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Water supply augmentation

June 4, 2026

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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Trump official shares vision of desal plants lining California coast

Voice of San Diego

June 4, 2026

Top federal Colorado River negotiator says desal off California’s coast should be part of the drought solution. By MacKenzie Elmer,...

SJV WATER: Solar power for state’s biggest water project come with hefty price tag – for users

SJV Water

Water project operations

June 4, 2026

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Water contractors can expect to pay between 1% to 3% more for the energy it...

ILRP: Agenda released for Second Ag Expert Panel’s June 5 final plenary meeting; Central Coast revised ag order open for comments

Jane Sooby

Water quality

June 4, 2026

By Jane Sooby After convening for two additional working group meetings in May to respond to public comments, the Second...

NEVADA CURRENT: Nevada signs water sharing agreement with Arizona, California

Nevada Current

Bureau of Reclamation News

June 4, 2026

by Jeniffer Solis Lake Mead could soon benefit from the nation’s largest desalination plant thanks to an agreement that would...

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: Reclamation advances effort to expand water supply tools for challenged Colorado River Basin

June 4, 2026

Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: A new pathway for moving water where it’s needed most in the Colorado...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/3: Toxic algal blooms are getting worse in the Delta; Butte County Supe criticizes DWR’s response on Oroville Dam; San Joaquin Valley water resilience summit – from reports to results; Biden’s clean drinking water plan is being rebranded as MAHA; and more …

June 3, 2026

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INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Colorado River faces ‘devastating consequences’ if another dry winter lands, experts warn

Inside Climate News

June 3, 2026

Even a huge snowpack during the coming winter would only give the river basin states less than two years of...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/2: Trump administration doubles down on effort to stop Eel River dam removal; How a deep-ocean desalination startup hopes to rewrite California’s water future; DWR’s vision for the valley points to less irrigated farmland; Snow drought and low flows in the Colorado; and more …

University of Colorado at Boulder

June 2, 2026

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GRIST: Why is this Trump official dead set on saving a failing California dam?

Grist

Planning and management

June 2, 2026

Brooke Rollins’s latest culture war crusade threatens a delicate compromise between Potter Valley farmers and nearby tribes. By Jake Bittle...

UC BOULDER: Colorado River Basin storage continues slide toward system crash

June 2, 2026

By Anne Castle, Jack Schmidt, Eric Kuhn, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara Stored water reserves in the Colorado River system continue to decline. The mismatch...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/1: Sinking land, shrinking capacity: DWR confronts subsidence on the California Aqueduct; A dam good job: Beavers as ecosystem engineers; Reclamation streamlines hydropower reviews; 2025 wildfires were the costliest ever, researchers say; and more …

June 1, 2026

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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Sinking land, shrinking capacity: DWR confronts subsidence on the California Aqueduct