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PRESS RELEASE: Threatened fish thrive in restored SoCal creek, signaling success for water reliability
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (209+ words) From the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District: Just months after reconnecting Anza Creek to the Santa Ana River, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (San Bernardino Valley) has documented adult Santa Ana sucker and hundreds of newly hatched juvenile…...
EOS: Wastewater can take harmful algal blooms from bad to worse
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (407+ words) By Lisa S. Gardiner, EOS Single-celled algae within delicate glass-like needles, Pseudo-nitzschia diatoms may be tiny, but they can play a huge role in the ecosystems they occupy. “Domoic acid is rough. It’s a neurotoxin. It’s nerve damage.” When types of…...
SJV WATER: Even Kings County districts that don’t pump may have to pay for groundwater management
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (686+ words) By Monsserat Solis, SJV Water The directors of a Kings County water district didn’t like it, but they agreed to support a land assessment fee to pay for regulations to minimize the impacts of excessive groundwater pumping even though the…...
SITES: Procedural Ruling on Evidentiary Objection to Supplemental Evidence and Official Notice of AHO Exhibits ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (75+ words) From the State Water Resources Control Board: This procedural ruling addresses the evidentiary objection submitted by the NGO Parties1 on August 10, 2026, to supplemental evidence offered by the Sites Project Authority (Authority) and takes official notice of certain documents as Administrative Hearings…...
DELTA SCIENCE PROGRAM: Final 2026 Delta Science Plan: Strengthening Science in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
2+ week, 3+ day ago (189+ words) From the Delta Science Program: The Delta Science Program is proud to share that, following years of development and extensive engagement with the region’s science community, the 2026 Delta Science Plan: Strengthening Science in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is now available…...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona water use up in the air pending Nevada lawsuit
2+ week, 4+ day ago (581+ words) By Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service Arizona officials are unsure how negotiations will progress after Nevada sued the federal government Monday over mandatory Colorado River cuts that will reclaim up to 71% of the Silver State’s total entitlement. “We’re still evaluating…...
USGS: In San Francisco Bay, even an exceptionally wet year can't supply enough sediment to keep pace with rising seas, new study finds
2+ week, 4+ day ago (766+ words) From the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Extreme rainfall can send huge amounts of sediment rushing off hillsides and into streams. But a new USGS study finds that even an exceptionally wet year may deliver only a…...
NEVADA CURRENT: Nevada sues feds over Colorado River cuts
2+ week, 4+ day ago (882+ words) by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada officials have filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan, a plan that would require Nevada to cut water use by about 17% over the next two years and authorizes even larger…...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Supreme Court halts SoCal town's water utility takeover
2+ week, 4+ day ago (460+ words) By Quinn Welsch, Courthouse News Service The California Supreme Court dealt a blow to a local government’s ability to seize water utilities on Monday, ruling that courts get the final say on whether a public utility is necessary. Apple Valley,…...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Nevada files suit over Colorado River plan
2+ week, 4+ day ago (655+ words) By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service It took three days for a Colorado River basin state to sue the federal government over its recently announced water-sharing plan. Nevada filed suit Monday against the Interior Department, Bureau of Reclamation and its…...