Officials are shoring up water systems infiltrated by the golden mussel. Dogs and human inspectors are checking boats at some ...

California announced that the State Water Project will deliver 50% of full water allotments this year, up from 40% last month. Runoff from ample snowpack is boosting reservoirs.

Operated by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, Shasta Dam backs up water from the Sacramento River for more than 35 miles to form the lake and controls flood waters, while ...

Increasingly sharp internal debate focuses on what should happen as the acreage devoted to crops and livestock shrinks.

Waves were reported along a wide swath of the Northern California coast, including in San Francisco. The rest of the state ...

The State Water Project received a new Incidental Take Permit (ITP) from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), effective November 4, 2024, through November 1, 2034.

California's aquifers gained an estimated 2.2 million acre-feet of water during the last water year. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has been promoting efforts to replenish groundwater.

California's drinking water has elevated levels of a certain contaminant found to be associated with adverse birth outcomes, causing experts to advise that safe water advisories need to be updated ...

California Department of Water Resources This year, snowfall was below average for mountain ranges in Southern California, which means the reservoirs might not see as much improvement as they did ...