FEATURED ARTICLES

Meetings

November 27, 2019

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has been undergoing reorganization for several reasons, one of those being to create an...

CA WATER COMMISSION: An update on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA)

Meetings

November 26, 2019

DWR’s Taryn Ravazzini updates the Commission on the Department’s activities, including major milestones, 2019 activities, and the Department’s technical and...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: An overview of Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Surface Water Protection Program

November 21, 2019

Dr. Jennifer Teerlink discusses pesticide regulation, monitoring, assessments, and outreach efforts The mission of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s...

GROUNDWATER MARKETS: A case study of the Fox Canyon Groundwater Market

November 20, 2019

The Nature Conservancy’s Sarah Heard goes through the mechanics of the market, the first to be formed since the passage...

LIVING SHORELINES: Linking estuary habitats and building capacity to adapt to rising seas

November 14, 2019

A living shoreline is a shoreline protection alternative that relies on the strategic placement of plants, stone, sand fill, and...

METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: USFWS Regional Director Paul Souza explains the biological opinions

Meetings

November 13, 2019

Paul Souza is the Regional Director of the Pacific Southwest division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which covers...

DR. GEETA PERSAD: Climate change and the future of California’s water

November 7, 2019

Climate change is already transforming California’s water cycle, putting stress on the state’s rigidly engineered water infrastructure as well as...

GROUNDWATER TWO-FOR: The disconnect between groundwater legal systems and groundwater hydrology; Proactively managing groundwater to sustain communities and nature in an uncertain future

November 6, 2019

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

GUEST COMMENTARY: Water scarcity: A catch phrase of convenience

Robert Shibatani

Guest contributors

November 5, 2019

Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: The phrase gets loosely thrown around by the media, general public and even by some...

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...

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