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The Food on Your Table is Literally at Stake

August 24, 2024 3:05 amAugust 24, 2024 9:45 am

The unintended consequences of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) continue to reverberate across the Central Valley. On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 there was a court hearing at the Kings County Superior Court that further tested the reach of state...

Ringside: How Many People Will Water From the Delta Tunnel Support?

July 31, 2024 3:33 pmJuly 31, 2024 3:33 pm

According to the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR), “The Delta Conveyance Project would yield about 500,000 acre feet of water per year, which is enough for about 5.2 million people.” Let’s put that into perspective. Over the past ten years,...

Ringside: An Overview of California’s Water Economy

July 13, 2024 10:06 amJuly 13, 2024 10:06 am

If energy powers civilization, water gives it life. One of the biggest challenges of our time is to develop the means to deliver both of these essentials in abundance, while also keeping them affordable and ecologically sustainable. We believe this...

Statewide Long-Term Water Supply Expansion Bill Passes Assembly Committee

June 26, 2024 12:28 pmJune 26, 2024 12:28 pm

A bill that would establish long-term water supply targets for California, as well as creating a financing plan and having state authorities work with local water authorities to achieve water supply expansions, was passed in the Assembly Water, Parks, and...

Ringside: Water Czars Ignore Solutions to Scarcity

May 9, 2024 2:55 amMay 9, 2024 2:56 am

The Delta Tunnel proposal exemplifies California’s political dysfunction. It will probably never get built, but it promises to dominate all discussions of major state and federal spending on water infrastructure for the next decade, preventing any other big ideas from...

Lake Oroville Reaches Full Capacity For Second Year In A Row

May 8, 2024 2:45 amMay 8, 2024 2:46 am

The California Department of Water Resources announced on Tuesday that Lake Oroville in Butte County has reached it’s full capacity, becoming the second year in a row that it has reached that level and quelling drought fears for at least...

State Water Board to Hold First Ever Probation Meeting on Tulare Lake

April 13, 2024 11:17 amApril 13, 2024 11:20 am

For the first time ever the State Water Resources Control Board will hold a probationary determination meeting under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. On Tuesday, April 16th at its Sacramento headquarters and online, the five member State Board will weigh...