SJV WATER: New Kern County groundwater bank gets underway with another shot of public funding SJV Water News April 4, 2024 144By Lois Henry, SJV Water The $171 million Kern Fan Groundwater Storage project – with a unique “eco-twist” – received...
BOOK REVIEW: Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing Climate Justin Scott-Coe Book Reviews March 3, 2024 90Visit the Water Shelf main page In Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing Climate (Yale University Press, 2023),...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Water Storage Investment Program Projects Maven Meetings and Events February 29, 2024 208Proposition 1 of 2014 dedicated $2.7 billion for investments in water storage projects, which the California Water Commission administers through...
PRESS RELEASE: New Analysis Finds Sites Reservoir Would Be 80 Percent Full After Recent Storms If It Were Operational Today Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other February 17, 2024 2312023 and 2024 storms combined would have yielded 1.2 million acre-feet of water From the Sites JPA The Sites Project...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Conservation groups sue over Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service News December 21, 2023 296By Adam Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A legal challenge was filed Wednesday in Yolo County Superior Court over one of...
PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit: Sites Reservoir Proposal Threatens River, Climate, Fish Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other December 20, 2023 2179From the Center for Biological Diversity: Conservation and environmental justice groups filed a legal challenge today to the largest reservoir...
SITES RESERVOIR: Notice of assignment to the Administrative Hearings Office Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS December 6, 2023 63From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board’s Executive Director has assigned to the Administrative...
PRESS RELEASE: Sites Reservoir Reaches Milestone in Environmental Review Process Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 120Press release from the Sites JPA The Sites Project Authority, as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act,...
PRESS RELEASE: Friends of the River, Sierra Club, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Condemn Today’s Hastened Approval of Sites Reservoir’s Environmental Impact Report Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other November 17, 2023 919Press release from Friends of the River, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and the Sierra Club On November 17, members of...
AG ALERT: Sites Reservoir on fast track for final legal green light Ag Alert News November 15, 2023 151By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert After decades of discussions and delays, a major new reservoir in Northern California is close...
DR. JAY LUND: Why can’t we capture all the water in wet years? Maven Best of the NotebookNews November 7, 2023 1149Capturing and Managing Large Storms and Wet Winters in California—Prospects and Limitations Capturing water from wet periods for use in...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California governor taps new law to streamline Sites Reservoir project Courthouse News Service News November 6, 2023 236The Sites Reservoir Project is slated to hold up to 1.5 million acre-feet of water, enough for 3 million households...
THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom Streamlines Sites Reservoir Project Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other November 6, 2023 1627Press release from the Office of the Governor: Today, Governor Gavin Newsom took action to accelerate the Sites Reservoir project, utilizing...
THIS JUST IN … Reclamation and Sites Project Authority finalize plans to create new water storage in Northern California Press Release/Notice Agency News November 2, 2023 1527Sites Reservoir would increase California’s existing water supply by providing 1.5 million acre-feet of additional storage capacity to the state...
DAN WALTERS: Another wet winter looms. California needs to get serious about water management Cal Matters Commentary October 29, 2023 582California’s reservoirs are more full than usual thanks to last winter’s heavy rain and snow storms. Scientists believe that the...