State Water Project – California Globe

California Department of Water Resources Predicts A Dry 2025

December 7, 2024 9:25 amDecember 7, 2024 9:26 am

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) predicted earlier this week that California will face a mostly dry 2025, with major storms expected in the first few and last few months of the year. Since the late 2010’s, California has...

Ringside: Salmon Restoration Must Address Bass Predators

June 20, 2024 2:45 amJune 20, 2024 2:46 am

As reported in the Fresno Bee earlier this week, “More than 20,000 San Joaquin Valley residents could be left high and dry, literally, by Sacramento politicians intent on using $17.5 million that had paid for water trucked to their homes to help...

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...

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...

Ringside: Harvesting Urban Storm Runoff

March 7, 2024 2:15 amMarch 7, 2024 2:16 am

In a normal year, by the end of March downtown Los Angeles receives 13 inches of rain. Last year 27.8 inches fell, and through March 3 of this year, 21.3 inches has already fallen. This suggests that both this year...

State Water Board Report Updates to Bay/Delta Plan Shows Bias Against San Joaquin Valley

February 8, 2024 2:45 amFebruary 8, 2024 2:46 am

Proposals contained in a draft report prepared by the State Water Resources Control Board staff recommending updates to the Bay/Delta Plan have triggered warnings of extensive harm due to bias against the San Joaquin Valley and its people. The draft report...

Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley

July 21, 2023 11:25 amJuly 21, 2023 11:45 am

The Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley is a non-profit organization formed in 2019 with the goal of bringing together all the interests impacted by surface and groundwater supplies available to the San Joaquin Valley. It’s a coalition of...