Month: April 2023

April 17, 2023 1

The $4 billion project is designed to draw water from the Sacramento River — but only during major storm surges....

DAILY DIGEST, 4/17: Will California get enough rain to fill Sites Reservoir?; Big water year doesn’t mean more planted acres; Flooding wreaks havoc on dairy industry; Emergency drought regulations ‘catastrophic’ for Scott Valley agriculture; and more …

April 17, 2023 764

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Will California get enough rain to fill its pricey new reservoir? “In January,...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Thousands of acres are underwater, flood could triple in size this summer; Is fire retardant harming the environment; Klamath Project sees fourth year in a row of water supply cuts; How much water does ChatGPT ‘drink’?; and more …

April 16, 2023 2442

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Thousands of acres are underwater in California, and the flood could triple...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for April 9-14: What to expect during the potential ‘super El Niño’; State Water Board weighs status of six aquifer plans; Drought dwindles to less than 9% of California; and more …

Weekly Digest

April 14, 2023 313

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

DAILY DIGEST, 4/14: Drought dwindles to less than 9% of California; CA’s epic snowpack promises a whitewater rafting season for the ages; Klamath Water Users Association expects cut announcement to water supply; Destroy the Dam: An alternate approach to the Colorado River problem; and more …

April 14, 2023 2042

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 10am. Agenda items include Flood Emergency...

BERKELEY LAB: New Look at Climate Data Shows Substantially Wetter Rain and Snow Days Ahead

Berkeley Lab

April 13, 2023 2

By Lauren Biron, Berkeley Lab A key source of information underpinning the upcoming National Climate Assessment suggests that heavy precipitation...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/13: What to expect during the potential ‘super El Niño’; State Water Board weighs status of six aquifer plans; CA to squander record rains, snowpack in deluge of regulations, GOP lawmakers say; and more …

April 13, 2023 2233

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Clean Water, Complicated Laws: What To Do When You Receive a Clean Water...

AG ALERT: State water board weighs status of six aquifer plans

Ag Alert

April 12, 2023 51

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Local agencies for six San Joaquin Valley subbasins, facing possible state intervention after their groundwater...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/12: Feds’ Colorado River choice: California’s rights or Arizona’s future?; House panel dives head-first in drought, flood issues during Tulare hearing; San Joaquin Valley eyes historic snowpack with trepidation; Banks, pension funds and insurers have been turning CA’s scarce water into enormous profits; and more …

April 12, 2023 1234

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … GRACAST: The Pulse of an Aquifer: Making Sense of Geophysical Data in California’s San...

GRIST: Feds’ Colorado River choice: California’s rights or Arizona’s future?

Grist

April 11, 2023 1

By Jake Bittle, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Almost half...

CAL MATTERS: US proposes options for cutting California’s Colorado River water

Cal Matters

Bureau of Reclamation News

April 11, 2023 1

By Alistair Bland, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

THIS JUST IN … Interior Department Announces Next Steps to Protect the Stability and Sustainability of Colorado River Basin

Agency News

April 11, 2023 1769

Draft SEIS outlines alternatives and tools needed to manage drought in the Basin and strengthen water security in the West...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/11: Could sightings of jelly-like creatures on CA beaches signal El Niño on the horizon?; An epic 31 atmospheric river storms transformed California, but why?; Still no full allocation despite record snowpack; Lake Tahoe’s clarity the best it’s been since 1980s; and more …