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Top 3 California Water News Stories of the Week

Top 3 California Water News Stories of the Week
September 7, 2026

Week of September 14, 2026

San Joaquin Valley’s Unified Water Plan heads to Washington. Read about it on the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley website.

Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program faces federal pushback. Read the Bureau of Reclamation’s letter to the State of California

New digital tool shows where California water goes. Read UC Berkeley’s news story on the COEQWAL tool

Week of September 7, 2026

Tribal Water Rights Bills on Governor’s Desk for Signature. Read about AB 1881 and AB 2218 on CalMatters.

Sites Reservoir Draft Permit Released for Comment. On the California State Water Board website and Sites Project Authority website.

Why California’s Next El Niño Won’t End the State’s Water Challenges. On East Bay Times.

Week of August 31, 2026

California Water Plan 2028 Moves Forward. On the California Department of Water Resources website.

LADWP Expands Local Water Supplies. On CBS-TV Channel 2 Los Angeles.

Where Should AI Data Centers Go? By Laurel M. Shugart for Harvard Magazine.

Week of August 24, 2026

Don’t Drain the Colorado River. Create Water Instead. By Jim Madaffer, op-ed for The Washington Post

California Moves Closer to Rewriting the Rules of the Delta by Camille von Kaenel for POLITICO

State Legislature Greenlights McNerney’s Plan to Protect CA’s Water, Office of Senator Jerry McNerney Press Office

 

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