July 2026

DAILY DIGEST, 7/20: Could water rights scuttle Sites?; Why doesn’t the West Coast see major hurricanes?; As water restrictions hit farmers, solar is making sense; The West’s moment of reckoning is here on the Colorado River; and more …

July 20, 2026

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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Could water rights scuttle Sites?

Cariad Hayes Thronson

Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

July 20, 2026

By Cariad Hayes Thronson In late June, a controversial new reservoir project in Northern California received a commitment for nearly...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Super El Niño charging ‘full steam ahead,’ potentially drenching CA like never before; Can cities make deals to lessen data center downsides? A Caltech professor says yes; From cave swimming to Tahoe cruises: Incredible CA water escapes; Basin states set to sign new 2-year Colorado River agreement, SNWA says; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 19, 2026

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BOOK REVIEW: Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water

Jim Lauria

WATER SHELF

July 17, 2026

Visit the Water Shelf main page First published on the To Know Water Is To Love Water blog March 3,...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 12-17: State poised to nix pumping along Friant-Kern Canal by early 2027; Dr. Swain: California could collide with a “very significant El Niño event”; Water managers may have a new way to fight golden mussels; CA agencies advance strategy for emerging contaminants and tire-derived 6PPD-quinone; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

July 17, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 7/17: Dr. Daniel Swain: CA could collide with a “very significant El Niño event”; How a potential hurricane 1,200 miles away could affect the California coast; State poised to nix pumping along Friant-Kern Canal in Tulare County by early 2027; A major Colorado River reservoir is getting ‘perilously’ low; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 17, 2026

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SJV WATER: State poised to nix pumping along Friant-Kern Canal in Tulare County by early 2027

SJV Water

Groundwater News

July 17, 2026

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Growers who farm within two miles of the Friant-Kern Canal in southern Tulare County should...

UC IRVINE: As snowpack shrinks, Sierra Nevada mountain ponds undergo dramatic change

UC Irvine

Ecosystems

July 17, 2026

From UC Irvine: On a summer afternoon in the Sierra Nevada, a mountain pond can look calm and still, reflecting...

DWR releases onboarding tutorial video for Groundwater Sustainability Agencies

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

July 17, 2026

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has developed GSA Onboarding Resources including an Onboarding Checklist and a Handbook Template, to support Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) as they welcome new board members and staff into...

COMMENTARY: AB 2026 is an duplicitous response to climate change

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Commentary Policy and regulation

July 17, 2026

Another scheme to protect profits for the few at the expense of ratepayers By Max Gomberg, C-WIN Senior Policy Advisor...

EOS: We’re getting better at knowing when climate change is to blame, National Academies report says

American Geophysical Union

Climate change Reports Science

July 17, 2026

Advances in attribution science have made it possible to blame climate change for extreme events with confidence. Such knowledge could...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/16: Tulare water managers brace for state action on excessive groundwater pumping; Dairies say state’s draft plan to protect valley groundwater from nitrates is too costly; ‘Fiscal cliff’ for drinking water fixes: Californians with bad tap water could have a longer wait; Lake Mead expected to drop nearly 33 feet by June 2028, and that’s not even the worst-case scenario; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 16, 2026

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SJV WATER: Tulare water managers brace for state action on excessive groundwater pumping

SJV Water

Groundwater News

July 16, 2026

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water While water managers in southern Tulare County aren’t rolling out the welcome mat for Thursday’s...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Longfin smelt surge in the Napa River

Alastair Bland

Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 16, 2026

by Alastair Bland Biologists studying the San Francisco Estuary’s endangered fishes are trying to unpack a puzzling but encouraging uptick...

UC DAVIS: Tahoe State of the Lake Report released

UC Davis

Reports Water quality

July 16, 2026

By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis The University of California, Davis, Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) today released its “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report 2026” which presents data from 2025 in the context of the long-term record. The report provides...

Month: July 2026

DAILY DIGEST, 7/20: Could water rights scuttle Sites?; Why doesn’t the West Coast see major hurricanes?; As water restrictions hit farmers, solar is making sense; The West’s moment of reckoning is here on the Colorado River; and more …

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Could water rights scuttle Sites?

BOOK REVIEW: Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water

SJV WATER: State poised to nix pumping along Friant-Kern Canal in Tulare County by early 2027

UC IRVINE: As snowpack shrinks, Sierra Nevada mountain ponds undergo dramatic change

DWR releases onboarding tutorial video for Groundwater Sustainability Agencies

COMMENTARY: AB 2026 is an duplicitous response to climate change

EOS: We’re getting better at knowing when climate change is to blame, National Academies report says

SJV WATER: Tulare water managers brace for state action on excessive groundwater pumping

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Longfin smelt surge in the Napa River

UC DAVIS: Tahoe State of the Lake Report released

DAILY DIGEST, 9/25: Study: Data centers use more water than California cities; Paper: Biggest carbon polluters are to blame for half of water lost to climate change; California likely to get the worst of El Niño; Nevada sues to block federal Colorado River cuts. Is Arizona next? and more …