Month: March 2023

Weekly Digest

March 24, 2023 158

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/24: Rain won’t end CA’s water troubles, but better infrastructure might; Klamath dam removals, habitat restoration begins; Groundwater rise raises the stakes at Richmond’s AstraZeneca site; and more …

March 24, 2023 1144

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include a legislative...

COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: Western water crisis solutions inevitably end with a lot less for California farms

March 23, 2023 11

The water crisis in the West and the decline of the Colorado River are going to require painful changes for...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/23: Where CA’s reservoirs are at after storms; Study offers insights on reducing nitrate contamination from groundwater recharge; Restoring wetlands: a strategy to address climate, biodiversity, and water; Cottage cheese injections and electric shocks: Emeryville attempts to reclaim toxic soil; and more …

March 23, 2023 2052

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council beginning at 10am in Rio Vista. Agenda itens include the...

PLANNING & CONSERVATION LEAGUE: Updating California Water Laws in the Face of Droughts and Climate Change #2

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features

March 23, 2023 494

Water rights have garnered increasing attention as water managers and decision-makers grapple with how best to respond to changing conditions. ...

DAN WALTERS: California’s ghostly Tulare Lake will be revived this year

March 22, 2023 19

California was once home to the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but Tulare Lake disappeared as water...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/22: California faces more flooding after strong Pacific storm; Ranking atmospheric rivers: New study finds world of potential; State Water Board expedites funding process for high–priority drinking water projects; Wall Street is thirsty for its next big investment opportunity: The West’s vanishing water; and more …

March 22, 2023 942

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Conservancy Board will meet from 9am to 1pm. Agenda items include an...

HEATHER COOLEY: Solutions for Building Water Resilience in California

Notebook News and Features

March 22, 2023 294

With the ever-changing climate and increasingly dry summers, California faces water challenges, despite this year’s bountiful snowpack. At the February...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/21: California turns to farmland to funnel water into depleted aquifers; Sites Reservoir’s novel approach to storing water for the environment; Lake Shasta now three-quarters full, DWR reduces outflows from Lake Oroville; Salton Sea Partnership calls on Newsom to commit to measurable progress at Salton Sea; and more …

Bureau of Reclamation News

March 21, 2023 30016

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include ocean acidification,...

USBR NEWS: Keeping Folsom Reservoir’s cold water in the bank until it’s needed

News Science

March 20, 2023 28

By Gary Pitzer, US Bureau of Reclamation California’s winter storms have blasted the Sierra Nevada with a thick blanket of...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/20: 12th atmospheric river is headed toward CA; Hoping to “take the pressure off” flooded areas, a levee is cut in the old Tulare Lake; California’s terrible deluge hides a silver lining; South Lake Tahoe: The mountain town buried by California winter chaos; and more …

March 20, 2023 2483

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] California storms … A 12th atmospheric river is headed toward storm-fatigued California, threatening even more floods “Still reeling from...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Dual storms to swipe California with flooding rain, mountain snow; High drama, ugly deeds, politics swirl amid the waters of a re-emerging Tulare Lake; Microplastics found in Sierra snowpack; A solar solution to the West’s changing climate?; and more …

March 19, 2023 1105

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] California storms continue … Dual storms to swipe California with flooding rain, mountain snow “The end of winter will...

CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Newsom’s Delta decisions are the sort of responsive moves California needs for water crisis

March 17, 2023 2

The decision to suspend environmental regulations for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – and then reverse it a few weeks later...

CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Waiving California environmental rules for Delta water equates to a civil rights issue