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The State Water Resources Control Board is gearing up to approve this year a long-awaited update to its Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan. But a looming Newsom-Trump battle has thrown more uncertainty into the delicate negotiating process.

After deep disappointment with state and federal water allocations this spring, water contractors are heavily focused on fall operations.

Irrigation district fears it could undermine promises from both administrations to implement science-based decisions, better transparency and adaptive management.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth to advise his office on water priorities.

Eileen Sobeck will retire at the end of the year, after steering the agency through turbulent waters with the Trump administration and shepherding in several new regulatory programs.

The state water board released a 6,000-page report Thursday detailing options for updating its Bay-Delta Plan.

DWR Director Karla Nemeth stands at the center of several monumental changes underway for California’s water supply.

Central Valley lawmakers are gaining ground in the Legislature with three measures that would expedite environmental permits and limit lawsuits with new water projects.

Family Farm Alliance Director Dan Keppen applauded that decision in Congress this week, following accolades from across ag and water communities.