In California water news today, Goleta sues to stop ‘Law and Order’ creator from selling water to neighboring cities; Energy storage is saving water utilities […]
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NEWS WORTH NOTING: Water year 2016 ends, California suffered ‘snow drought’; San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority calls for Congressional action to avoid devastating repeat of 2016 water allocations; Harmful cyanobacteria detected around Fabian Tract
Water Year 2016 Ends, California Suffered ‘Snow Drought’ Statewide water conservation vital for surviving uncertain climate future From the Department of Water Resources: California’s 2016 […]
NOTEBOOK NEWS ARTICLES
DR. PETER MOYLE & DR JASON BAUMSTEIGER: Assessing extinction in freshwater fishes
Drs. Moyle and Baumsteiger lay out a proposal for determining when to declare a species extinct The extinction of a species is a major consideration […]
PANEL DISCUSSION: Water agency officials discuss the California Water Fix
Can the conflict over the Delta tunnels be solved? Officials from Northern, Central, and Southern California discuss the tunnels and other issues that confronting California […]
CALIFORNIA WATER COMMISSION: September update on the Water Storage Investment Program
Public comment period closes on October 3rd; Another round of public comment expected At the California Water Commission’s September 16th meeting, the Commission held a […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: New proposed instream flows: Are these supportable by a changing upstream hydrologic regime…?
Guest commentary written by Robert Shibatani In the often volatile arena that is California water, the focus on river flows has once again taken center […]
WEEKLY FEATURES
SCIENCE NEWS: California’s almond boom has ramped up water use; After a decade away river otters make a triumphant return to the Bay Area; Santa Clara, Yolo Counties get boost to save endangered species; Nutrient nuances modeled in SF Bay; and more …
In science news this week: California’s almond boom has ramped up water use, consumed wetlands, and stressed pollinators; After a decade away river otters make […]
SCIENCE ON THE NOTEBOOK
Getting to the Bottom of It: An Overview of the Environmental Monitoring Program’s Benthic Monitoring in the Delta
DWR’s Dr. Betsy Wells takes a look at the creatures that live on the bottom of the Delta Creating a better understanding of bottom-dwelling, or […]
How the San Francisco Bay Regional Monitoring Program integrates research and monitoring of mercury and methylmercury
Dr. Jay Davis highlights studies to determine where the greatest potential exists to address methylmercury in the San Francisco Bay The Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) […]
Overview of control studies for the Delta methylmercury TMDL
Dr. Stephen McCord discusses the progress made so far on the phase one control studies; final reports are due October, 2018 Mercury comes from many […]
Removal of mercury from surface waters using coagulation
Dr. Tamara Kraus with the USGS presents the latest laboratory and field test results using metal-based salts as a coagulant for mercury removal Mercury contamination […]
