FEATURED ARTICLES

January 14, 2020

This commentary is based on speakers notes from an ACWA Talk given by Anecita Agustinez at the ACWA Fall Conference...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Underappreciated Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Groundwater Levels

January 9, 2020

When most think of the possible impacts of sea level rise, they think of coastal flooding and the growing risks...

ACWA PANEL: Establishing groundwater allocations under SGMA

January 8, 2020

As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan

January 7, 2020

While considerable progress has been made to improve flood management in the Central Valley, the vast region still faces significant...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for January 1

Robert Shibatani

Water conditions

January 6, 2020

Monthly hydrology report prepared by Robert Shibatani The latter part of 2019 provided some much-needed precipitation across the State. As...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on State Water Project operations

January 2, 2020

Coodinated Operations Agreement addendum, State Water Project incidental take permit, and the Yuba-Feather Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations program At the December...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta conveyance update

December 23, 2019

At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Carrie Buckman, Environmental Program Manager with the Department of Water Resources,...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Do water rights have a future?

Robert Shibatani

Guest contributors

December 23, 2019

…Not as currently configured, says Robert Shibatani Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels...

STATE OF ESTUARY: Vital signs of the San Francisco Estuary fish community

December 19, 2019

Dr. Christina Swanson takes a look at the status of the San Francisco Estuary’s fish community The San Francisco estuary...

ACWA PANEL DISCUSSION: The building blocks of success in the Delta

Event coverage

December 18, 2019

DeDe D’Adamo, Karla Nemeth, and Susan Tatayon give their thoughts about going forward in the Delta in a panel discussion...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Watermaster quarterly report; Progress on the Delta’s climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategy; Carbon sequestration protocol; Delta ag update; and more …

December 17, 2019

At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard a wide range of updates: first, Delta Watermaster...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: CA’s Safer Consumer Products Program: Overview and efforts to protect aquatic health

Event coverage

December 12, 2019

In 2013, the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Safer Consumer Products regulations outlined a framework for the Department to regulate...

DR. MICHAEL KIPARSKY: Can Recharge Net Metering contribute to sustainable groundwater management?

December 11, 2019

Dr. Michael Kiparsky is the founding director of the Wheeler Water Institute within the Center for Law, Energy, and Environment...

STATE OF ESTUARY: Standing too close to the elephant: addressing scales in restoration and fisheries conservation