Capitol Alert California is finally digitizing its 100-year-old paper water rights. Why that’s a big deal ...

A lack of timely and useful data became all too apparent during recent dry spells. After the 2012-2015 drought, new regulations populated a clunky online portal with new water use information, but ...

The state has begun scanning 2 million pages. It’s part of a $60 million project to build a database integrating a century of water rights records, geospatial mapping and up-to-date water ...

California’s complex system of water rights took shape starting in the mid-1800s, when settlers saw the state’s water as abundant, and when a Gold Rush prospector could stake claim to river ...

Walters: California’s fights over water rights are at heart of supply issue State officials continue efforts to cut farmers’ diversions, increase river flows and restore declining fish populations ...

This past October, Drozd dismissed many of the claims, though he gave the companies a chance to amend their complaint. The suit stems from water rights the companies hold in the area of Mill and Deer ...

Legal rights to use water — particularly those obtained prior to 1914 — lie at the heart of California’s perpetual wrangling over the allocation of increasingly limited water supplies.

The California State Water Resources Control Board aims to build a $60 million database of water rights records, mapping and diversion data.

Student assistant Jessica Rilloraza scans a water rights map on a wide-format scanner at the State Water Resources Control Board offices in Sacramento in December. “I believe strongly that you must ...

California is finally digitizing its 100-year-old paper water rights. Why that’s a big deal By Ari Plachta Updated March 18, 2024 11:24 AM ...