DAILY DIGEST, 12/13: Calif. preps for downpour, heavy snow to kick off week; Interior Secretary addresses West’s worsening drought crisis; Legal analysts say latest version of WOTUS could finally stick; and more … Maven Daily Digest December 13, 2021 843— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Southwest Drought Briefing from 11am to 11:35am. The most recent United...
AG ALERT: Sites Reservoir clears a critical funding hurdle Ag Alert News December 12, 2021By Christine Souza The atmospheric river storm that brought some rain and snow to the parched state may serve as...
AG ALERT: Research shows grazing by cattle can help vernal pools Ag Alert News December 12, 2021 1From Ag Alert Giving 1,200-pound cows access to one of California’s most fragile and biologically rich ecosystems seems a strange...
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Storm set to wallop California with feet of snow, heavy rain; What it would take to fill CA’s reservoirs and end the drought; Battle for Kern River water goes deep into rights, history; and more … Maven Daily Digest December 12, 2021 1677[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Storm set to wallop California with feet of snow, heavy rain “A...
NOTICE: Water Board posts document explaining possible curtailment method based on a water right Term 91 type approach Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS December 11, 2021 216From the State Water Board: On December 15, 2021, State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) staff will hold...
NOTICE of Sonoma County Water Agency Petitions for Temporary Urgency Change in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS December 11, 2021 80From the State Water Resources Control Board: On November 17, 2021, Sonoma County Water Agency has filed petitions for temporary urgency change for...
PNNL: Climate cycles create California precipitation uncertainty Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Science December 10, 2021Natural variability dominates modeled uncertainty in California precipitation By Beth Mundy, PNNL Over the past 40 years, winters in California...
DAILY DIGEST, 12/10: Storm to bring month’s worth of rain, yards of snow; State warns more valley groundwater agencies their plans aren’t up to snuff; Merced Irrigation District GM asks every resident in Eastern Merced County to contact Newsom; What will the ski industry look like in 50 years?; and more … Maven Daily Digest December 10, 2021 1125— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board will meet from 10am. Agenda items include updates...
ACWA CONFERENCE: Chair Joaquin Esquivel on drought, partnerships, affordable water, wildfires, and more … Maven Notebook News and Features December 10, 2021 193At the recent ACWA Fall Conference, held in-person in Southern California, State Water Resources Control Board’s Joaquin Esquivel sat down...
NOTICE Notice of Temporary Water Right Permit Application to Appropriate Water from the Cosumnes River Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS December 10, 2021 76From the State Water Board: The Omochumne-Hartnell Water District has filed temporary water right permit application T033258 to appropriate surface...
DWR to remaining San Joaquin subbasins: Your groundwater sustainability plans contain deficiencies that will need to be addressed Department of Water Resources (DWR) Press Release/Other December 9, 2021 833The Department of Water Resources has issued letters to the GSAs of the remaining six subbasins in the San Joaquin...
DAILY DIGEST, 12/9: Potential for long-duration atmospheric river, heavy precipitation in CA; Water shutoffs loom for thousands after agencies failed to apply for relief; Monitoring conditions for salmonids on the Lower American River; Merced Irrigation District in battle with state over water rights; and more … Maven Daily Digest December 9, 2021 1505— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The Central Valley Regional Water Board will meet beginning at 9am. Agenda items include...
BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Ecosystem Engineering Impacts of Invasive Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in the Delta Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science December 9, 2021 229Plants that grow under the water surface are known as submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Some species of SAV have been...
AG ALERT: Cover crops can capture water, recharge aquifers Ag Alert News December 8, 2021By Dennis Pollock, Ag Alert When a rare heavy rain used to fall on Jim Chew’s Madera County farm, the...
AG ALERT: Judge reviews biological opinions in water dispute Ag Alert News December 8, 2021 1By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A federal judge is reviewing a proposed order requesting approval of an interim operations plan...