Maven

May 18, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: This email contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/17: PPIC policy brief: Tracking where water goes in a changing Delta; Hydropower’s future is clouded by droughts, floods and climate change; Court case to decide fate of Long Valley in rural Mono County; Federal cybersecurity agency seeks $80m to better protect water systems; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 17, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board from 8am to 3pm. Agenda items include Discussion...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: With the deadline looming for the GSPs deemed incomplete, the State Water Board prepares for possible intervention

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

May 17, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In January of 2022, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released their assessments of the groundwater sustainability plans for...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/16: How California can survive another historic drought; San Luis Obispo County cities, towns call for cutbacks as drought worsens; The Southwest’s drought and fires are a window to our climate change future; 1 in 6 Americans live in areas with significant wildfire risk; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 16, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: LiDAR Derived Products Stakeholder from 9am to 12pm. The California Water Data...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Water usage is up, but officials focused on wrong problem, say advocates; Drought could mean ‘devastation across the board’ for fowl on Pacific Flyway; Newsom’s proposed budget includes funding for drought; Cal Am not fazed by rejection of SoCal desal project; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

May 15, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 8-13: Farmers’ perspectives of SGMA implementation; Delta science update; Huntington Beach desal rejected; Urban water use up 19%; and more …

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Weekly Digest

May 13, 2022

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

DAILY DIGEST, 5/13: Coastal Commission unanimously rejects Huntington Beach desal plant; Drought update: April showers bring … little relief; The good, bad and insipid in CA’s water conservation graphics; Lake Powell’s drought is part of a growing threat to hydropower everywhere; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

May 13, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Special section: California Coastal Commission unanimously rejects Huntington Beach desalination plant A salty dispute: California Coastal Commission unanimously...

NOTICE: California 2020-2022 integrated report approved by US EPA

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

May 12, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The California 2020-2022 Integrated Report has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/12: California regulators set to vote on desalination plant; Court of Appeal sides with parties seeking attorneys’ fees for challenge to California WaterFix; Which regions are saving the most — and least — water; Monterey has four affordable housing projects in the works, but not enough water to give; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 12, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The California Coastal Commission will meet this morning beginning at 9am in...

URBAN WATER INSTITUTE: SGMA implementation in the San Joaquin Valley: Farmers’ perspective

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Agriculture Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features

May 12, 2022

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, was passed in 2014 during a period of critically dry years; the legislation...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/11: State ignores Gavin Newsom’s conservation goal, increases water use; The Delta: The biggest potential water disaster in the US; California growers demand action on state’s water supply; Russian River emergency regulations readopted; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 11, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Making Conservation a California a Way of Life: How forthcoming efficiency...

DELTA SCIENCE UPDATE: Juvenile Chinook salmon antipredator behavior; Science Action Agenda, Review of the Delta monitoring enterprise

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Delta science Notebook News and Features

May 11, 2022

At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen highlighted research on juvenile salmon...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/10: 2022 is CA’s driest year on record so far – an ominous sign; SGMA meeting brings varying interests together to work towards common action; Water Commission white paper on groundwater trading; “Water cops” likely this summer as Santa Clara County misses drought goal by large margin; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 10, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Board will meet beginning at 9:30 am. Agenda items...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/9: New bill aims to limit frenzy of well drilling on farms; Drought conservation has been a bust so far. What gives?; Hundreds of drinking water systems failing to meet standards; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 9, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Wildfire Treatments & Waste Biomass: Policy Options to Boost New End Uses...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: State’s largest reservoirs at critically low levels; Agencies submit the 2022 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan; Why drought conservation has been a bust so far; Valley leaders, residents call for more action on water; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 8, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … The two largest reservoirs in California are already at ‘critically low levels’...

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WEEKLY UPDATE on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE: With the deadline looming for the GSPs deemed incomplete, the State Water Board prepares for possible intervention

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 8-13: Farmers’ perspectives of SGMA implementation; Delta science update; Huntington Beach desal rejected; Urban water use up 19%; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 5/13: Coastal Commission unanimously rejects Huntington Beach desal plant; Drought update: April showers bring … little relief; The good, bad and insipid in CA’s water conservation graphics; Lake Powell’s drought is part of a growing threat to hydropower everywhere; and more …

NOTICE: California 2020-2022 integrated report approved by US EPA

URBAN WATER INSTITUTE: SGMA implementation in the San Joaquin Valley: Farmers’ perspective

DAILY DIGEST, 5/11: State ignores Gavin Newsom’s conservation goal, increases water use; The Delta: The biggest potential water disaster in the US; California growers demand action on state’s water supply; Russian River emergency regulations readopted; and more …

DELTA SCIENCE UPDATE: Juvenile Chinook salmon antipredator behavior; Science Action Agenda, Review of the Delta monitoring enterprise

DAILY DIGEST, 5/9: New bill aims to limit frenzy of well drilling on farms; Drought conservation has been a bust so far. What gives?; Hundreds of drinking water systems failing to meet standards; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: State’s largest reservoirs at critically low levels; Agencies submit the 2022 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan; Why drought conservation has been a bust so far; Valley leaders, residents call for more action on water; and more …