Month: January 2018

January 31, 2018 230

DWR responds to City of Antioch motion for continuance The Department of Water Resources has filed its response to the...

THIS JUST IN … City of Antioch files motion for Continuance of Phase 2 of Cal Water Fix hearing and Reconsideration of Reopening of Part 1

Notebook News and Features

January 26, 2018 456

The City of Antioch has filed a motion with the State Water Board asking them to consider additional issues that...

OROVILLE DAM SPILLWAYS: Construction update for January 26th

January 26, 2018 974

Emergency response and recovery effort costs total $870 million From the Department of Water Resources: Today the Department of Water...

CAL WATER FIX: Ruling letter for January 23, 2018: Ruling on order of presentation for part 2 and other procedural matters

January 24, 2018 161

From the Cal Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Board: This ruling addresses (1) a request by the...

CAL MATTERS: In California’s Sierra Nevada, putting the trees to work

Cal Matters

January 23, 2018

“What happens in the Sierra Nevada doesn’t stay in the Sierra Nevada.” By Julie Cart, Cal Matters This story was...

NASA: Dust on snow controls springtime river rise in West

NASA/JPL

January 23, 2018 1

By Carol Rasmussen, NASA’s Earth Science News Team A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the...

USGS: The ARkStorm scenario

USGS

Desert Research Institute

January 23, 2018 2

A modeled scenario of U.S. West Coast winter storm events induced by the formation of Atmospheric Rivers (AR) and capable...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Research team develops first lidar-based method for measuring snowpack in mountain forests

January 22, 2018

From the Desert Research Institute: Many Western communities rely on snow from mountain forests as a source of drinking water...

THIS JUST IN … DWR responds to allegations of ex parte communications regarding Cal Water Fix; says hearing at State Water Board should continue

Agency News

January 19, 2018 878

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has filed a response to the allegations of ex parte communications between State...

SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT Program News for January 18, 2018

January 19, 2018 252

From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program Webinar for NEW GSP Initial Notification System Join the Department...

THIS JUST IN … State Water Board delays start of Part 2 of Cal Water Fix hearing to review motions for continuance

State Water Board

Press Release/Other

January 17, 2018 447

This just received from the Cal Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Board: “The CWF Hearing days scheduled...

What’s the Potential for Increased Groundwater Replenishment in California?

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features

January 17, 2018 2029

Panel at ACWA highlights state efforts to scale up Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge, survey on groundwater recharge in the Central...

THIS JUST IN … Delta tunnel opponents file request for continuance of Cal Water Fix proceedings at the State Water Board, allege ex-parte communications

Notebook News and Features

January 16, 2018 1019

The Save the California Delta Alliance has filed a request for continuance of the California Water Fix proceedings at...

ANNOUNCEMENT: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Finds Proposed Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvements Project is Consistent with Delta Plan