Water

Council-Backed Reservoir Receives $205 Million Boost from Biden, Congress image

Council-Backed Reservoir Receives $205 Million Boost from Biden, Congress

The Bay Area Council-backed Sites Reservoir project was awarded a $205.6 million grant from the federal Bureau of Reclamation’s Water Infrastruct...
Top State Water Official Briefs Council on Increasing Drought Resilience image

Top State Water Official Briefs Council on Increasing Drought Resilience

The Bay Area Council’s Water & Climate Resilience Committee on Monday (Feb. 12) welcomed California Deputy Secretary for Water Nancy Vogel to...
Proposed Sites Reservoir Crosses Critical Milestone image

Proposed Sites Reservoir Crosses Critical Milestone

Sites Reservoir, the proposed 1.5 million acre-foot off-stream reservoir that would be the 8th largest in California if built, took a major step fo...
New Reservoir Project Gets Accelerated behind Council’s Advocacy image

New Reservoir Project Gets Accelerated behind Council’s Advocacy

California’s ability to update, improve and modernize its critical infrastructure has too often been delayed and made more expensive by legal cha...
Playback: Can We Innovate Our Way Out of Drought image

Playback: Can We Innovate Our Way Out of Drought

Thank you to everyone who attended the Bay Area Council’s recent in-person forum on water sustainability aboard the Klamath, where we asked three...
Water Sustainability Forum: Can We Innovate Our Way Out of Drought? image

Water Sustainability Forum: Can We Innovate Our Way Out of Drought?

Friday, September 2911 a.m. to 12noonThe Klamath, Pier 9, the Embarcadero, San FranciscoRegister today>> More frequent. More severe. Drought ...
Celebrating World Water Day image

Celebrating World Water Day

World Water Day (March 22) inspires awareness and action to promote access to clean water worldwide. This year is all about accelerating change. Cl...
Council Welcomes Order by Newsom to Increase Delta Water Deliveries image

Council Welcomes Order by Newsom to Increase Delta Water Deliveries

Capturing water from atmospheric river storms and storing it for future use by people and the environment is more important than ever amid the clim...
Climate Bond Debate Heats Up image

Climate Bond Debate Heats Up

Following the Governor’s call for a climate resilience bond on the 2024 ballot, Senators Eggman and Niello on Friday introduced legislation (SB 6...
Christmas Miracle: Federal San Francisco Bay Restoration Program Gets Huge Boost image

Christmas Miracle: Federal San Francisco Bay Restoration Program Gets Huge Boost

San Francisco Bay is one of the largest and most ecologically important estuaries in the United States, but you would never know that by the pittan...
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