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Democrats in the California released their budget priorities, which includes the CSAC supported request for Dam Safety funding.

The pendulum of Northern California weather is getting ready to swing once again, from rain, hail, thunderstorms and snow showers at the start of this week to sunny and much warmer than average temperatures by the weekend.

Plastic seems to be everywhere nowadays, and based on existing research on the greater San Francisco Bay, it is highly likely that the Napa River and its watershed are filled with it, too.

California’s water reservoirs have already peaked, one month earlier than normal, according to the state’s Department of Water Resources.

How to participate in the voluntary drought initiative.

The groundwater management wars are heating up at the Capitol.

Despite official calls to increase conservation amid worsening drought, urban water use across California increased by nearly 19% in March

Susan Tatayon has spent four decades working in California’s water world, most recently as chair of the Delta Stewardship Council. (She was appointed by Governor Brown in 2014 and reappointed in 2018.) She retired from state service in 2022

Gov. Newsom’s emergency drought order that singled out agricultural wells for extra scrutiny is continuing to cause confusion and angst in some parts of the San Joaquin Valley, while other areas are stutter-stepping forward.

In any given year, agriculture uses the largest fraction of groundwater in the state. But new findings show that empty farm fields could be key in putting that water back underground when storms come through.

Napa County’s Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District will receive a $637,000 grant to support local water infrastructure amid the state’s ongoing drought, the state Department of Water Resources announced.