DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 17-20: Sunday storm to add to snowfall totals; State accelerates stormwater capture opportunities; McNerney joins forces on Delta levee bill; Nearly half of L.A County’s pavement may be unnecessary; and more …

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Weekly Digest

February 20, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/20: New storm on Sunday to add to staggering snowfall totals; Big storms boost CA water supply, but snowpack lags; DWR partners with agencies to untangle mystery of CA’s harmful algal blooms; Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater?; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 20, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/19: McNerney joins with Delta enviros & State Water Contractors on major bill to protect CA’s water; Study: New and notable recommendations for protecting at-risk fish from water diversions in the Bay-Delta system; Busted pipe at Yuba power plant kills salmon, renews infrastructure fears; El Nino is brewing: Here’s what it means for US weather in 2026; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 19, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/18: Feet of snow to bury Sierra through next week; Hundreds of young Chinook salmon found dead in Yuba River; Infrastructure needs will cost San Diego $7.8 billion it doesn’t have; Lake Powell forecast to reach critical lows, threatening hydropower generation; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 18, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/17: CA braces for flooding, snow, thunderstorms; Tribes and allies form a coalition against the Delta Conveyance Project as Harder steps up pressure; ILRP: Expert panel nears completion of draft recommendations; With no Colorado River deal in sight, risk of federal action intensifies; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 17, 2026

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SPECIAL EDITION: Colorado River update: Department of Interior moving forward after no consensus among the seven basin states

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Colorado River Daily Digest

February 14, 2026

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] State officials and water managers from the seven states relying on the Colorado River have yet again failed to reach a consensus on future water cuts before a critical federal deadline. Despite months of negotiations aimed at preserving water...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 8-13: Delta monitoring changes could obscure the fate of fish & flows; State officials have chance to save salmon; Outdated water rules could cost California 600,000 acre-feet; No agreement on Colorado River expected by deadline; and more …

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Weekly Digest

February 13, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: It’s final: No Delta smelt found in annual survey for 8 years; State supreme court declines to hear groundwater case out of Kings County; After years of La Niña, Pacific surges toward El Niño; ‘No one is expecting’ a Colorado River agreement by Saturday deadline; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 13, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/12: State officials faced with a once-in-a-generation chance to save CA’s salmon; As La Niña is ending, signs of El Niño emerge; These maps show where California sank the most over the past decade; Three days left: Arizona faces deeper Colorado River cuts as federal deadline looms; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 12, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/11: Proposed Bay-Delta plan could reshape way California delivers water; Outdated water rules could cost CA 600,000 acre-feet, lawmakers warn; New report: Regulating data center water use in CA; Drought, disagreements, and deadlines: The fight for Colorado River’s future; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 11, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/10: Winter is back, as record snow drought raises concerns; Central Valley farmers press Trump to raise Shasta Dam; CA on track to raze another 40,000 acres of vineyards; Deadline approaches for Colorado River negotiations; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 10, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/9: Delta data offline? No more X2? Monitoring changes could obscure the fate of fish & flows; Sierra snow is finally returning; Valley farmers push for Trump to fund Shasta Dam enlargement project; The Colorado River might get a short-term fix. Is that good enough?; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 8, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Storms line up to revive winter; CA Sierra Club backs Alex Padilla’s water bill, worries about Delta tunnel risk; Miles of pristine LA beach could become America’s next national park; More snow in Florida than Utah? Why weird weather has dominated this year; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 8, 2026

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 2-6: Bay-Delta water plan divides tribes, farmers and regulators; Colorado River negotiators are nearly out of time and snowpack; Rain, snow enter forecast; Trump’s water ambitions have a staffing problem; and more …

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Weekly Digest

February 6, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/6: CA to see ‘major pattern change’ as rain, snow enter forecast; Challenging California’s water ‘scarcity’ narrative; How to entice water guzzlers to conserve; How failing negotiations could spiral into a bitter fight over the Colorado River; and more …

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Daily Digest

February 6, 2026

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