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The California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum (CWEMF) will hold its 32nd annual meeting in Folsom, next Monday–Wednesday, April 20–22. The meeting program and agenda are available online. Registration is open now. This year’s keynote speaker is DWR State Climatologist Dr. Micheal Anderson, who will present “Raising Managed Water Capability in a Changing Climate.” More information about this event is available on the CWEMF website.

Join California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) Secretary Wade Crowfoot and a panel of global leaders for a discussion on how climate impacts are intensifying across Mediterranean regions. As national action slows on this front, regional governments are stepping up to deliver solutions. Learn how regions are cooling their cities, protecting against wildfire, managing precious water supplies, and how cross-border collaboration is accelerating action to protect people and nature. As part of CNRA’s Secretary Speaker Series, this month’s discussion comes from the Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership (MCAP) Summit in Los Angeles. This webinar will take place on Friday, April 17, from noon to 1 p.m. Register now to join the discussion.

The next webinar in Sacramento State’s Office of Water Program’s Water Seminar Series will take place this Friday, April 17, from noon to 1 p.m. Inundation Mapping for California State Water Project Dams and Critical Appurtenant Structures will feature Dr. Thomas Molls, who leads DWR’s Division of Engineering’s Hydraulic Section. His presentation will discuss how DWR develops regulatory inundation maps for State Water Project dams and critical appurtenant structures. Inundation maps show flooding that could result from a dam breach, as well as the related critical appurtenant structures are an important part of emergency planning and response. Registration for this Zoom webinar is open now.

Next Monday, April 20, the 75-day public comment period will close for the amended groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs), which includes a coordination agreement submitted to DWR for the Kern Subbasin. The Kern Subbasin was returned to DWR’s jurisdiction by the State Water Resources Control Board last December. The GSPs will be reviewed by DWR, and public comments are considered as part of the review. Links to the GSPs are provided in the DWR press release about this public comment period for this project. Information about how to comment can be found in a public comment factsheet available in English and Spanish. Public comments are welcomed and encouraged.

Watershed Solutions Network (WSN) will host a virtual conversation with the Community Water Center, Self-Help Enterprises, and community members directly affected by unsafe drinking water. This online event will explore what is needed to provide safe, affordable drinking water and sanitation to all communities and how it is everyone’s responsibility to create this reality. Join WSN on Thursday, April 23, at noon for the Human Right to Water virtual workshop. Registration is required for this two-hour event.

The first WestFAST webinar of 2026 is happening today at 9 a.m. Today’s meeting will discuss recent U.S. Department of Energy Energy-Water Resources Program research on the interdependencies of energy and water systems in the context of rapid data center growth. Drawing on ongoing analysis and national laboratory efforts, this research highlights how energy and water demands are increasingly constraining infrastructure development, the tradeoffs associated with different cooling technologies, and emerging approaches to support coordinated, basin-scale planning and resource management. This will be a public webinar and no registration is required. (To access the webinar, click on this webinar link and launch the Microsoft Team application; when prompted, enter meeting ID 268 080 410 910 25 and passcode nL6MB3no).