New Report Finds Big Mismatches in SoCal Water Plans
A comparison of future water supply and demand projections for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and its water agency customers...
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As Water Pollution Grows, Healthy Soil Comes to the Rescue
Reducing nutrient pollution across an entire watershed is no small feat. However, farmers can decrease runoff from their fields by improving soil health, which ...
Where Is California Leadership on Ag Water Conservation?
Groundwater used to flood rice fields in Yuba County, CA Dale Kolke, DWR Whether it’s a wet or dry year, California uses more water than is naturally available...
Improving California’s Plan for Agricultural Water Savings
Click to view NGO coalition comment letter NRDC submitted comments this week on California’s draft plan for implementing Governor Brown’s executive order to...
California’s Plan for Agricultural Water Savings Falls Short
John Martinez Pavliga For months, California’s state agencies have been building a framework to fulfill Governor Brown’s vision of making water conservation a...
California Plans to Give Millions to Water Wasters
California is in the midst of a fifth year of drought. More than 80 percent of the state is experiencing drought conditions, and nearly 34 million people are...