Metropolitan highlights storage as California SWP opens at 10%
Metropolitan highlights record storage as California sets a ten percent State Water Project allocation and early storms boost statewide reservoir levels.
Category: News: Understanding Water Shortages & Drought Impacts in the West
Cybersecurity grants for states and tribes move through Congress
A bipartisan push would renew and expand cybersecurity grants for state, local, and tribal governments and extend the program through fiscal year 2035.
Thirty-nine stormwater discharge violations from 2023 to 2025 prompt a proposed penalty and renewed attention to legacy contamination in Ventura County.
Arizona moves four major water import proposals into detailed studies, evaluating desalination, reuse, and storage concepts to strengthen long-term water security.
California water shift: subsidence, salmon gains and 2026 outlook
California releases new subsidence findings, opens major salmon habitat, and starts 2026 with a conservative 10% State Water Project allocation.
Rocky Mountain National Park begins a new planning effort to protect declining wetlands and invites public comment following a December 8 virtual meeting.