Water storage

November 5, 2026

By Madeline Turland, Colin A. Carter, Bulat Gafarov, Jens Hilscher, and Katrina Jessoe California’s agricultural surface water prices exhibit extreme volatility...

PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board approves water right for Sites Reservoir

Water rights and water law

November 4, 2026

Permit balances water supplies, protections for fish and water quality From the State Water Resources Control Board: As California responds...

COMMENTARY: The time is now: Sites Reservoir can strengthen California’s water future

November 3, 2026

By: Jeff McCreary, Director of Operations, Western Region, Ducks Unlimited; Tim Johnson, President and CEO, California Rice Commission; and David Guy, President,...

COMMENTARY: The Sites Reservoir is a bad deal for Californians

November 3, 2026

Cutting corners leads to a bad project – we all suffer the hidden costs and damages By Keiko Mertz, Friends...

COMMENTARY: Sites Reservoir can help sustain wetlands in the San Joaquin Valley

November 3, 2026

By Ric Ortega, General Manager of Grassland Water District For those of us responsible for delivering water to California’s remaining...

COMMENTARY: For California Indians, the Sites Reservoir project is one more story of cultural genocide

Commentary Policy and regulation

November 3, 2026

By Chairman Wayne “Rick” Mitchum Jr. On November 4th, the California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) will make...

EDWARD RING: Observations as a new water year begins

Edward Ring

October 8, 2026

By Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy for the California Policy Center For water users and water watchers,...

Sites Project Authority responds to revised water right permit: “We can see a path forward that allows the Project to advance”

Sites Project Authority

September 18, 2026

From the Sites Project Authority: Today, the Sites Project Authority (Authority) issued the following statement regarding the revised water right...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Willow Springs Water Bank advances toward final Proposition 1 funding

Maven

September 16, 2026

Proposition 1, approved by California voters in 2014, authorized $2.65 billion for the public benefits associated with water storage projects....

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Dam it: 10th Circuit lets Denver Water complete Gross Reservoir expansion

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

September 16, 2026

Denver Water planned to complete construction on Colorado’s largest dam by next year until environmental groups secured an injunction in...

PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board issues water quality certification for proposed Sites Reservoir

Commentary Planning and management

Policy and regulation

September 13, 2026

Proposed water right permit is still pending in separate action From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water...

SF BAYKEEPER: State Water Board capitulates to special interests in new Sites Reservoir permit

San Francisco Baykeeper

September 5, 2026

From the San Francisco Baykeeper: Yesterday, the California Water Resources Control Board (Board) issued a new draft of its water...

SITES RESERVOIR: Procedural Ruling on Evidentiary Objection to Supplemental Evidence and Official Notice of AHO Exhibits

September 5, 2026

From the State Water Resources Control Board: This procedural ruling addresses the evidentiary objection submitted by the NGO Parties1 on...

SITES RESERVOIR: Procedural ruling bifurcating Application 33534 and Notice of Public Hearing on Application 33534b