Maven’s Minutes: Second draft of the Delta Science Plan makes its debut Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features August 29, 2013 73At the August 22nd meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Lead Scientist Dr. Peter Goodwin gave a preview of the...
This just in … Final Delta Plan is now posted Delta Stewardship Council Agency News August 28, 2013 122The Delta Stewardship Council has posted the Final Delta Plan at the Council website – you can access the document...
Water Storage in California, part 1: An Overview Maven Notebook News and Features August 28, 2013 1459On March 20, 2013, the Assembly Select Committee on Regional Approaches to Addressing the State’s Water Crisis held an informational...
Aguanomic’s blogger David Zetland moderates a Restore the Delta panel session Maven Notebook News and Features August 27, 2013 165In July, Aguanomic’s blogger David Zetland moderated a panel discussion hosted by Restore the Delta after a viewing of their...
Delta Plan update: Final Delta Plan regulations, online consistency determinations, and early consultations Maven Notebook News and Features August 27, 2013 62At the August 22nd Delta Stewardship Council Meeting, Cindy Messer, Deputy Executive Officer, and Keith Coolidge, Executive Manager of External Affairs, updated...
California Water Commission: Will the state meet its 20×2020 water conservation goal? Plus an update on SWP contract negotiations, the public benefits of water storage projects, a Statewide Water Action Plan and more Maven Notebook News and Features August 26, 2013 677Legislation passed in 2009 set an ambitious target for statewide water conservation: a 20% reduction in urban per capita water...
Second draft of the Delta Science Plan now posted Maven Delta science August 23, 2013 55The second draft of the Delta Science Plan has now been posted at the Delta Stewardship Council website and is...
Delta Stewardship Council hears a BDCP update, plus a frank discussion on tunnel size and capacity Maven Notebook News and Features August 23, 2013 457At the Delta Stewardship Council’s meeting on August 22, Karla Nemeth, project manager, and Gordon Enas, engineer, were there to...
Fish Restoration Program Agreement update: Propsect Island, groundwater monitoring and more Department of Water Resources (DWR) Delta science August 22, 2013 102From the Department of Water Resources, this update on the latest activities of the Fish Restoration Program Agreement (FRPA): Prospect...
Uncommitted water bond funds: Just how much is there? Maven Press Release/Other August 20, 2013 480From 2000 to 2008, voters approved nearly $100 billion in general obligation bonds to fund the state’s infrastructure needs with...
Assembly Committee for Water, Parks, and Wildlife’s informational hearing on the framework for a water bond Maven Notebook News and Features August 18, 2013 327On August 15, the Assembly Committee for Water, Parks, and Wildlife held an informational hearing to gather public comment as...
Letter: NGO’s send letter to Governor Brown outlining three actions for achieving a Delta solution Maven Notebook News and Features August 18, 2013 233After meeting with the Governor earlier this month, The Nature Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, American Rivers, The Bay Institute, The...
Letter: Another group of NGOs write federal agencies, allege BDCP’s documents are inaccurate and misleading in regards to tunnel size Maven Notebook News and Features August 18, 2013 157Meanwhile, a different group of NGOs, namely Friends of the River, the Environmental Water Caucus, Restore the Delta, the California...
In his own words: DWR’s principal engineer describes the changes to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features August 16, 2013 933No doubt, the big story today in the papers will be regarding the changes made to the Bay Delta Conservation...
Reactions pour in from yesterday’s BDCP announcement of changes to the project Maven Press Release/Other August 16, 2013 166I received and collected a few reactions from various organizations to yesterday’s announcement. Here’s what I have, listed in alphabetical...
