With all the flooding, runoff, and snowmelt still to come, everyone’s wondering: How’s the groundwater? Short answer: Better. Long answer:...
Senior water rights holders have arguably the sweetest deal in California water. They often have ironclad deals and some even get access to substantial water during...
Groundwater recharge — or the lack of it — was a driving force behind the sweep of new board members who took over the behemoth Westlands...
Farming advocates are praising a U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday limiting what the Environmental Protection Agency can define as “protected waters.” In 2008, the EPA ordered...
State flood responders are still planning for the worst, but newly released inundation models are predicting a less dramatic and damaging snow melt as California heads...
LAS VEGAS — Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three...
The water rights system in California, established in the 19th century, is no longer viable given today’s societal context and climate change issues, according to an...
Growers and water managers in the Tulare Lake area have been moving mountains of dirt to beef up levees and build entirely new ones as they...
The San Joaquin Valley sits like a bowl at the base of the southern Sierra. Close to the middle of that bowl is the historic lakebed...
The state will front Kings County $17 million to $20 million to pay for raising the Corcoran levee but said it didn’t want to throw “good...
