PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board postpones SGMA probationary decision for Kern Subbasin

State Water Board

Groundwater News

February 21, 2025

Local agencies have until June to address final deficiencies in plans Citing significant progress in the plans of groundwater sustainability...

PRESS RELEASE: Pilot project returns spring-run chinook salmon to North Yuba River

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

February 21, 2025

From the Department of Fish & Wildlife: Salmon are swimming again in the North Yuba River for the first time...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Trump’s ‘fabricated’ energy emergency threatens wetlands across the US, conservationists claim

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

February 21, 2025

The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue Trump and the Army Corps of Engineers for illegally expediting approval of...

Governor Newsom sends letter to State Water Board in support of the Delta Conveyance Project; Conservation groups respond

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

February 19, 2025

Decades ago, a separate, north-to-south conveyance system was envisioned as part of the original State Water Project. The idea persists...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Weather whiplash is amplifying wildfire risk

Desert Research Institute

HydrologyWildfires and watersheds

February 19, 2025

A new report examines how atmospheric changes contributed to January’s devastating Southern California wildfires By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute...

SJV WATER: A new groundwater agency is formed in the Tule subbasin, its 12th so far

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 19, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water A 12th groundwater agency sprang into being Tuesday after a marathon meeting of the Porterville...

RESTORE THE DELTA: Over 100 organizations join together to urge California state leaders to maintain and defend environmental protections

Restore the Delta

Policy and regulation

February 19, 2025

Press release from Restore the Delta: Restore the Delta joined over 100 organizations in sending an urgent letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob...

PRESS RELEASE: C-WIN Slams Delta Tunnel in SWRCB Hearing

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project

February 19, 2025

Board member Max Gomberg explains why the DCP is antithetical to the public interest Press release from C-WIN In the...

WATER SHELF PODCAST: “Water: A Biography” by Giulio Boccaletti

Justin Scott-Coe

Author PodcastsWATER SHELF

February 17, 2025

Visit the Water Shelf main page Giulio Boccaletti provides a master class on water, politics, and social organization in this...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS responds to state issuance of Incidental Take Permit for the Delta Conveyance Project

State Water Contractors

Water project operations

February 14, 2025

Important recent milestones build momentum Today, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP)...

DWR: Delta Conveyance Project receives Incidental Take Permit: Updated with statements from the Governor, Restore the Delta, and State Water Contractors

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

February 14, 2025

From Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP)...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Even big storms can’t fill LA’s deepest aquifers, study finds

Courthouse News Service

Groundwater News

February 14, 2025

Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic...

NOTICE: Updated Technical Guidance for Water Code Section 1242.1, groundwater recharge

State Water Board

Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulation

February 14, 2025

By the State Water Resources Control Board Water Code section 1242.1 allows parties to divert for groundwater recharge without a water...

STANFORD UNIVERSITY: Los Angeles groundwater remained depleted after 2023 deluge, study finds

Stanford University

Groundwater News

February 14, 2025

Historic rains filled Greater Los Angeles reservoirs and shallow aquifers nearly to capacity in 2023. But drought conditions persisted in...

CAL MATTERS: Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities

Cal Matters

EcosystemsWildfires and watersheds

February 12, 2025

San Gabriel Valley areas scarred by the Eaton Fire are at “high to very high risk” of debris flows this...