Thousands of junior water right holders are receiving notices of unavailability in drought-stricken California. This means they cannot divert surface water so that senior surface water rights are...
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The California Department of Water Resources announced that it began construction on a temporary emergency drought barrier on the West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The project...
The fastest sinking city in America is the town of Corcoran, California, home to about 20 000 people and known as "the farming capital" of the state. Agricultural groundwater pumping due to...
For the first time since it was constructed in 1907, the Klamath Project's "A Canal" will stay dry, triggering financial hardship on farmers and fears of Bundy-style rebellions. The canal shutdown...