California’s San Joaquin Basin is at the center of the state’s water challenges, with decades of groundwater overdraft and ...

Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced an initial State Water Project (SWP) allocation of 10 percent of requested supplies for the new water year. This allocation represents the ...

Federal water officials say they'll increase pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a move that state officials ...

The state’s aquifers gained an estimated 2.2 million acre-feet of groundwater in the 12 months that ended Sept. 30. The amount of groundwater replenishment was significant, but was less than the ...

The federal government plans to pump more water to Central Valley farmlands from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, ...

The Trump administration plans to send more water to Central Valley farmlands. California is objecting, saying that poses ...

California heads into the new water year facing continued risks from climate-driven extremes, the California Department of Water Resources said on Tuesday. In a briefing held virtually on Tuesday ...

For many decades, California has been the leading agricultural state in terms of the value of agricultural goods, marketed, generating $58 billion in agricultural cash receipts in 2023, outpacing ...

A drone view of Oroville Dam and main spillway on March 11, 2025. SB 72 requires the Department of Water Resources to set 2050 urban, agricultural, tribal and environmental water targets, prompting ...

The Trump administration is planning on increasing pumping out of the Delta. That puts Newsom in an awkward spot.

Responding to mounting concerns about data centers’ strain on local water supplies and electrical grids, the California ...

California Department of Water Resources, Jennifer Leavitt and other defendants were named in an employment discrimination lawsuit on Sept. 23 in California Superior Court for Sacramento County. The ...