Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during droughts has led to higher carbon emissions and cost 11 Western states tens...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Addressing Nonpoint Source Pollution through EPA’s National Nonpoint Source Program Webcast from 11:30am...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … When El Niño exacerbates global warming: Record heat, record flooding, record wildfires “If you feel like record-level extreme weather events are happening with alarming frequency, you’re not alone. Scientists say it’s not...
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 … MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board from 9am to 1:30pm. The Delta ISB will meet...
By Hiba Baroud, Vanderbilt University Heavy rainfall in the Northeast on June 9-11, 2023, generated widespread flooding, particularly in New York’s Hudson Valley and in Vermont. One major concern was the Wrightsville Dam, built in 1935 on the Winooski River...
Center for Watershed Sciences Director Andrew Rypel talks the importance of — and paths ahead for — California’s dams By...
From the Western Environmental Law Center, Friends of the Shasta River, and the Environmental Protection Information Center: Late yesterday, the...
From the Department of Water Resources: On May 17, 2023, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the official launch of the new Be Well Prepared program that provides information and resources to help well owners, well users, and local...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Clean Water, Complicated Laws: Funding Stormwater and Wastewater Programs from 10am to 10:30am....
By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
Draft siting and streamlining criteria developed as part of state’s multipronged Water Supply Strategy From the State Water Resources Control Board: As part of California’s all-of-the-above strategy to address an anticipated 10% reduction in its water supply by 2040 due...
The environmental costs of ending water diversions from Mono Lake to Los Angeles would be mixed: It might help a...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water A new groundwater fee intended to create “financial equity” between farmers who pay for imported...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The question of whether Lake Isabella might “spill” has now turned to whether it will fill. The lake is achingly close to being full. It stood at 528,663 acre feet as of Wednesday afternoon –...