According to a Feb. 4 press release, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., has introduced two bills aimed at addressing long-term water supply challenges in California and across the American West. Padilla, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the Making Our Communities Resilient through Enhancing Water for Agriculture, Technology, the Environment, and Residences […]
Governors and negotiators from the seven Colorado River basin states, including California, met behind closed doors for about two hours in Washington on Friday to talk with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum about the dwindling waterway’s future. After they left the meeting, governors were quick to issue statements praising the gathering as “productive” and “meaningful,” but no […]
A California water official has warned that the longer the Golden State goes without adequate snowfall this winter, the “harder it will be to catch up” to the levels needed to maintain California’s reservoir water supply through the dry summer months. The message came as the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted its second […]
Federal water managers and the local agencies they serve usually gather every January in Reno, Nevada, to swap wish lists, from higher dams to new reservoirs to changes to endangered species rules. This year, at the Mid-Pacific Water Users Conference, the focus was more basic: whether the federal water system has enough people left to […]
California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) has increased the 2026 State Water Project (SWP) allocation to 30% of requested supplies, up from the initial 10% announced Dec. 1, following mid-December storms that boosted available water supplies. The SWP delivers water to 29 public water agencies serving approximately 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland. According […]
Another high-pressure system will push temperatures toward near record-breaking levels by midweek, but a major cooldown — and possibly some rain — finally appears in the Southern California forecast. “We’ll get a little bit of a pullback with temperatures today, but those temps are going to go right back up,” KTLA meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said […]
Senator Padilla Introduces Bills Targeting California Water Supply Challenges
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /The Desert ReviewAccording to a Feb. 4 press release, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., has introduced two bills aimed at addressing long-term water supply challenges in California and across the American West. Padilla, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the Making Our Communities Resilient through Enhancing Water for Agriculture, Technology, the Environment, and Residences […]
Optimism but No Deal After ‘Historic’ D.C. Meeting About Colorado River’s Future
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /Times of San Diegoby Scott FranzGovernors and negotiators from the seven Colorado River basin states, including California, met behind closed doors for about two hours in Washington on Friday to talk with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum about the dwindling waterway’s future. After they left the meeting, governors were quick to issue statements praising the gathering as “productive” and “meaningful,” but no […]
California Water Officials Issue Warning as Key Water Supply Number Plunges
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /News Weekby Anna SkinnerA California water official has warned that the longer the Golden State goes without adequate snowfall this winter, the “harder it will be to catch up” to the levels needed to maintain California’s reservoir water supply through the dry summer months. The message came as the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted its second […]
Trump’s Water Ambitions Have a Staffing Problem
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /Politicoby Camille Von KaenelFederal water managers and the local agencies they serve usually gather every January in Reno, Nevada, to swap wish lists, from higher dams to new reservoirs to changes to endangered species rules. This year, at the Mid-Pacific Water Users Conference, the focus was more basic: whether the federal water system has enough people left to […]
California Increases 2026 State Water Project Allocation to 30%
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /Water WorldCalifornia’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) has increased the 2026 State Water Project (SWP) allocation to 30% of requested supplies, up from the initial 10% announced Dec. 1, following mid-December storms that boosted available water supplies. The SWP delivers water to 29 public water agencies serving approximately 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland. According […]
Record Heat Possible Before Major Southern California Cooldown, Chance of Rain
/in California and the U.S., Media Coverage /by Sierra Stewart /KTLA 5by Tony KurzweilAnother high-pressure system will push temperatures toward near record-breaking levels by midweek, but a major cooldown — and possibly some rain — finally appears in the Southern California forecast. “We’ll get a little bit of a pullback with temperatures today, but those temps are going to go right back up,” KTLA meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said […]