CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Dr. David Sunding defends economic benefits of the tunnels to the San Diego County Water Authority Maven Notebook News and Features October 31, 2016 1181Dr. Sunding says California Water Fix is ‘essentially like an insurance policy’ to prevent erosion of existing water supplies At...
REIMAGINING THE CADILLAC DESERT, Part 3: How are cities looking at water? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 27, 2016 986Pat Mulroy, LA DWP’s David Pettijohn, and Ventura Water’s Shana Epstein discuss their strategies for providing water to their customers...
REIMAGINING THE CADILLAC DESERT, Part 2: Where will water come from? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 26, 2016 1343Jeffrey Kightlinger, Mark Gold, and Dr. Richard Howitt weigh in on where Southern California and the West will find water...
CALIFORNIA WEATHER BLOG: Unusually active October continues across California, but winter doesn’t look so promising Maven Press Release/Other October 26, 2016 279From Daniel Swain at the California Weather Blog: “October in California is unlike autumn virtually anywhere else in North America. It’s...
REIMAGINING THE CADILLAC DESERT, Part 1: Are we in a forever drought? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 25, 2016 1780Climate scientist Bill Patzert gives an overview of our water reality Marc Reisner’s “Cadillac Desert” masterfully chronicled how early settlers...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Laying the foundation for an ecosystem restoration amendment to the Delta Plan Maven Notebook News and Features October 19, 2016 350Panel discussion features presentations on SFEI’s upcoming report, A Delta Renewed, and DFW’s Delta Conservation Framework effort In April of...
THIS JUST IN … DWR Releases Changes to State’s Groundwater Basin Boundaries Department of Water Resources (DWR) Agency News October 18, 2016 1055Sets Stage for Sustainable Local Groundwater Management From the Department of Water Resources: The California Department of Water Resources (DWR)...
WATER SMART INNOVATIONS: Speeding up innovation in the water industry Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 18, 2016 1058Paul Brown says three things are necessary to spur technological innovation: avoiding the optimization trap, removing standardization as a barrier,...
GUEST COMMENTARY: A vision of California with 2 meters of sea level rise Guest Contributor Commentary October 18, 2016 672Website project seeks to help people think different about life in a climate changed world Written by David Zetland: Most...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Are we trying to survive or thrive? Guest Contributor Commentary October 17, 2016 240Successful long-term water management requires a comprehensive, integrated strategy, says John Kingsbury Written by John Kingsbury, Executive Director of the...
SF ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Primary production in the Delta, Zooplankton, Delta outflow, and more from the State of Bay Delta Science Maven Delta science October 13, 2016 163The latest issue of San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science is now available online. In this edition: ESSAY Primary Production...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Update on the Delta smelt resiliency strategy Maven Notebook News and Features October 12, 2016 379In July, the Natural Resources Agency released the Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy, a set of immediate and near-term management actions...
METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on California Water Fix, Tule Red Tidal Restoration Project Maven Notebook News and Features October 11, 2016 614At the September meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Delta, committee members were given an update...
CAL WATER FIX: DWR files Incidental Take Permit application; State Water Board issues ruling on multiple objections to submitted testimony Maven Notebook News and Features October 10, 2016 640Department of Water Resources files Incidental Take Permit Application for California Water Fix From the California Water Fix website: The...
THIS JUST IN … Central Valley Project begins water year 2017 with 4.9 million acre-feet of storage Bureau of Reclamation News Agency News October 7, 2016 603From the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project (CVP) began water year 2017, which...
