An aerial view of the Kern River Intertie and a section of the State Water Project California Aqueduct, in Kern County, Calif. on May 15, 2023. (California Department of Water Resources via Courthouse ...

California water managers have announced their preliminary forecast of supplies that will be available next year from the State Water Project, telling 29 public agencies to plan for as little as 5% of ...

OROVILLE — With more than a little help from the early and consistent rainfall this year, the California Department of Water Resources has increased its projected 2025 water allocation from 5% to 15%.

As 2021 drew to a close, residents and community leaders in Kettleman City were getting increasingly nervous. After receiving only 5 percent of their annual state water allocation and with no ...

On the heels of a soaking start to 2024, state water managers on Friday announced a considerable increase in their forecasted water allocation for the year. The California Department of Water ...

SACRAMENTO – As California faces a likely fourth consecutive year of drought, state water managers Thursday announced a meager 5 percent water allocation for 2023. While allocations could change based ...

Water is now a contested resource around the world. Nowhere is this more evident than in the fight playing out over the Northern Territory’s Roper River – one of the last free-flowing rivers in ...

Drought in the U.S. West has been deepening for two decades, with no end in sight. Unfortunately for farmers, water use policies established in the early 20th century (a time of more plentiful ...