California regulators approve unprecedented water cutbacks

In a First, U.S. Declares Water Shortage on Colorado River

The mandatory cuts, referred to as Tier 1 reductions, are part of a contingency plan approved in 2019 after lengthy negotiations among the seven ...

'Everyone loses': California's Sacramento Valley struggles to survive ...

'Everyone loses': California's Sacramento Valley struggles to survive unprecedented water cuts · Protected for decades by their water rights, ...

As the Colorado River dries up, states can't agree on saving water

California did not sign on to a joint proposal for cuts — an impasse that suggests the wrangling over how to conserve the dwindling water ...

Big Ag, Big Oil, and the California Water Crisis - Food & Water Watch

California did not face any required cuts, but in October 2022, four Southern California water agencies announced that they will cut water use ...

Drought - California Department of Water Resources

Temporary Water Rights Permitting Regulatory Assistance ... The State Water Resources Control Board has regulatory authority to review and approve all water ...

State Water Board approves unprecedented voluntary water sharing ...

With ongoing drought conditions straining water supplies and creating uncertainty throughout California, the State Water Resources Control ...

Amid extreme heat, California adopts new water-saving rules

As my colleague Hayley Smith reports, Bakersfield will need to cut water use 25% by 2030, while the Los Angeles Department of Water and ...

Recent rain and snow brought some relief to California's historic ...

More than 97% of the state remains in some level of drought. And on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared a ...

California Proposes 'Unprecedented' $1.5 Million Fine For Alleged ...

California regulators are adopting something of a “no tolerance” policy for water theft.

California Farmers and Cattle Ranchers Struggle to Survive ...

Sacramento Valley growers protected for decades by their water rights are suffering for the first time during this record-breaking drought.

Government Declares Unprecedented Colorado River Water Shortage

In response, the government will institute Tier 1 cuts to lower basin states, including California, Nevada, and Arizona, but may institute cuts ...

Managing Water and Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley

With nearly 20 percent of the San Joaquin Valley's irrigated agricultural footprint at risk, it is crucial to consider how to transition these lands to ...

Californians are facing more cuts and stiffer penalties for ignoring ...

The effects of California's prolonged drought are unfolding quickly, and water managers' actions to conserve supplies could soon hit the wallets ...

A guide to California's water crisis — and why it's so hard to fix | Vox

Reservoirs are drying up. Crops are wilting in the fields. For the first time ever, towns and cities will face a mandatory 25 percent cut in ...

Western Water News

Regulations — California and Federal · Water History · Water Rights · Bay-Delta ... But with the federal government threatening unprecedented water cuts amid ...

'Extremely serious:' Federal regulators declare first-ever shortage on ...

The cuts will reduce the amount of water that Arizona and Nevada are allowed to divert from Lake Mead. The reductions in water deliveries, ...

California's New Water Restrictions to Impact Key Areas | The Driller

California's State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has approved a new regulation, "Making Conservation a California Way of Life," ...

California Imposes First Mandatory Water Restrictions to Deal With ...

Jerry Brown on Wednesday ordered mandatory water use reductions for the first time in California's history, saying the state's four-year drought ...

How the road to a second Trump term began in front of Sproul Hall

... California, Berkeley. Democrats' response to subsequent developments ... unprecedented numbers that exceeded even his shocking gains in ...

Confronting California's Water Crisis - Inside Climate News

California could go a long way toward easing its perennial water crisis by hastening the transition to renewable energy, stopping “the most ...