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Relentless Excellence Is the Way Forward

September 30, 2025 3:30 amSeptember 30, 2025 6:45 am

The horrific Southern California fires of January 7, 2025, remind us how fragile life can be. Our fellow Californians lost loved ones, homes, and treasured possessions. It is heartbreaking and impossible to measure. Insurance is an essential part of...

The Longfin Smelt: Another Fish, Another Water Grab

February 10, 2025 2:45 pmFebruary 10, 2025 2:47 pm

The California Water Alliance has another update Introducing The Longfin Smelt! Dear concerned citizens of California in desperate need of water: I’m the Longfin Smelt. I’m different from the Delta Smelt, but I’m about to give you nightmares – just...

Trump Administration, Give Us a Call Next Time on Water Deliveries

February 3, 2025 11:31 amFebruary 3, 2025 11:31 am

It’s safe to say things have changed a good deal in the past few weeks. Things are always changing. The climate, world leaders, our position relative to the size of the universe as it expands – the only unchanging constant...

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...