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April 7, 2020

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board today issued key documents that move the Klamath River...

THIS JUST IN … March Precipitation Not Enough to Offset Dry Winter

April 1, 2020

Statewide, the Sierra snowpack is 53% of average From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR)...

THIS JUST IN … CDFW Issues Permit to DWR for Long-Term Operations of the State Water Project

March 31, 2020

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Water Resources: Today, the California Department of Fish and...

DWR GROUNDWATER REPORT: Groundwater Levels Continue to Rebound from Last Drought

March 20, 2020

From the Department of Water Resources: California’s climate is the most variable of any state, historically swinging from dry to...

THIS JUST IN … Golden State Salmon Association and allies seek injunction to stop implementation of new biological opinions

March 11, 2020

From the Golden State Salmon Association: GSSA and allied groups have asked a federal court to immediately block a new...

REPORTS: Concurrent governance processes of SGMA; Comparing complexity in watershed governance; Challenges of using and interpreting GPCD

March 11, 2020

Concurrent Governance Processes of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act By Anita Milman and Michael Kiparsky California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)...

THIS JUST IN … New economic report seeks to highlight significant water challenges for California communities

March 3, 2020

This is the report mentioned in today’s top story on the Daily Digest From the Water Blueprint for the San...

Reclamation releases draft congressionally mandated repayment contracts for Central Valley Project contractors from the Shasta, Trinity and Sacramento River Divisions

March 3, 2020

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water...

Reclamation completes first group of congressionally-mandated Central Valley Project contract conversions

February 28, 2020

Completed contracts include East Bay Municipal Utility District, City of Folsom, City of Roseville, Sacramento County Water Agency, Sacramento Municipal...

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS for Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion project

February 28, 2020

Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion project would increase storage capacity by more than 100K acre-feet, add new conveyance facilities From the...

THIS JUST IN … Warm, Dry Conditions Lead to Below Average Snowpack and Precipitation

February 27, 2020

Statewide, snowpack’s water equivalent is 11 inches, or 46 percent of the March average From the Department of Water Resources:...

REACTIONS to initial Central Valley Project allocation

February 26, 2020

“Pray for rain and snow,” says the Friant Water Authority Yesterday, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial Central Valley...

MEDIA CALL: Central Valley Project officials discuss water allocations

February 25, 2020

If current hydrology persists, new biological opinions unlikely to result in more water deliveries this year (as compared to the...

THIS JUST IN … Reclamation outlines Central Valley Project initial 2020 water allocation