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DAILY DIGEST, Labor Day weekend edition: As November deadline nears, Colorado River states ‘nowhere close to an agreement’; State Water Board launches new webpage: Effects of Recharge on Groundwater Quality; Hexavalent chromium found in LA fire debris; EPA plans to dramatically reduce wetland protection; and more …

August 29, 2025

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YOUR INPUT WANTED: New groundwater demand management network launches community needs assessment survey

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

August 29, 2025

From the Groundwater Demand Management Network: “A coalition of leading water experts recently announced the launch of the Groundwater Demand...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/28: Life-saving CA weather forecast data is about to disappear; Which California dams are most unsafe?; Delta tunnel: Economic necessity or environmental exemption clash?; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 28, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/27: Valley Water halts work on $3.2B Pacheco Reservoir amid cost overruns, delays; CA farms face pressure to boost efficiency as water supply declines; Scrambling to study smoke on the water; To save precious Colorado River water, groups want government to weigh ‘beneficial use’; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 27, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/26: Landfill that closed 47 years ago continues to leak trash into Pacific Ocean; Fire danger lingering for another day before California cooldown; How Karuk ceremonial leader used Western science to take down Klamath dams; Burning urban and wild land alike; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 26, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/25: SoCal’s most powerful water job is still open with big calls about the future to make; Farmers could face civil penalties for crop mismanagement; Is summer getting longer where you live? See how temperatures have changed; Marin Municipal Water District backs out of Nicasio Reservoir plan; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 25, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Pacific Ocean shift is reshaping California’s weather patterns; Agencies sign 10-year strategy to protect Lake Tahoe communities and forests; Marin water district approves supply agreement with Sonoma; An endangered sea species is thriving in an urban SoCal river; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 24, 2025

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 8/18-8/22: Newsom pushes Delta Conveyance Project, opponents say costs too high; Water storage projects get funding boost; What to do when conservation becomes bad for business; and more …

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Weekly Digest

August 22, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/22: Improving recharge outcomes and soil health with cover crops; Santa Cruz water utility grapples with a paradox: what to do when conservation becomes bad for business; Go Deep’ to make desal work along California’s coast; Seven battles shaping the San Joaquin River’s future; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 22, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/21: Water storage projects get funding boost – except Pacheco; State Water Contractors push for easier Delta tunnel passage path; Future winters promise less snow, more rain. Nobody’s prepared; ‘Surprise’ drop in Lake Pillsbury water release stokes fears about decommissioning; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 21, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/20: Delta tunnel key piece to strategic water sustainability plan; Major heatwave to bring increased wildfire risk, monsoonal surge; Second ILRP Expert Panel meeting features a lot of data; Does logging really reduce wildfire danger?; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 20, 2025

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REACTIONS to release of State Water Project Adaptation Plan

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Delta Conveyance Project

August 19, 2025

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a report today analyzing how various strategies, including the Delta Conveyance Project, could...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/19: Southwest in a ‘mega-drying’ zone due to groundwater loss, study finds; SoCal: The smoldering, noxious waste dump next door; Ancient forests, modern fires, and the debate over active management; Officials predict Lake Mead will hit its lowest water levels ever in 2 years; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 19, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/18: Groundwater pumping sinks land, stresses aqueduct: Solutions?; Sites Reservoir: The permitting process; As flood risk grows, Suisun City weighs annexing California Forever land; Is groundwater banking a viable solution to Sonoma County aquifer depletion?

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Daily Digest

August 18, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: ‘Beyond awful’ Colorado River forecasts put water talks under pressure; Tribes, Delta advocates hold press conference on Delta tunnel trailer bills; Making backpacks for tiny fish; First subsea reverse osmosis desalination project launched in SoCal; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 17, 2025

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