Sierra Sun Times

California Department of Water Resources New Watershed Studies Highlight How the San Joaquin Basin Can Turn Floods into Opportunities

California’s San Joaquin Basin is at the center of the state’s water challenges, with decades of groundwater overdraft and ...

Trump administration adopts plan to pump more water in California over state objections

The federal government plans to pump more water to Central Valley farmlands from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, ...

New federal plan for Delta water pumping conflicts with California requirements

Federal plan to boost Delta exports could shift burden to California and worsen conditions for already struggling salmon ...

Trump administration to direct more water to California farms

The Trump administration is making good on a promise to send more water to California farmers in the state’s crop-rich ...

Central Valley’s Kaweah groundwater basin avoids probation after plan improvements

The State Water Board returned the Kaweah subbasin to regular oversight after local agencies strengthened their “inadequate” ...
Valley Voice

State Water Resources Control Board’s unanimous decision sends Kaweah subbasin back to DWR

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) unanimously adopted a resolution at its December 2nd board meeting to return three Kaweah River area groundwater agencies to Department of ...