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STATE OF THE ESTUARY: An overview of Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Surface Water Protection Program

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater quality

November 21, 2019

Dr. Jennifer Teerlink discusses pesticide regulation, monitoring, assessments, and outreach efforts The mission of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s...

GROUNDWATER MARKETS: A case study of the Fox Canyon Groundwater Market

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

November 20, 2019

The Nature Conservancy’s Sarah Heard goes through the mechanics of the market, the first to be formed since the passage...

LIVING SHORELINES: Linking estuary habitats and building capacity to adapt to rising seas

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Climate changeNotebook News and Features

November 14, 2019

A living shoreline is a shoreline protection alternative that relies on the strategic placement of plants, stone, sand fill, and...

METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: USFWS Regional Director Paul Souza explains the biological opinions

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

November 13, 2019

Paul Souza is the Regional Director of the Pacific Southwest division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which covers...

DR. GEETA PERSAD: Climate change and the future of California’s water

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Best of the NotebookClimate changeDelta scienceNotebook News and Features

November 7, 2019

Climate change is already transforming California’s water cycle, putting stress on the state’s rigidly engineered water infrastructure as well as...

GROUNDWATER TWO-FOR: The disconnect between groundwater legal systems and groundwater hydrology; Proactively managing groundwater to sustain communities and nature in an uncertain future

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

November 6, 2019

David Sandino and Maurice Hall present their big ideas on groundwater management The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA) created...

DECISION SCALING: A risk management approach in Delta water supply vulnerability

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Best of the NotebookClimate changeNotebook News and Features

October 31, 2019

Planning for future conditions has always involved uncertainty, but the additional uncertainty imposed by a changing climate means new approaches...

Navigating California’s new regulations for wetlands and state waters

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

October 30, 2019

California regulations protecting wetlands and state waters were approved by the State Water Resources Control Board and will take effect...

FEATURE: Integrated Hydrologic Model Development and Evaluation for Non-Modelers

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

October 23, 2019

Dr. Douglas Tolley gives an explanatory presentation on integrated hydrologic modeling, including how models are coupled and key terms such...

REACTIONS (Update): Water agencies, stakeholder groups, and elected officials react to the release of the biological opinions

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Water project operations

October 22, 2019

Today, the Trump Administration released the long-awaited biological opinions.  Here’s what water agencies and stakeholder groups have to say: (Note:...

THIS JUST IN … Biological opinions for long-term operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project released

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

October 22, 2019

Paul Souza (USGWS), Barry Thom (NOAA Fisheries) and Ernest Conant (Reclamation) discuss the new biological opinions in a press call...

Help grow the California Water Library

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Website announcements

October 17, 2019

You may remember that, about two years ago, we launched the California Water Library. The Library evolved in response to...

DAM REMOVAL: Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

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Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features

October 16, 2019

San Clemente Dam, Klamath Dams, and Matilija Dam removal spotlighted at ACWA Conference The time, expense, and regulatory uncertainty of...

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE: Balancing our depleted groundwater supplies and ecosystem needs

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

October 10, 2019

Groundwater managers across the state are looking to groundwater recharge as a potential solution to their community’s water challenges. However,...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: SWP contract amendment for Delta conveyance; Activities of the Delta conveyance JPAs; Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

October 9, 2019

At the September meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, Steve Arakawa, Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Initiatives Manager, updated...