater capture in LA County

Press Release/Notice

Water supply augmentation

March 21, 2025

Region still woefully short of annual rainfall totals. Press release from LA Department of Public Works: A series of late-winter...

STATELINE: Trump wants to log more trees. He’ll need states’ help.

Stateline

Policy and regulation

March 21, 2025

States are increasingly leading projects in national forests. By Alex Brown, Stateline Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a...

NASA Uses Advanced Radar to Track Groundwater in California

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News

March 20, 2025

By Emily DeMarco, NASA Where California’s towering Sierra Nevada surrender to the sprawling San Joaquin Valley, a high-stakes detective story...

SF BAYKEEPER: Coalition demands cancellation of Delta tunnel change petition over DWR’s repeated failure to provide required water use data

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

March 20, 2025

From the San Francisco Baykeeper and other organizations: A coalition of water advocates, Tribes, environmental justice organizations, and fishing organizations...

Webb Tract Update: Updates on wetland and rice conversion projects

Metropolitan Water District

Ecosystems

March 20, 2025

From the Metropolitan Water District: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy hosted the...

EDWARD RING: Ignoring role of bass in salmon decline is negligence

Edward Ring

CommentaryEcosystems

March 20, 2025

By Edward Ring, California Policy Center A March 5 “Perspective” in the Manteca Bulletin highlights a chronically underemphasized problem impacting every...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Wastewater treatment plant operators argue they’re not responsible for border sewage pollution crisis

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulationWater quality

March 20, 2025

Residents of the border city of Imperial Beach claim Veolia failed to stop dumping sewage into the Pacific Ocean and...