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December 29, 2019

Breaking news is business as usual at Maven’s Notebook and there’s no sign of things slowing down. Whether it’s Delta...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta conveyance update

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

December 23, 2019

At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Carrie Buckman, Environmental Program Manager with the Department of Water Resources,...

STATE OF ESTUARY: Vital signs of the San Francisco Estuary fish community

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Best of the Notebook Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

December 19, 2019

Dr. Christina Swanson takes a look at the status of the San Francisco Estuary’s fish community The San Francisco estuary...

ACWA PANEL DISCUSSION: The building blocks of success in the Delta

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

December 18, 2019

DeDe D’Adamo, Karla Nemeth, and Susan Tatayon give their thoughts about going forward in the Delta in a panel discussion...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Watermaster quarterly report; Progress on the Delta’s climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategy; Carbon sequestration protocol; Delta ag update; and more …

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Agriculture Notebook News and Features

December 17, 2019

At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard a wide range of updates: first, Delta Watermaster...

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: 16 years of SFEWS, Monitoring contaminants in the Delta, Modeling South Delta entrainment, and more …

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Delta science

December 13, 2019

In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed News: EDITORIAL Sixteen Years of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed...

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: CA’s Safer Consumer Products Program: Overview and efforts to protect aquatic health

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Delta science Notebook News and Features Water quality

December 12, 2019

In 2013, the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Safer Consumer Products regulations outlined a framework for the Department to regulate...

DR. MICHAEL KIPARSKY: Can Recharge Net Metering contribute to sustainable groundwater management?

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

December 11, 2019

Dr. Michael Kiparsky is the founding director of the Wheeler Water Institute within the Center for Law, Energy, and Environment...

STATE OF ESTUARY: Standing too close to the elephant: Addressing scales in restoration and fisheries conservation

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Delta science Notebook News and Features Planning and management

December 5, 2019

Dr. Rachel Johnson discusses the interconnectedness of the San Francisco’s freshwater, estuarine, and marine systems The San Francisco Estuary is...

FELICIA MARCUS: One Delta, one estuary–Connecting California through water

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

December 4, 2019

In her address to the State of the Estuary conference, Felicia Marcus spoke about the connections of the Delta to...

RESERVOIR AND WATER CONDITIONS for December 2, 2019

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Current Conditions

December 2, 2019

Here is a look at current reservoir and hydrologic conditions, curated from a variety of sources including the Department of...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Department of Water Resources’ new Division of Multi-Benefit Projects

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management

November 27, 2019

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has been undergoing reorganization for several reasons, one of those being to create an...

CA WATER COMMISSION: An update on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (or SGMA)

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

November 26, 2019

DWR’s Taryn Ravazzini updates the Commission on the Department’s activities, including major milestones, 2019 activities, and the Department’s technical and...

NEW REPORTS: Innovation in action: 21st century water infrastructure solutions; Funding a future for water in the San Joaquin Valley; Water Smart housing development; Closing the water access gap in the United States

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Reports Water project operations

November 23, 2019

Innovation in Action: 21st Century Water Infrastructure Solutions From the Water Now Alliance: “Innovation in Action: 21st Century Water Infrastructure...

REACTIONS to State of California’s announcement of intent to litigate

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Water project operations

November 22, 2019

Yesterday, the California Natural Resources Agency released the draft environmental documents for the state process to permit State Water Project...

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