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Maddy Institute & California Water Institute FSU, Water Conference

September 7, 2024 7:48 amSeptember 9, 2024 11:25 am

The Maddy Institute and the California Water Institute at Fresno State University teamed up to host an event titled, “Exploring the Coexistence of Water Users in California” on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. The event ran from 8:30am to 3:00pm and...

Ringside: The Price of Scarcity

December 27, 2023 6:00 pmDecember 27, 2023 6:01 pm

How much water does $7 billion buy? In so many ways that it almost defies description, California’s lawmakers have relied on flawed logic to justify recently passed laws that will impose punitive urban water rationing. Rather than undertake the Sisyphean...

Cleaning Bay Source Pollution Will Enable More Delta Diversions

February 27, 2023 3:19 pmFebruary 28, 2023 8:09 am

On February 21, the California State Water Resources Control Board waived environmental regulations in order to permit more storage in Central Valley reservoirs. This came a week after Governor Gavin Newsom temporarily suspended environmental laws that prevent reservoir storage if flow through...

Gov. Newsom Signs New Executive Order To Help Retain Water Against Extreme Weather Events

February 13, 2023 9:07 pmFebruary 13, 2023 9:07 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an new executive order on Monday to help retain water in the state against future droughts. According to a press release released by the Governor, the new executive order came about as a direct response to...