Event coverage

November 6, 2019

David Sandino and Maurice Hall present their big ideas on groundwater management The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA) created...

DECISION SCALING: A risk management approach in Delta water supply vulnerability

October 31, 2019

Planning for future conditions has always involved uncertainty, but the additional uncertainty imposed by a changing climate means new approaches...

Navigating California’s new regulations for wetlands and state waters

October 30, 2019

California regulations protecting wetlands and state waters were approved by the State Water Resources Control Board and will take effect...

FEATURE: Integrated Hydrologic Model Development and Evaluation for Non-Modelers

October 23, 2019

Dr. Douglas Tolley gives an explanatory presentation on integrated hydrologic modeling, including how models are coupled and key terms such...

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE: Balancing our depleted groundwater supplies and ecosystem needs

October 10, 2019

Groundwater managers across the state are looking to groundwater recharge as a potential solution to their community’s water challenges. However,...

CV-SALTS: An overview of the salt and nitrate permitting changes proposed for the Central Valley

October 8, 2019

The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public meeting on October 16 to consider adopting a resolution approving...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Legal Framework: ‘All the acronyms you need to know’

September 11, 2019

Panel of lawyers dive into the web of laws affecting water in the Delta: The state and federal endangered species...

SAC PRESS CLUB: Droughts, Tunnels & Clean Water: A Conversation on California Water Policy

September 5, 2019

Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Jeff Kightlinger, and Jennifer Pierre discuss the Delta tunnel project, the long-awaited biological opinions, SB 1, voluntary...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: An overview of California water rights

August 28, 2019

California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. Adding...

FEATURE: Reactivating our floodplains: A new way forward

August 21, 2019

Panel of experts discuss how reactivating the floodplains can provide habitat and food for native fish and for migrating birds,...

LOCALIZING CALIFORNIA WATERS: Erik Ekdahl on Water Management in the Uncertain Future

August 14, 2019

Water management in California has always been challenging, with the state’s variable climate that alternates between drought and floods that...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Developing Sustainable Management Criteria

July 31, 2019

Minimum thresholds, measurable objectives, undesirable results: A panel of consultants discuss the specifics of how their GSAs determined sustainable management...

GSA SUMMIT: SGMA and Land Use Issues

July 10, 2019

Panel discusses land use issues, including well permitting, land fallowing, general plans and SGMA, and more … Groundwater is intimately...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Questions of common supply: SGMA requirements for interconnected surface water and groundwater