DAILY DIGEST, 5/21: Water Board: Salmon are at risk with Reclamation’s Shasta Temperature Management Plan; Coalition releases “Water Renaissance” vision for the state’s water future; Healthy Rivers and Landscapes Program update; PPIC Report: Tribal water rights in California; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 21, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
State Water Board urges stronger salmon protections in Reclamation’s draft Sacramento River Temperature Plan Maven Water project operations May 21, 2026The State Water Resources Control Board is warning that the Bureau of Reclamation’s draft Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan may...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/20: DWR releases Spring 2026 Semi-Annual Groundwater Update; Reclamation increases CVP allocations for south-of-Delta contractors to 25%; Why rocket scientists began counting nuts in California; How ‘Super’ El Niño could impact Colorado River water crisis; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 20, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/19: Could groundwater banks help solve CA’s water crisis?; Advocates demand restored funding for clean water; What previous Super El Niños can tell us about the next one; EPA to roll back PFAS limits for drinking water; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 19, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/18: ‘This is exploratory’: Southern California water agencies ramp up interest in Eel River dam; New research has Borrego Springs at loggerheads on what to do about water; Slowing Atlantic circulation may intensify atmospheric rivers; What’s a ‘super El Niño’? ; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 18, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: State Water Project allocation increases to 45%; Data centers are guzzling California’s water. We have no idea how much; Altadena’s latest roadblock to rebuilding: Sewage; The Colorado River is on the brink of disaster; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 17, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 5/10-5/15: Will coming El Niño bring epic rain this winter?; Hi-tech missions track record snowpack loss in the West; SGMA’s subsidence guidance: A higher bar, real-world impacts; The case for investing in the Delta; and more … Maven Weekly Digest May 15, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/15: This coming El Niño could be a monster. Will it bring epic rain?; Half of California is ‘abnormally dry’; L.A.’s ultra-urban rivers wash tons of trash out to sea. There’s a plan to change that before the Olympics; Trump administration readying a plan to impose Colorado River water cuts on Western states; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 15, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/14: Money for clean drinking water threatened by Newsom administration’s climate overhaul; Why it’s too early to forecast ‘Super El Niño with certainty, but not too soon to prepare; New Central Valley recharge project already boosting the water table; A dire ‘math problem’ on the Colorado River and wholly inadequate responses; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 14, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/13: Heavier storms and longer dry spells are drying CA and the West; Low snow in Eurasia linked to wildfires in California; The most surprising part of groundwater loss is how slowly it becomes an emergency; Post-2026 Colorado River operations: Lower Basin proposal and next steps; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 13, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
COLORADO RIVER: Post-2026 operations: Lower Basin proposal and next steps Maven Colorado River May 13, 2026Two years ago, the Lower Basin states proposed post-2026 operating guidelines in hopes of building a seven-state agreement. But after...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/12: Treating nitrate-contaminated wells with distributed water systems; The case for investing in the Delta; AI in fisheries: What it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters; Water levels at Lake Powell, Lake Mead could go dangerously low; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 12, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/11: Lasers in the sky: Hi-tech missions track record snowpack loss in the West; As drought worsens, Western states brace for wildfires, water shortages; The possibility of a ‘super’ El Niño is starting to make coastal California nervous; This summer, the American water crisis becomes real; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 11, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: A record El Niño may be forming — and the forecast model is literally off the charts; SGMA’s new subsidence guidance: A higher bar, real-world impacts; Invasive species discovered at drinking water treatment plants in San Jose; Lower Basin reached a new Colorado River deal. What comes next?; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 10, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 3-8: Newsom pledges to move forward with Delta tunnel; Odds rising for the strongest El Niño in a century; A whiplash spring and California’s water supply; Groundwater law begins reshaping valley; and more … Maven Weekly Digest May 8, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
