DAN WALTERS: As California cracks down on groundwater, what will happen to fallowed farmland?

Cal Matters

Agriculture

April 30, 2024

California water regulators are cracking down on the overuse of groundwater by farmers. Enforcement could prompt them to idle thousands...

PRESS RELEASE: Sierra Club Tahoe Area Group and California Sportfishing Protection Alliance announce Lake Tahoe lawsuit victory

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water quality

April 30, 2024

California’s Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board Permit Vacated The Sierra Club Tahoe Area Group and the California Sportfishing Protection...

NOW AVAILABLE: Final Fish & Aquatic Effects Analysis Independent Peer Review for U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta scienceWater project operations

April 30, 2024

From the Delta Science Program: At the request of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Delta Science Program has completed...

EOS: When extreme drought becomes commonplace

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

April 29, 2024

As drought becomes a more regular occurrence, a new study looks at the U.S. Drought Monitor, the nation’s preeminent drought...

WATER DESK: Ten visuals that show how climate change is transforming the West’s snow and water supply

The Water Desk

Climate change

April 27, 2024

By Mitch Tobin, the Water Desk A recent federal synthesis of climate change research paints a grim portrait of snow’s...

SJV WATER: Water contractors disappointed, frustrated by small increases in allocations

SJV Water

Current Conditions

April 27, 2024

By SJV Water Increased water allocations from systems that move water from northern to southern California were met with disappointment...

NASA JPL: NASA-Led Study Provides New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers

NASA/JPL

Planning and management

April 27, 2024

By NASA JPL The novel approach to estimating river water storage and discharge also identifies regions marked by ‘fingerprints’ of...

NOW AVAILABLE: Draft Sacramento River Temperature Plan

State Water Board

Water project operations

April 27, 2024

The Bureau of Reclamation has submitted the draft Sacramento River Temperature Plan to the State Water Board pursuant to Board...

NEW RESOURCES: Water Right and Reporting Requirement Fact Sheets Available from the Water Board

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

April 27, 2024

From the State Water Resources Control Board: New fact sheets describing general information about California water rights and reporting requirements...

NOTICE: Public Comment Period Opens for Six Resubmitted Groundwater Sustainability Plans Given ‘Incomplete’ Determinations in October 2023

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

ANNOUNCEMENTSGroundwater News

April 27, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources: On October 26, 2023, the Department of Water Resources (Department) released six Incomplete determinations...

NOTICE: San Joaquin River Restoration Program to release pulse flow for salmon

San Joaquin River Restoration Program

ANNOUNCEMENTS

April 27, 2024

From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: Starting this evening, the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (Program) will release a...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Sacramento Delta stewards eye climate change protection for levees, habitats

Courthouse News Service

Climate changePlanning and management

April 26, 2024

Stewards of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta say that preparing levees — which protect more than 600,000 residents and about...

PRESS RELEASE: Fishermen, Tribal members, and residents ask California Water Board to support science-based water plan, deny Voluntary Agreements

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

April 26, 2024

Press release from Save California Salmon, the California Indian Water Commission, and the Golden State Salmon Association: A coalition of...

DWR NEWS: Using Genetic Identification to Find Spring-run Salmon and More

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Fish and wildlifeScience

April 26, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources: Balancing the water supply needs of millions of Californians while protecting the environment is...

SJV WATER: Kings County growers nix local groundwater fees as they face state actions aimed at curbing excessive pumping

SJV Water

Groundwater News

April 25, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Hundreds of landowners in the Tulare Lake groundwater subbasin overwhelmingly rejected proposed pumping fees this...