Key dates in California water history
From the Sacramento Bee: “1919. Lt. Col. Robert B. Marshall, chief geographer for the U.S. Geological Survey, publishes a pamphlet that first lays out a vision for moving Northern California water...
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Oakdale Irrigation District to mark centennial
From the Modesto Bee: “One hundred years ago this fall, civic leaders got a flood of support for harnessing the Stanislaus River. Area residents voted 849-27 on Oct. 23, 1909, to create the Oakdale...
View ArticlePeter Langley: Kevin Starr’s latest historical book gives background to...
From the Contra Costa Times, this commentary/book review by Peter Langley: “If you’re interested in better understanding the California we live in, I have a must-read for you: “Golden Dreams,...
View ArticlePeter Gleick: Destroying our libraries: A water story
From Peter Gleick at the City Brights blog: “In 49 BC, parts of the priceless Library of Alexandria burned, when Julius Caesar set a fire to the Egyptian fleet in the harbor and the fire spread....
View ArticleCalifornia has a wild water history
From the Santa Cruz Sentinel: “California’s water history has the intrigue of a spy novel and content of a thousand Hollywood movies. As Mark Twain once said “Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for...
View ArticleUC water archive needs new home
From the Sacramento Bee: “The future of water in California is a well-known point of contention. Now the history of water has become a subject of concern. State budget problems have driven the...
View ArticleThe diplomacy of water: “Water and the West: The Colorado River Compact and...
From High Country News: “Norris Hundley’s book Water and the West has long stood as the classic account of the epic negotiations to divide up the Colorado River’s water. First published in 1975, the...
View ArticleCheck this out, water history buffs: ACWA launches its centennial website
Next year, ACWA will celebrate it’s centennial, and in preparation, has launched a new website. The website includes historical photos, timelines, and more. Information will be added throughout the...
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Water History: Transcript of 1967 interview with Harvey O. Banks
From the University of California at Berkeley, a transcript of an interview from 1967 with Harvey O. Banks regarding California’s water development: “Brown: This is an interview with Mr. Harvey Banks...
View Article1910s: Water brought prosperity to Manteca
From the Manteca Bulletin: “Water. It drove back the efforts of a 20-man Mormon contingent led by William Stout in 1846. They had established a colony southwest of Manteca near the Hays Road bend in...
View Article1920s: The Great Drought hurts Manteca economy
From the Manteca Bulletin: “It wasn't the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929 that was the defining economic development for Manteca in the 1920s. It was the Great Drought of 1924. It was also the same...
View Article75-year-old Marin water tank wood reused, scattered around Bay Area
From the Contra Costa Times: “A 75-year-old, 100,000-gallon Marin Municipal Water District wooden water tank that was taken down in San Rafael last year lives on in restaurant tables, whiskey bar...
View ArticleNotorious in Jackson, Brown routed foothills water south
From the Amador Ledger Dispatch, this third part of a four-part series (you can find part 1 here and part 2 here): “At the same time Attorney General Pat Brown sent investigators to bore enough holes...
View ArticleDitch is getting some historical attention
From the Riverside Press Enterprise: “Parts of it are gone, but a 12-mile ditch is getting more attention these days as part a new book about its part in the San Bernardino area’s history. The Mill...
View ArticleWater Wired blog: Earth To UC Regents: Are you stupid, clueless, or what?...
From Michael Campana at the Water Wired blog: “Earth is more than a little perturbed this week: first Science magazine, now the University of California Regents, who seem intent on dismantling the...
View ArticleResponse from UC President Mark Yudof regarding Water Resources Center Archives
From the Water Librarian’s blog: “I (and many others) received the following e-mail: Thank you for your e-mail expressing your concern about the future of the University of California's Water Resources...
View ArticleACWA Centennial Video: Part 1
From ACWA’s Water News: “ACWA is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2010. Since its formation in 1910, ACWA has been a guiding force in California water. From early irrigation statutes to the...
View ArticleJuly 2010 update on status of Water Resources Center Archives
From On Water, the blog of the Water Resources Center Archives: “In October 2009, UC Office of the President's, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) decided that WRCA would best be...
View ArticleSunday’s top of the scroll: Water Resources Center Archives to move to...
From the University of California Riverside: “The premier collection of information and materials about water development in California and the West will soon move to a new home: Southern California....
View ArticleUC water archive to leave Berkeley campus, go to two campuses in south state
From the Contra Costa Times: “The West’s premier archive of historical materials about water development is being moved from UC Berkeley to two universities in Southern California. The Water Resources...
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