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The Salton Sea restoration project received a major boost in funding with $80.5 million from the state budget Gov. Jerry Brown signed earlier this week. The funds will provide for not only the restoration of habitat at the receding lake but also will provide for the development of a long-term …

Researchers from the nonpartisan group Climate Central have recently published a report on large wildfires in the Western United States after analyzing 45 years of U.S. Forest Services records.  The report, “Western Wildfires: A Fiery Future” has concluded that the average number of annual large wildfires and the total area …

The good news: According to study co-authors Robert Jackson, Stanford’s Michelle and Kevin Douglas provostial professor, and Mary Kang, postdoctoral associate at Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, California’s drought-plagued Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously estimated. The bad news: Accessing this water in an …

A Sacramento Superior Court judge ruled Friday that the long-fought Delta Management Plan is no longer valid. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael P. Kenny had ruled earlier last month that certain elements of the plan were inadequate but has now put the plan aside until additional changes can be made. …

The Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) has signed a deal with J.F. Shea of Walnut to build its $110 million Groundwater Reliability Improvement Project (GRIP)/Advanced Water Treatment Facility (AWTF). The recycling plant is located in Pico Rivera. When the project is completed in 2018, the WRD’s two groundwater …

When the California drought forced hundreds of domestic wells to dry up, the small farming town of East Porterville became the poster child for the parched state. Although the state has spent upwards of $16 million delivering bottled water in areas throughout the Golden State where approximately 2,000 wells have …