In California water news today, Can a California town move back from the sea?; Q&A: Almond farms keep growing, and keep moving on water conservation; […]
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WEEKEND CAL WATER FIX READING: The latest State Water Board ruling letter, Delta Stewardship Council’s appeal hearing notice
The State Water Board and the Delta Stewardship Council have released notices pertaining to California Water Fix. CAL WATER FIX HEARING: Ruling on outstanding objections […]
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METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT: Update on Southern California regional groundwater conditions
Data shows groundwater recharge in the region has declined by 1.1 MAF since 2000; storage remains at unhealthy levels At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s […]
The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan agreement and what it means to Metropolitan
Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee discusses the drought contingency plan for the Colorado River On Wednesday, the major headline in California water news was […]
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Developing a Delta habitat restoration adaptive management program
Presentation covers what is adaptive management, why is it important, and why an adaptive management program is needed Habitat restoration is a key strategy in […]
Innovative Technologies to Expand California’s Water Supply
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Labs discuss their work on groundwater recharge, brackish desalination, and seawater desalinization As droughts intensify and the snowpacks diminish, California will […]
WEEKLY FEATURES
BLOG ROUND-UP: San Francisco teams up with Trump on the Tuolumne River?; The connection between groundwater and surface water; Delta Flows — WaterFix Alphabet Soup Edition; and more …
San Francisco teams up with Trump on the Tuolumne River? Doug Obegi writes, “Did you know that the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (“SFPUC”) has […]
SCIENCE FEATURES
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Developing a Delta habitat restoration adaptive management program
Presentation covers what is adaptive management, why is it important, and why an adaptive management program is needed Habitat restoration is a key strategy in […]
SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Salt marsh harvest mouse recovery, Salmon resilience and survival, Submerged aquatic vegetation, DSM-2 evaluation
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available. In this month’s issue: ESSAY Towards Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse […]
BROWN BAG SEMINAR: California floodplains and the fish that use them
How restoring functional flows to floodplains could help restore native fish Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was largely a marshy wetland. […]
BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Development of Recommended Flow Targets to Support Biological Integrity Based on Regional Flow-Ecology Relationships for Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Southern California Streams
Dr. Eric Stein is the principal scientist at Southern California Coastal Water Research Project where he oversees a variety of different kinds of projects focused […]
