California water news

October 1, 2024 414

SJV WATER: State appeals Kings County judge’s groundwater injunction

October 1, 2024 250

PRESS RELEASE: State Water Contractors applaud California’s use of adaptive management in the Bay-Delta for 2024

Notebook News and Features

October 1, 2024 272

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Here today, forgotten tomorrow: How shifting baselines transform nature and challenge restoration

Alastair Bland

September 30, 2024 269

STANFORD REPORT: Untapped potential: Study shows how water systems can help accelerate renewable energy adoption

Stanford University

September 30, 2024 220

NEW BOOK: Planet Aqua: Rethinking Our Home in the Universe

Press Release/Notice

WATER SHELF

September 29, 2024 42

SJV WATER: Valley residents already struggling with dry wells faced another problem this summer: Superheated tank water

SJV Water

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

September 28, 2024 172

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: 2024 – 2026 Proposed Geotechnical Activities Delta Plan Consistency

Agency News News

September 28, 2024 174

DWR: California prepares for extreme weather swings as new water year approaches

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Agency News

September 27, 2024 375

NOAA FISHERIES: West Coast chinook salmon get a new genetic reference database

NOAA Fisheries

September 27, 2024 145

Latest news from around the web

DAILY DIGEST, 9/30: How shifting baselines transform nature and challenge restoration; Study finds Central Valley residents continually exposed to ‘toxic soup’ of pesticides; Happy New Water Year 2025! – Wet, dry, or just plain weird?; and more …

September 30, 2024 756

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Valley residents already struggling with dry wells faced another problem this summer: Superheated tank water; Delta Conveyance Project Proposed Geotechnical Activities Delta Plan Consistency; As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles; Q&A with LADWP’s new board president on priorities & challenges; and more …

September 29, 2024 541

DAILY DIGEST, 9/27: CA prepares for extreme weather swings as new water year approaches; New case endangers water rates; Delta Regional Monitoring Program: Moving forward with collaboration and innovation; 30th anniversary of the day “we saved Mono Lake”; and more …

September 27, 2024 697

DAILY DIGEST: San Francisco weighs bid to drop Supreme Court water case; Nutria found in Contra Costa County; The Delta supports state-boosted sustainable ag: What does that look like?; NID withdraws Centennial Dam proposal after SYRCL’s decade-long opposition; and more …

September 26, 2024 879

ONLY ON MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Here today, forgotten tomorrow: How shifting baselines transform nature and challenge restoration

September 30, 2024 269

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How the fight against Auburn Dam advanced flood control in California

September 24, 2024 761

DAVID SEDLAK: Water for All: Global solutions for a changing climate

September 12, 2024 181

NEWS AND FEATURES

PRESS RELEASE: State and federal agencies cancel action to protect Delta smelt

October 1, 2024 414

From Restore the Delta: In California, today marks the start of the new “water year,” the date water managers use...

SJV WATER: State appeals Kings County judge’s groundwater injunction

October 1, 2024 250

PRESS RELEASE: State Water Contractors applaud California’s use of adaptive management in the Bay-Delta for 2024

October 1, 2024 272

STANFORD REPORT: Untapped potential: Study shows how water systems can help accelerate renewable energy adoption

September 30, 2024 220

SJV WATER: Valley residents already struggling with dry wells faced another problem this summer: Superheated tank water

September 28, 2024 172

Groundwater

SJV WATER: State appeals Kings County judge’s groundwater injunction

October 1, 2024 250

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water The state Water Resources Control Board announced Monday it is appealing a Kings County judge’s...

SJV WATER: Tulare County irrigation districts try to ‘right the ship’ toward groundwater sustainability. But will it be enough?

September 26, 2024 151

SJV WATER: Most well owners in Kings County will soon have to meter and register wells under local – not state – rules

September 25, 2024 197

AG ALERT: State Water Board agrees on probation for Tule Subbasin

September 25, 2024 160

NOW AVAILABLE: DWR Releases Second and Third Papers on Depletions of Interconnected Surface Water

Agency News

September 21, 2024 183

Delta

DELTA PROTECTION COMMISSION: The Delta Supports State-Boosted Sustainable Ag: What Does That Look Like?

September 26, 2024 124

From the Delta Protection Commission: What policies would Delta residents support for adapting to environmental changes in the region? Given...

WATER BLUEPRINT FOR THE SJV: Update on Fall X2

September 21, 2024 240

ANNOUNCEMENT: Celebrating Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Week 2024

September 21, 2024 72

Colorado River

PRESS RELEASE: IID’s Colorado River Agreement to Raise Lake Mead by 10+ Feet

September 27, 2024 136

IID inked a landmark conservation agreement on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to conserve up...

USBR: Fish release tries to tip the scales in favor of endangered species

Agency News

September 13, 2024 244

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

August 28, 2024 654

Science

NOAA FISHERIES: West Coast chinook salmon get a new genetic reference database

NOAA Fisheries

September 27, 2024 145

Upgraded research tool allows scientists to pinpoint the origin of individual salmon. From the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries...

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

September 6, 2024 235

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

August 5, 2024 121

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

Delta science Science

August 1, 2024 91

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

July 26, 2024 240

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NOTICE of lifting of curtailments under standard water right Term 91

Delta Stewardship Council

October 1, 2024 52

From the State Water Resources Control Board: This notice serves to inform water right permit and license holders with Standard...

NOW AVAILABLE: 2024 Delta Plan Five-Year Review Report

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

September 28, 2024 51

Delta Stewardship Council adopts 2024 Delta Plan five-year review report From the Delta Stewardship Council: As required by the Delta...

DWR: Lake Oroville update: Routine spillway inspections scheduled; Geotechnical investigation; Feather River floating classrooms; Current lake operations; and more …

September 21, 2024 151

From the Department of Water Resources: Routine Spillway Inspections Scheduled Following another wet winter requiring flood control releases from Oroville...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Celebrating Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Week 2024

Press Release/Notice

September 21, 2024 72

From the Delta Conservancy: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Week, taking place this year from September 22 through 28, is a celebration...

NOTICE: Notification Level Recommendation for Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA) in Drinking Water

Press Release/Notice