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  Parties Submit Proposal to Advance a Comprehensive Restoration Strategy for the Bay-Delta Watershed as part of Voluntary Agreements to Improve Fish and Wildlife March 1, 2019 The Northern California Water Association (NCWA) and Sacramento River Basin water resource managers today joined California’s Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, conservation organizations and water … Continue reading “Proposal for Voluntary Agreements Submitted to State Water Board”

All Californians have a right to safe, clean, affordable and accessible water under the “human right to water” established in state law in 2012. While significant progress has been made toward realizing this right, there is both an urgent need and an important opportunity to take additional actions to help ensure that all California communities … Continue reading “Ensuring Access to Safe Drinking Water for All California Communities”

Several new projects and various functional flow arrangements were implemented this year in the Sacramento River Basin to promote salmon recovery as part of the Sacramento Valley Salmon Recovery Program. The numerous projects and flow arrangements that have been completed since 2000 to benefit salmon and other species of fish are chronicled in the document: … Continue reading “Improving Conditions for Salmon in the Sacramento River Basin – 2019”

Local leaders on the Sacramento Valley floor are well organized and coordinated with respect to groundwater management and the efforts to implement the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) are all working hard to manage groundwater in a sustainable manner with a focus on completing the initial Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) … Continue reading “Vignettes on Local Groundwater Management in the Sacramento Valley”