NASA/JPL: NASA measures underground water flowing from Sierra to Central Valley

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News

January 23, 2023

This source accounts for about 10% of all the water that enters this highly productive farmland, including rivers and rain....

USBR NEWS: Making the Friant-Kern Canal Whole Again

Bureau of Reclamation News

Planning and management

January 23, 2023

Project Aims to Restore the Venerable Asset’s Ability to Convey Water By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation When a key...

NEVADA CURRENT: More snow in the mountains may not lead to more water, study finds

Nevada Current

Hydrology

January 23, 2023

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Mountains in the southwestern U.S. are welcoming record-breaking snowpacks this year, but new research shows...

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Unlocking ‘nature’s storm drains’ to harness floods and combat California’s drought

Courthouse News Service

Groundwater News

January 21, 2023

What if valleys — carved by glaciers during the last ice age and filled over millennia with highly permeable sand...

PNNL: Wettest winter storms in the western U.S. growing wetter

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Climate change

January 19, 2023

As Western U.S. winter storms grow wetter and change shape, threats to infrastructure like roads and bridges grow in tandem...

DWR NEWS: Groundwater Recharge – Capturing Water from Storms to Replenish Stressed Groundwater Basins

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

January 18, 2023

By DWR News The wet winter storms in January 2023 have brought a lot of water that has the potential...

NOAA FISHERIES: Hemphill Dam Removal Puts California Salmon in Hot Pursuit of Cold Water

NOAA Fisheries

EcosystemsScience

January 17, 2023

Collaborative efforts reopen six additional miles of habitat to migrating and resident fish. By NOAA Fisheries California salmon are now...

CAL MATTERS: Growers brace to give up some Colorado River water

Cal Matters

AgricultureColorado River

January 17, 2023

The Colorado River’s water transformed the Imperial Valley desert into one of California’s most productive farm regions. But now growers...

COMMENTARY: How California can prepare for future floods before a megastorm hits

Cal Matters

Commentary

January 17, 2023

By Gerald Meral, director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute Californians have suddenly turned their attention...

NREL: New model could help break through inefficiencies of common water treatment systems

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Water supply augmentation

January 17, 2023

By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory In April 2022, a team of engineers hiked into California’s Sierra Nevada mountains...

RESERVOIR/SNOW CONDITIONS: What do reservoir levels and the snowpack look like now?

Maven

Current Conditions

January 17, 2023

Here’s a look at reservoir conditions as of this morning …...

DWR NEWS: California’s Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations Are Key to Managing Floods and Water Supplies

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Water project operations

January 16, 2023

By DWR News As California experiences more extreme swings between wet and dry periods, it is critical for the State...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Amid Onslaught of Storms, State Must Get Serious About More Pumping, Water Storage

Dave Puglia

AgricultureCommentaryPolicy and regulation

January 15, 2023

By Dave Puglia, President & CEO, Western Growers California has once again been caught flat-footed in the aftermath of another...

California Environmental Flows Framework: The Ways Good Science Gets Watered Down

Maven

Delta science

January 14, 2023

By Paul Stanton Kibel In the field of natural resources policy, there is a longstanding tendency for good science to...

STATE WATER BOARD: Board issues first five-year temporary groundwater recharge permit

State Water Board

Groundwater News

January 13, 2023

Streamlined permitting helps capture stormwater in Sacramento, Merced counties Press release from the State Water Resources Control Board: Furthering state...