Image: logo of California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) Critically overdrafted groundwater basins are required to submit groundwater sustainability plans...
Animation of Satellite Data Shows SoCal “Breathing” Water
Credit: Bryan Riel and Mark Simons Using an unprecedented number of satellite radar images, geophysicists at Caltech have tracked how...
Sinking land, poisoned water: the dark side of California’s mega farms
Farm fields along the path of the California aqueduct in the Central Valley, a region that produces a quarter of...
The Valley floor is sinking, and it’s crippling California’s ability to deliver water
Completed during Harry Truman’s presidency, the Friant-Kern Canal has been a workhorse in California’s elaborate man-made water-delivery network. It’s a...
Exploring the Hydrodynamics of Sediment Diversion at Mid-Barataria
This is part two of the series “Building Land in Coastal Louisiana: Expert Recommendations for Operating a Successful Sediment Diversion...