News and Features

October 7, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] No matter where you are in the world, you are in a watershed. The water flowing over the land...

FEATURE: Water rights 101

June 3, 2020

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

FEATURE: Predicting and planning for extreme precipitation from atmospheric rivers

May 20, 2020

On Feb. 27, 2019, an atmospheric river 350 miles wide and 1,600 miles long barreled through the sky, funneling moisture...

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

May 13, 2020

With water availability being an important concern, water managers often use water budgets to quantify and manage water resources. A...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Why not a western alignment?

May 6, 2020

Congressman Garamendi pushes for consideration of a western alignment for Delta conveyance; DWR responds In his scoping comments for the...

Restore the Delta webinar on voluntary agreements

April 30, 2020

Delta stakeholder group provides history of Delta water quality planning and expresses their concerns over the voluntary agreements In mid-April...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Water rights permitting options for groundwater recharge projects

February 20, 2020

ACWA/State Water Board webinar presentation outlines temporary and permanent options, including a new streamlined permitting pathway for standard water rights...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Federalism and Water under the Trump Administration: Has the Long Peace Come to an End?

February 12, 2020

The California Water Law Symposium is on my short list of not-to-be-missed events on my yearly calendar. The symposium is...

CEQA 101: Introduction to the Delta Conveyance Project CEQA Process

February 11, 2020

Recently, the Department of Water Resources posted a short video providing an overview of the California Environmental Quality Act and...

PERSPECTIVES: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Oroville Dam, the Governor’s water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, the Voluntary Agreements, and more …

October 17, 2019

Interview and write-up by Lisa Beutler, Stantec (Sacramento, CA). This article appeared first in The Water Report and is reprinted...

DAM REMOVAL: Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

October 16, 2019

San Clemente Dam, Klamath Dams, and Matilija Dam removal spotlighted at ACWA Conference The time, expense, and regulatory uncertainty of...

PERSPECTIVES: The SOURCE Interview with Brenda Burman, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner

August 7, 2019

Finding solutions for shortages on Colorado River This post, written by Lynn Lipinski, first appeared in SOURCE Magazine and is...

Draft environmental documents for the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, plus an update on the biological opinions

August 6, 2019

Explainer post on what these environmental documents are all about and how they interface with the biological opinions, plus an...

THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom directs state agencies to prepare water resilience portfolio for California