Hot weather threatens endangered salmon; Calif. reservoirs low
California's endangered winter-run Chinook salmon could be cooked to death this fall because the Sacramento River is too hot. At the Klamath River, over a million juvenile fish have been relocated by...
Drought Emergency: Governor asks Californians to conserve water
California drought prompts governor to sign executive order calling for voluntary reduction of water uses by 15%. 50 of the State's 58 counties are in a drought emergency.
PG&E, California reach $5.9 million settlement for water quality
Following an alleged permit violation at its Canyon Diablo nuclear power plant, PG&E and California's Central Coast Water Board have reached a multi-million dollar settlement that will be used to...
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...
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...
