This year’s theme is California Groundwater: SGMA & Beyond The California Water Law Symposium is a unique collaboration of law students from seven Northern California law schools–Berkeley Law, Stanford Law, UC Hastings College of the … Continue reading "CA Water Law Symposium: California Groundwater: SGMA & Beyond"

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Understanding the fundamental principles of groundwater and watersheds and how we monitor, assess, and sustainably manage these resources with climate change and variability is critical and integral to Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) and other water-related … Continue reading "Groundwater Sustainability Bootcamp: Introduction to Groundwater, Watersheds, and the Nuts and Bolts of Sustainable Groundwater Plans"

Agenda items include the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, and policies regarding cannabis cultivation and general waste discharge requirements for cannabis cultivation. For more information, click here.

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Topic of hearing is Safe and Affordable Drinking Water. Click here for more information.

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One of our most popular events, our annual Water 101 Workshop details the history, geography, legal and political facets of water in California as well as hot topics currently facing the state. Taught by some … Continue reading "Water 101 Workshop and Optional Groundwater Tour"

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Has your home ever run out of water, suffered from contaminated tap water, or had a dry well? Has land caved in near your community? Do you worry that these things will happen in your … Continue reading "Groundwater Sustainability Plan Workshop (Fresno)"

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Jacob Gallagher Business Development Manager, Western US Directed Technologies Drilling, Inc. Although traditionally associated with trenchless utility installations, Horizontal/directional drilling (HDD) methods have been utilized for well installations since the late 1980’s. Applications include groundwater … Continue reading "GRA Sacramento Branch: Directional Drilling for the Installation of Horizontal Wells"

The EPA and the U.S. Department of the Army are proposing revisions to the regulations defining “waters of the United States” that are subject to Clean Water Act authority. Most Clean Water Act programs—including tribal … Continue reading "WEBINAR: WOTUS Rulemaking Webcast"

AB 1755 Water Data Governance 3rd Water Data Advisory Council Meeting Open and Transparent Water Data Act (AB 1755) Friday, February 15, 2019 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  Meeting Goal: Agree upon final recommendations for … Continue reading "Water Data Advisory Council Meeting 3"

Access to water is an international human right, officially recognized by California through Assembly Bill 685, which states, “every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Inadequate access to water and sanitation for homeless residents"

Agenda items include 2018 State Water Project Annual Review, the Water-Energy Nexus, Consideration of Annual Fee Regulations for Dam Safety Program, and updates on the Water Storage Investment Program. Click here for agenda and webcast … Continue reading "California Water Commission"

Perhaps there was no other material discovery that shaped a city, its surroundings (and subsequent formation of a State) than that of the 1848 discovery of gold, in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. … Continue reading "GRA Branch Meeting: The Gold Rush and it’s Impact on the Bay Area"

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Agenda items include informational items on the Performance Measure Dashboard and Guidebook and the Delta Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategy. Click here for more information.

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The Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) invites you to join us for a Water Policy Forum & Dinner, Thursday, February 21, 2019. The first of our 2019 Speakers Series focusing on water supply … Continue reading "MWDOC Water Policy Forum & Dinner"

 

Agenda items include updates on the Success Dam Spillway Enlargement Project, the Lower Elkhorn Basin Levee Setback Project, the American River Common Features 2016 Project, and the Eastside Bypass Improvement Project, as well as the … Continue reading "Central Valley Flood Protection Board"

The San Joaquin Valley—California’s largest agricultural region and an important contributor to the nation’s food supply—is in a time of great change and growing water stress. New cooperative approaches are needed to bring groundwater basins … Continue reading "Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley"

Each year, PCL focuses on policy topics that are relevant and current in California’s environmental policy. This year, PCL will look to the future, as panel topics will address the next steps for California’s water … Continue reading "Planning and Conservation League’s 2019 California Environmental Assembly"

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The second County Drought Advisory Group (CDAG) meeting will be held on February 27, 2019. The purpose of the second CDAG meeting is to: Discuss and revise drought and water shortage risk factors developed from … Continue reading "County Drought Advisory Group Meeting"

Join Nossaman LLP on February 28, 2019 for the first presentation in Nossaman’s 2019 Water Webinar Series, “Preparedness, Relief, and Recovery: Regulatory Developments in Disaster Management for Water Providers.” This complimentary 60-minute webinar will focus … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Preparedness, Relief, and Recovery: Regulatory Developments in Disaster Management for Water Providers"

For most Americans, water will be the primary delivery system through which they personally experience the effects of climate changes: drought, floods, storm water and wastewater discharges. Horror stories abound about the massive infrastructure costs … Continue reading "Financing the future of water"