From the State Water Resources Control Board: The final California Stream Gaging Prioritization Plan is now available. The state recognizes...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water An unfinished section of the new Friant-Kern Canal suffered a “severe breach” at Deer Creek...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Outflow from Lake Isabella into the Kern River increased on Tuesday but only because downriver users requested the water, according to Kern River Watermaster Mark Mulkay. Outflow went from about 500 cubic feet per second...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife beginning at 9:00am. Among the...
DISB Board Chair Lisa Wainger: “This is worth doing. Just make sure you learn from it.” The Delta Independent Science...
By Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation Another round of powerful atmospheric rivers is hitting California, following storms in January and February 2023 that dumped record amounts of snow. This time, the storms are warmer, and they are...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Most groundwater plans covering the San Joaquin Valley got a big, fat thumbs down from...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: March 2023 Southwest Drought Briefing from 12pm to 12:35pm. Short-term drought in the...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California to be slammed again by another atmospheric river event “Days of heavy rainfall and melting snow that triggered Flash Flood Emergencies and that were blamed for the deaths of at least...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Governor Gavin Newsom is hoping to see the deluge from the ongoing storms socked away...
The Stockton East Water District and the California Department of Water Resources filed a 180-day temporary water right permit application...
From the Office of the Governor: Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to enable local water agencies and other water users to capture water from the latest round of storms to recharge state groundwater supplies. The order suspends regulations...
A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Sacramento River Science Partnership Annual Workshop (Hybrid) from 9am to 5pm. The Sacramento...
By Alistair Bland, Cal Matters State officials say the urgency to store more water has vanished as storms swell reservoirs. The reversal is a victory for environmentalists, but they say the damage to salmon and native fish is already done....