State Water Board revises draft water right decision for proposed Sites Reservoir; The Sites Project Authority responds State Water Board Planning and management September 3, 2026Draft balances water supplies with protections for fish, water quality From the State Water Board: The State Water Resources Control...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Can a dam expansion hold back climate considerations on the Colorado River? Maven Colorado River August 15, 2026Climate change will almost certainly feature prominently in any multi-state litigation over the Colorado River. A court case over an...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Could water rights scuttle Sites? Cariad Hayes Thronson Notebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law July 20, 2026By Cariad Hayes Thronson In late June, a controversial new reservoir project in Northern California received a commitment for nearly...
SITES RESERVOIR: Notice of supplemental hearing and procedural ruling State Water Board Planning and management June 27, 2026From the State Water Board: The State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office will conduct a supplemental day of...
PRESS RELEASE: Political pressure on Sites Reservoir doesn’t change the facts Guest Contributor CommentaryPlanning and management June 23, 2026In an overt act of political meddling, Governor Newsom and his deputies are pressuring a judge to retract her evidence-based findings...
WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PGM: Chino Basin Program update highlights progress, costs, and public benefit Maven Planning and management June 9, 2026IEUA says the project’s dependable Table A and recycled water supplies set it apart from other WSIP projects and justify...
UC BOULDER: Colorado River Basin storage continues slide toward system crash University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado River June 2, 2026By Anne Castle, Jack Schmidt, Eric Kuhn, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara Stored water reserves in the Colorado River system continue to decline. The mismatch...
PRESS RELEASE: Sites Project Authority urges revisions to draft water rights permit Sites Project Authority Water project operations May 26, 2026Press release from the Sites Project Authority: Today, the Sites Project Authority released the following statement related to its comments...
WATER DESK: The driest year revisited: Five takeaways from 2002 for today’s Colorado River The Water Desk Colorado River April 24, 2026Experts weigh in on what we learned during the region’s worst drought on record, and how those lessons might help...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes Record of Decision for Sites Reservoir Project US Army Corps of Engineers Policy and regulation April 22, 2026From the US Army Corps of Engineers: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has finalized its Record of...
PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board releases draft water right decision for proposed Sites Reservoir State Water Board Policy and regulation March 20, 2026From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today released for public comment a draft...
EDWARD RING: California’s drought is over, but we still must invest in water supply projects Edward Ring CommentaryPlanning and management January 31, 2026Commentary by Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center For the last 25 years,...
PRESS RELEASE: Drinking water for nearly 1.1 million people could have been captured during recent storm if Sites Reservoir were operational today Sites Project Authority Planning and management January 5, 2026Press release from the Sites Project Authority The Sites Project Authority announced that during the recent atmospheric river events, Sites...
NOW AVAILABLE: Reclamation seeks public input on draft environmental impact statement for Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir Project Bureau of Reclamation News Planning and management December 14, 2025Proposed project would provide up to 82,000 acre-feet of new offstream water storage Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation...
EDWARD RING: The cost and the upside of the “big gulp” Edward Ring CommentaryWater project operations September 25, 2025By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Of all the possible ways to...
