Ebb and Flow - Latest Stories

At some of the Sacramento area’s most popular beaches, Water Boards scientists are gathering data swimmers, paddlers and families can use to make informed decisions about enjoying the water.

Across the country, many communities are racing to locate and replace lead service lines. That’s not the case in California, where a recent, painstaking inventory of these lines has yielded nothing but good news.

PFAS helped transform modern life, but these highly persistent “forever chemicals” are also linked to serious health impacts. After years of investigation, California is finding cause for optimism.

Building on lessons learned from prior droughts, a new statewide regulation and the resolve of Californians, the state is deploying conservation — even in non-drought years — as a key strategy to ensure long-term water security.

For California families, dog owners, and anyone heading to the water this summer, a few seconds of awareness about HABs can make all the difference.

Environmental groups named Jon Bishop their 2009 “Ocean Hero.” For 41 years, he protected California’s waters and was instrumental in many of the Water Boards’ most significant initiatives.

Farmers, hunters and fishermen built the Orestimba Creek Recharge and Recovery Project in Stanislaus County. With a $5.6 million grant and a five-year temporary water right permit from the State Water Board, the project has already added 9,000 acre-feet of supplies during its first wet season.

When State Water Board scientists and engineers talk among themselves, their focus is on the long-term threats to our drinking water from aging infrastructure, chronic contaminants and climate-driven extremes.

The renewal of rivers, wetlands, floodplains and other habitat is happening almost six months faster off the Mendocino Coast and in other California watersheds since the State Water Board adopted an order transforming how it permits restoration projects.

When major storms arrive in areas recently burned by wildfire, fire fundamentally changes how landscapes respond to rain, threatening water quality for years.

Beavers, nature's furry water engineers, are making a comeback on a major Central Coast waterbody with help from the California Water Boards and a group of dedicated educators and volunteers.

Every winter, California's rivers come alive with one of nature's most powerful stories - the return of the salmon. A look at the Chinook salmon run on the American River.

Just over 75 years ago, the California Legislature passed the Dickey Water Pollution Act, the nation's first comprehensive attempt to address pollution control at the state level.