A new report released on March 13, 2025, shows that changes to reservoir operations at Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar Reservoir in California can further reduce flood risk for communities along the Tuba and Feather rivers during extreme atmospheric river storm events and potentially benefit water supply during drier river periods.
The recent rain and snow are much needed for Central California’s water supply. The latest set of storms is already sparking talk of a “Miracle March.”
Malynndra Tome was helping to map livestock ponds in the Navajo Nation when she saw something that inspired her to act. An elderly woman was filling milk jugs with water at the back of a gas station in the Native American reservation, where about 30% of people live without running water.
Eyewitness News was given a rare look inside the engineering marvel, which was the largest public works project in Southern California during the Great Depression, while it’s shut down for its annual maintenance. It’s the final leg of the massive Colorado River Aqueduct: the 13-mile-long San Jacinto tunnel, bringing up to 1,700 cubic feet of […]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced last week that EPA will work with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to review the definition of “waters of the United States.” EPA said it will move quickly to ensure that a revised definition follows the law, reduces red-tape, cuts overall permitting costs, and […]
Representatives of California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to take a different approach in confronting the problems of the water-starved Colorado River. As Trump’s appointees inherit the task of writing new rules for dealing with the river’s chronic water shortages, the three states are raising several concerns they want to see addressed.
Reducing Flood Risk Through Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations in California
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by dguillen /Stormwater SolutionsA new report released on March 13, 2025, shows that changes to reservoir operations at Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar Reservoir in California can further reduce flood risk for communities along the Tuba and Feather rivers during extreme atmospheric river storm events and potentially benefit water supply during drier river periods.
Recent Storms Spark Talk of ‘Miracle March’ in Central California
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Milla Kuiper /ABC 30by Nic GarciaThe recent rain and snow are much needed for Central California’s water supply. The latest set of storms is already sparking talk of a “Miracle March.”
Report Highlights How Communities Hardest Hit by Climate Change Can Build Resilient Water Systems
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Milla Kuiper /U.S. Newsby Associated PressMalynndra Tome was helping to map livestock ponds in the Navajo Nation when she saw something that inspired her to act. An elderly woman was filling milk jugs with water at the back of a gas station in the Native American reservation, where about 30% of people live without running water.
Rare Look Inside Underground Aqueduct in San Jacinto Built Almost 100 Years Ago Entirely by Hand
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by dguillen /ABC 7by Rob McMillanEyewitness News was given a rare look inside the engineering marvel, which was the largest public works project in Southern California during the Great Depression, while it’s shut down for its annual maintenance. It’s the final leg of the massive Colorado River Aqueduct: the 13-mile-long San Jacinto tunnel, bringing up to 1,700 cubic feet of […]
EPA to Revise Waters of the U.S. Rule
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by dguillen /Water FMby WFM StaffU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced last week that EPA will work with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to review the definition of “waters of the United States.” EPA said it will move quickly to ensure that a revised definition follows the law, reduces red-tape, cuts overall permitting costs, and […]
California, Arizona and Nevada All Agree: The Trump Administration Needs to Fix a Key Colorado River Dam
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by dguillen /Las Vegas Sunby Ian JamesRepresentatives of California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to take a different approach in confronting the problems of the water-starved Colorado River. As Trump’s appointees inherit the task of writing new rules for dealing with the river’s chronic water shortages, the three states are raising several concerns they want to see addressed.