By Harrison Tasoff, Anxiety is high over this year’s El Niño. It’s breaking records, and hasn’t even peaked. So how does El Niño work? What might Southern Californians expect? And how can we prepare ...
The Delta Stewardship Council previously rejected several appeals, but left the door open for review of an invasive species and a concurrent water project. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service ...
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released the Fall 2026 – California’s Groundwater Conditions, Semi-Annual Update, ...
By Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy for the California Policy Center Not quite two years ago an influential ...
How Section 1707 helps water-right holders protect instream flows—and why the process remains difficult Keeping water in a ...
By David Brown, Mongabay The Klamath River in the U.S. was heavily dammed over the 20th century, blocking spawning Chinook ...
Declining Colorado River flows and falling water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead are highly visible signs of the Southwestern megadrought. Unseen below ground, groundwater reserves in the Colorado ...
An aerial view of South Mokelumne River (Right) in San Joaquin County, California. Brack Tract in the foreground, the Sycamore Slough, and Terminous Tract behind. Photo taken August 28, 2025. Ken ...
Proposition 1, approved by California voters in 2014, authorized $2.65 billion for public benefits associated with water ...