Items Tagged with 'voluntary agreements for Bay-Delta freshwater flows'

The Newsom administration has reached a deal with water contractors to sign a set of voluntary agreements for Bay-Delta flows as an eight-year program.

The nonpartisan office is recommending lawmakers accelerate the adoption of the controversial Bay-Delta Plan governing freshwater flows.

Anew measure would “reimagine water management" by eliminating the state water board.

California law professors and former state officials have presented lawmakers with tips for updating water laws to account for drought and climate change.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation now has an unprecedented $8 billion pot of money for Western water infrastructure, roughly doubling the size of its budget over the next five years.

The deepening drought and rising temperatures are exhausting agency resources for managing the species to prevent extinction.

Environmental groups are praising the Newsom administration for instead moving forward on the 2018 Bay-Delta Plan.