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STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Stormwater (STORMS) program

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July 13, 2022

Traditionally, stormwater was viewed as a flood management problem in which the runoff needed to be conveyed as quickly as...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/12: DWR plans for future drought with salinity barrier study; Maintenance repairs on Oroville Dam Spillway start this week; 2022 is California’s record driest year, so far, NOAA says; California’s future without agriculture; and more …

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Daily Digest

July 12, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Draft Environmental Assessment for the Salton Sea Management Program 10-Year Plan...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Jerry Meral, director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute, and former Deputy Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency (among other things)

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Climate change Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

July 12, 2022

Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Meral is the director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute. He works on...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/11: Water expert reveals how farms could save cities from drought; Why is the water so cold at California beaches?; Why have all the trees been dying?; When SCOTUS meets WOTUS; and more …

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Daily Digest

July 11, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: California Water Plan: Climate Change at 10am. The workshop will provide details on...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Property owners, officials find ways around century-old laws; Californians finally starting to save water, but not much; Friant allocation increase to 20 percent; and more …

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Daily Digest

July 10, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Property owners and officials find ways around century-old laws as the West...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 3-8: Removing starthistle can boost groundwater; Nutria update; More water cuts as drought deepens; and all the top water news of the week

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Weekly Digest

July 8, 2022

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

DAILY DIGEST, 7/8: CA deepens water cuts to cope with drought; Prolonged drought and lost irrigation water pressure farm safety net; Logging project in Yosemite National Park halted after environmental lawsuit; Critical western source water body hits scary new lows; and more …

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Daily Digest

July 8, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … California deepens water cuts to cope with drought, hitting thousands of farms...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/7: Balancing protein in your diet could improve water quality; Indigenous tribes, enviro pay the price for CA’s new reservoirs; Epoch Times: Is CA’s water crisis man-made?; Lake Tahoe Clarity Report for 2021 shows declining clarity; and more …

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Daily Digest

July 7, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WEBINAR: Drinking Water Capacity Development Strategy Update from 11am to 12pm. The...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/6: CA missing an entire year of rainfall since mid-2019; Why no simple solutions to CA’s water problem; Farmers reject a fee to pay off their share of Friant-Kern repairs; Ensuring water conservation and efficiency programs are accessible to all; and more …

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Daily Digest

July 6, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Salton Sea Long Range Plan Committee from 9:30am to 12:00pm. The Long...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/5: Drought and shipping woes put squeeze on almond growers; UC Study: Drought to cause more than $1.3B in losses in Sacto Valley; Tahoe Conservancy gaining ground on marsh restoration project; Local groups reel after court rules LADWP can cut irrigation; and more …

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Daily Digest

July 5, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Board of Food and Agriculture from 9:30am to 2:30pm. Board members will...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Hydrologist Robert Shibatani

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Climate change Notebook News and Features

July 5, 2022

Robert Shibatani is a hydrologist with 38 years of collective experience in physical hydrology, watershed resource management, and operational water...

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July 4, 2022

Wishing you and yours a safe and enjoyable holiday. Maven ‘s Notebook is taking the day off.I’ll be back tomorrow...

DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Runoff this year much improved over 2021; Could Delta island become more than cow pastures?; In CA, water wars threaten local food systems; Ninth Circuit upholds dismissal of lawsuit over tainted water; and more …

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Daily Digest

July 3, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California’s drought is dire. But there’s a surprising bright spot that may...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 26-July 1: Update on Voluntary Agreements; Smarter gambling with water; Who is winning the pursuit of water?; and more top CA water news of the week

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Daily Digest

July 1, 2022

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

DAILY DIGEST, 7/1: Lookout Slough tidal habitat restoration project breaks ground; A watershed moment with DWR’s Kamyar Guivetchi and Ajay Goyal; DWR delivers $2 million for urgent drought relief projects; Irrigators, tribes object to extending Klamath Project interim operations plan; and more …

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Daily Digest

July 1, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Groundbreaking celebrates California’s largest tidal habitat restoration project “Today, state, federal, and...

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