November 2016 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central

November 30, 2016 712

From the Department of Water Resources, State Water Board, and other state agencies: Working to make water conservation a way...

THIS JUST IN … Initial State Water Project allocation set at 20%

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Agency News

November 28, 2016 581

Drought Continues Despite Early-Season Rainfall Still early in California’s rainy season, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced its...

CAL MATTERS: To save SF Bay and its dying Delta, state aims to re-plumb California

Cal Matters

News

November 26, 2016

By Julie Cart, Cal Matters The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco...

Stormwater and MS4 Permits in Southern California – Clean It, Conserve It, But How to Pay for It?

Maven

Notebook News and Features

November 17, 2016 485

If regulatory issues can be solved, stormwater can be a valuable resource, says Monrovia City Manager Oliver Chi Storm water...

STATE WATER BOARD: Stormwater strategy update

Maven

Notebook News and Features

November 17, 2016 228

Implementation has begun on identifying barriers to stormwater capture and use, addressing urban pesticides, and identifying funding opportunities Stormwater runoff...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Water Year 2016 in review; Overview of Delta levee assessment district feasibility study

Maven

Notebook News and Features

November 16, 2016 165

A retrospective look at water operations during Water Year 2016; plus an overview of the Delta Protection Commission’s Delta Flood...

GUEST COMMENTARY: A New Future Hydrologic Baseline for California

Robert Shibatani

Commentary

November 15, 2016 292

What Are The Risks of Continuing Without One? Written by Robert Shibatani A fundamental tenet of applied hydrology has always...

NEW REPORT: A Delta Renewed

Maven

Press Release/Other

November 14, 2016 343

Groundbreaking Report Offers a Guide to Science-Based Restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta From the San Francisco Estuary Institute: The...

Delta nutrients: Sources, sinks, sags, soups, and sensors

Maven

Delta science

November 10, 2016 843

Delta Lead Scientist Cliff Dahm discusses sources and effects of nutrients in the Delta Increasing clarity of waters, the emergence...

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

Maven

Notebook News and Features

November 9, 2016 374

Secretary Karen Ross, Thad Bettner, and Eric Averett discuss how implementation of the state’s historic groundwater legislation is progressing as...

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Environmental impacts, the Endangered Species Act, and extinction

Maven

Notebook News and Features

November 8, 2016 458

Phil Isenberg, Jeff Mount, and Kate Poole discuss the Endangered Species Act and the state’s approach to ecosystem restoration Although...

Deconstructing the current California drought

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

November 3, 2016 479

Dr. Michael Dettinger takes a data dive into the impacts of the California drought California, currently in its fifth (and...

Reconciliation ecology could end California’s water wars

Maven

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features

November 2, 2016 1505

Projects in the Sacramento Valley demonstrate the success of collaboration for the benefit of species This article first appeared in...

THIS JUST IN … Statewide Water Savings Top 18 Percent in September

Maven

Agency News

November 1, 2016 258

Conservation Still Needed Despite Early Rains From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Update on endangered species permits, cost allocation

Maven

Notebook News and Features

November 1, 2016 623

Coverage from the October meeting of the Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta At the Metropolitan Water District’s meeting...

Month: November 2016

THIS JUST IN … State Plan Seeks To Make Water Conservation A Way of Life

THIS JUST IN … Initial State Water Project allocation set at 20%

CAL MATTERS: To save SF Bay and its dying Delta, state aims to re-plumb California

Stormwater and MS4 Permits in Southern California – Clean It, Conserve It, But How to Pay for It?

STATE WATER BOARD: Stormwater strategy update

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Water Year 2016 in review; Overview of Delta levee assessment district feasibility study

GUEST COMMENTARY: A New Future Hydrologic Baseline for California

NEW REPORT: A Delta Renewed

Delta nutrients: Sources, sinks, sags, soups, and sensors

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Environmental impacts, the Endangered Species Act, and extinction

Deconstructing the current California drought

Reconciliation ecology could end California’s water wars

THIS JUST IN … Statewide Water Savings Top 18 Percent in September

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Update on endangered species permits, cost allocation

USBR: Start of 2025 water year is a reminder of the need for caution and preparedness

DWR Statement on Fall X2 action

REPORT: Sustainable Conservation publishes key report on accelerating ecological restoration in the Sacramento Valley and Beyond

NREL: The (in)visible plastic pollution problem

PRESS RELEASE: California’s Direct Potable Reuse Regulations flow into action

DAILY DIGEST, 10/2: Decision to reduce water flows in the Delta sparks debate over imperiled fish; Is California getting drier?; New report on accelerating restoration in the Sacramento Valley; The (in)visible plastic pollution problem; and more …