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METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: Coordinated Operations Agreement for the SWP/CVP, Voluntary settlement agreements

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

January 10, 2019

At the January meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee, Bay Delta Initiatives Manager Steve Arakawa updated...

DR. JEFF MOUNT: Ecosystem Water Budgets: A Novel Approach to Managing Water for the Environment

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Best of the Notebook Delta science Notebook News and Features

January 9, 2019

Dr. Jeff Mount has a long history of involvement with science issues in the Delta. As a professor at UC...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Water District begins drawing down stored water in Lake Mead

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Colorado River Notebook News and Features

January 7, 2019

“If there is no Drought Contingency Plan, we don’t want to leave potentially half a million acre-feet or more locked...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Climate change effects on the State Water Project and Central Valley Project

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Best of the Notebook Climate change Notebook News and Features

January 3, 2019

The latest climate change assessments show reduced Delta exports and carryover storage due to climate change likely by mid-century In...

It’s not too late to make a tax-deductible donation to Maven’s Notebook for 2018!

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Website announcements

December 31, 2018

Dear readers, Hard to believe, but 2018 is almost over… and if there’s one thing that stands out, it’s that...

California Water Plan Update 2018: Managing water resources for sustainability

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management

December 26, 2018

The draft of the update, just under 50 pages, is a much more trimmed down version of its predecessors and...

Happy holidays from Maven’s Notebook!

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Website announcements

December 25, 2018

Happy holidays to you and yours! As I reflect back on the past year, I am truly grateful for your...

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY AND WATERSHED SCIENCE JOURNAL: Analyses of large storms and atmospheric rivers; Evaluations of fish surveys; Impacts of predator species on juvenile salmon; Alternative juvenile salmon production estimate approaches

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Delta science

December 21, 2018

RESEARCH Hourly Analyses of the Large Storms and Atmospheric Rivers that Provide Most of California’s Precipitation in Only 10 to...

WEBSITE MILESTONE: Maven’s Notebook serves up its 3,000,000th page view!

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Website announcements

December 19, 2018

Dear readers, This morning around 8am, Maven’s Notebook served up its 3,000,000th page view since its inception in 2012! A...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Multiple perspectives on groundwater-surface water interactions under SGMA

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

December 19, 2018

Panel discussion looks at groundwater-surface water interactions under SGMA from a regulatory, environmental, academic, and policy perspective The Sustainable Groundwater...