Event coverage

February 18, 2021

State Water Board member Laurel Firestone talks about the need to bring equity into our climate adaptation actions; Professor Karrigan...

What is Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM)?

February 17, 2021

Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) is an initiative led by the Department of Water Resources that seeks to support collaborative...

PLANNING & CONSERVATION LEAGUE: The Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan: Where is it at?

February 3, 2021

Panel at PCL’s Environmental Assembly focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan update and...

FEATURE: The What, Why, and How of Groundwater Modeling

January 27, 2021

Abishek Singh, Ph.D., is Vice President of Intera’s Western Region based out of Los Angeles. His professional experience has focused...

WATER ASSN OF KERN COUNTY: DWR Director Karla Nemeth gives an update on the Delta Conveyance Project

January 26, 2021

The Delta Conveyance Project is the Newsom Administration’s plan to construct a tunnel and other facilities that would carry water...

SGMA IN ACTION: Challenges and opportunities, Environmental justice considerations, and first lawsuits over GSP plans

January 13, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in January 2020, and high and medium priority subbasins...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: SGMA and the Human Right to Water

December 17, 2020

Natalie Cochran is a water resources planner at Woodard Curran who has spent the last two and a half years...

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Tribal Water Rights and Resources in a Changing Climate

December 16, 2020

From the Klamath waters to the Western desert valleys, recent court rulings highlight the important and evolving role of tribal...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Rock, Paper, Physics: SGMA and Water Transfers

December 15, 2020

At the 3rd Annual Western Groundwater Congress, Anona Dutton with EKI Environment and Water gave a presentation on water transfers...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: SGMA Isn’t Working – When It’s Time to Adjudicate. Wait, When is it Time?

December 9, 2020

Nick Jacobs is a shareholder with Somach Simmons & Dunn. who has been practicing law for about 20 years and...

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Federalism & water quality: After 50 years, are we done with the 401?

November 18, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Recent changes by the Trump Administration to the Clean Water Act have had a ripple effect on many regulatory...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Dispute Resolution Processes and Multi-Agency Groundwater Management

October 25, 2020

At the Western Groundwater Congress held in September of 2020, Dr. William Blomquist gave the following presentation on a study...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: California Water Transfer Price Forecast

October 22, 2020

At the Western Groundwater Congress hosted online by the Groundwater Resources Association, Audrey Arnao, an associate with WestWater Research, gave...

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?