California water news

September 6, 2024 144

NOAA FISHERIES: The Elwha River restoration: A case study in adaptive management for salmon recovery

NOAA Fisheries

September 6, 2024 92

CV-SALTS UPDATE: Priority 2 Basins and P&O Study Move Forward

September 6, 2024 82

PRESS RELEASE: San Bernardino Valley enhances resiliency with hydroelectric facilities

September 6, 2024 99

PRESS RELEASE: Technical working group gives new findings on Indian Wells Valley basin safe yield

September 6, 2024 54

REPORT SUMMARY: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta

Reports

September 5, 2024 93

LETTER: GOP Reps say preferred alternative for Delta water project operations inappropriately prioritizes environmental goals at expense of water supplies

Notebook News and Features

September 4, 2024 806

RESTORE THE DELTA: Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition challenges legality of Delta Conveyance Project in new petition

September 4, 2024 307

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: Planning for resilience: Understanding the connections between forests, fire, water, and drought

September 4, 2024 126

CAL MATTERS: Californians to face steep fines for violating water orders under new legislation

Cal Matters

August 31, 2024 539

Latest news from around the web

DAILY DIGEST, 9/6: New laws to increase fines for violators, protect wetlands; More than half of California is now ‘abnormally dry’; Study: Groundwater use can be monitored using Open ET; What explains this week’s SoCal scorcher?; and more …

Desert Research Institute

Daily Digest

September 6, 2024 571

IN THIS POST ...On the calendar today …In California water news today …New California water measures aim to increase fines for violators, protect wetlandsValadao, Calif. Republicans push Reclamation to reconsider proposal for long-term water operationsMore than half of California is...

Featured News

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Groundwater Use Can Be Accurately Monitored With Satellites Using OpenET, New Study Finds

September 6, 2024 144

DRI scientists compare data from groundwater pumping meters with OpenET estimates in irrigated land to advance understanding of groundwater use....

NOAA FISHERIES: The Elwha River restoration: A case study in adaptive management for salmon recovery

September 6, 2024 92

CV-SALTS UPDATE: Priority 2 Basins and P&O Study Move Forward

September 6, 2024 82

PRESS RELEASE: San Bernardino Valley enhances resiliency with hydroelectric facilities

September 6, 2024 99

PRESS RELEASE: Technical working group gives new findings on Indian Wells Valley basin safe yield

Desert Research Institute

September 6, 2024 54

Groundwater

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Groundwater Use Can Be Accurately Monitored With Satellites Using OpenET, New Study Finds

September 6, 2024 144

DRI scientists compare data from groundwater pumping meters with OpenET estimates in irrigated land to advance understanding of groundwater use....

PRESS RELEASE: Technical working group gives new findings on Indian Wells Valley basin safe yield

September 6, 2024 54

SJV WATER: State Water Board staff gives two groundwater agencies a pass, keeps Tule subbasin on hook for probation

August 31, 2024 601

SJV WATER: State Water Board needs to get up to speed on Kern’s new groundwater plan, speakers say

August 31, 2024 240

PRESS RELEASE: Kern subbasin groundwater sustainability agencies urge State to consider updated plan

August 31, 2024 155

Delta

REPORT SUMMARY: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta

Notebook News and Features

Reports

September 5, 2024 93

The Delta is home to over 200 non-native species and is among the world’s most invaded estuaries. These species, introduced...

COMMENTARY: Failure to implement environmental laws shows what’s really in store for the endangered San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem

Commentary

September 5, 2024 231

LETTER: GOP Reps say preferred alternative for Delta water project operations inappropriately prioritizes environmental goals at expense of water supplies

September 4, 2024 806

Colorado River

AG ALERT: Imperial Valley goes dry as farmers act to protect river

Ag Alert

August 28, 2024 593

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Irrigators cut off water to a huge portion of the Imperial Valley’s half-million acres of...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Springtime rain crucial for getting wintertime snowmelt to the Colorado River, study finds

August 17, 2024 46

UNIV. OF WASHINGTON: Why isn’t Colorado’s snowpack ending up in the Colorado River? New research suggests the problem might be the lack of spring rainfall

August 16, 2024 77

Science

NOAA FISHERIES: The Elwha River restoration: A case study in adaptive management for salmon recovery

NOAA Fisheries

September 6, 2024 92

Elwha River restoration project offers valuable insights into the complex ecological processes involved in dam removal and river recovery. By...

USGS: Wildfires are increasing concentrations of mercury in Pacific Northwest headwater streams

August 5, 2024 110

SCIENCE FEATURE: Using an adaptation pathways approach to explore the solution space and accelerate adaptation

Delta science Science

August 1, 2024 82

UC RIVERSIDE: Parched Central Valley farms depend on Sierras for groundwater

July 26, 2024 227

USGS: Using mixed telemetry methods to measure soil moisture for improving runoff forecasting in the Sierra Nevada

Delta Stewardship Council

July 25, 2024 31

ANNOUNCEMENTS

YOUR INPUT WANTED: Delta Stewardship Council’s Draft Tribal and Environmental Justice Issue Paper

September 6, 2024 33

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Delta Stewardship Council has released the public review draft of its Tribal and Environmental...

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM to release pulse flow for salmon spawning

September 4, 2024 139

From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: Starting early morning, Tuesday, September 10, the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (Program)...

SITES AHO RULING: Procedural Ruling Regarding Evidentiary Issues, Time Limits, and Site Visit in the AHO Proceeding on the Proposed Sites Reservoir Project

September 4, 2024 63

From the State Water Resources Control Board: This procedural ruling addresses the motions to supplement case in chief exhibits filed...

NOTICE: September 17, 2024, SGMA Public Board Hearing on Tule groundwater subbasin: Final Staff Report available

August 31, 2024 64

On September 17, 2024, the State Water Board will hold a public hearing to consider designating the Tule Subbasin as...

NOTICE: Public hearing on proposed reservoir project in Sacramento Valley continues in September

August 31, 2024 96

Sites Project Authority seeks water right for construction, storage The State Water Resources Control Board will continue a multi-day public...

NOTICE: Curtailments remain in effect for Scott River watershed

August 31, 2024 72

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Curtailments remain in effect for the Scott River watershed. The flow at the...

NOTICE of commencement of 2024 review of state water quality control plans and state policies for water quality control

August 21, 2024 58

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is commencing the 2024...

NOTICE: Direct Potable Reuse Regulations Approved

August 9, 2024 110

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the Direct Potable Reuse Regulations...

Podcasts and webinars

WATER SHELF PODCAST: “Liquid Asset” by Buzz Thompson

August 23, 2024 87

WATER SHELF PODCAST: “Water for All” by David Sedlak⁠

August 3, 2024 83

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Environmental DNA: An Interview with Andrea Schreier

July 17, 2024 158

WATER SHELF PODCAST: “Water Always Wins” by Erica Gies

April 9, 2024 90

RIPPLE EFFECT: All the Water Books!

March 30, 2024 72

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Reversing Delta land subsidence with Steven Deverel

March 18, 2024 248

Best of the Notebook

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: DWR presents Delta Conveyance Project cost estimate and benefit cost analysis to Metropolitan Committee

June 19, 2024 423

At the June meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting, DWR Director Karla Nemeth was on...

FEATURE: Requiring water users to pay for ecological damage: A conversation with environmental lawyer Karrigan Börk

Robin Meadows

June 11, 2024 399

by Robin Meadows Water diversions can harm aquatic ecosystems, riparian habitat, and beaches fed by river sediment. But the people...

JEFFREY KIGHTLINGER: Southern California water challenges, explained

June 6, 2024 652

Jeffrey Kightlinger spent 15 years as Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Water District, the largest municipal water provider in...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Are farm fields a hidden source of microplastics?

Alastair Bland

May 30, 2024 543

By Alastair Bland I first tuned in to murmurs about plastic pollution in the late 1980s, when my mom would...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Water right enforcement in California

May 16, 2024 777

In August 2022, amidst a severe drought, the State Water Board ordered ranchers and farmers in Siskiyou County to cease...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Lights, sound…bubbles! New virtual barrier deters baby salmon from Delta death trap

Robin Meadows