Top 3 California Water News Stories of the Week

Week of August 24, 2026

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

• Watch or listen to our latest podcast on The Colorado River Reckoning

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

• Read SCWC’s statement on new Final Draft of the Bay-Delta Plan

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

• Read SCWC’s statement on the passage of SB 872