Sacramento has figured out how to distinguish its waterfront from those in other cities: Embrace litter.  »

Even without climate change, much of California is at high risk of water demand exceeding supply by 2050, according to a report released this month. »

Hundreds of rainbow trout that floated to the surface dead at the Centimudi Boat ramp during the weekend died from “thermal shock” from being transferred from a cold storage tank into a warm lake. »

The shell of a 3.6 million gallon water tank and pump station is going up at Lincoln and Sanborn roads, where it will become a storage point for an expansion of Yuba City's water supply out of the Feather River. »

Just when summer winds down in the recreation areas, volunteer organizations will be lining up to clear all the leftover debris. Registration for the second annual Great Sierra River Cleanup opened last Wednesday with the launch of a new website that enables users to easily connect to a watershed site of their choice.  »

California's budget crisis has delayed disbursements of bond funds approved by voters in 2006 for critical flood protection in California's Central Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region, federal, state, and local flood protection officials testified at the State Capitol yesterday. »

The likelihood of significant Yuba River levee work not starting until next year is within the normal timeline for such projects to get prior approvals, and not because of any unforeseen delays, according to the U.S. Corps of Engineers. »

A recent state document, issued regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's re-licensing of Oroville Dam and related water, power and recreation facilities, appears to contain language that could seriously slow down the decade-long re-licensing process, or stop it altogether, according to officials.  »

In spite of Nevada Irrigation District officials' precautions in their Banner Mountain pipeline project, some residents say contractors are kicking up too much dust. »

The case against Crystal Geyser Water Bottling Co.’s proposed 112,500-square-foot bottling plant in Orland is inching toward the courtroom. »

With near constant rain and Lake Shasta filling to the brim, it might have been hard last winter and spring for Redding residents to believe that their neighbors to the north and east received very little rainfall. “We’re really in a drought,” said Pat Oilar, a rancher in the McArthur area whose family also has property a few miles to the north in Modoc County. »

The world's largest water engineering project weaves through the heart of California, diverting northern mountain snowmelt to southern desert cities. »

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service in California said it has received about $2.7 million to fund 11 conservation projects statewide. »

The water level in Lake Red Bluff will be lowered earlier than usual this summer to aid construction of the Red Bluff pumping plant and fish screen. »