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DAILY DIGEST, 8/17: Colorado River water shortage declared for first time; CA could see cuts by 2024; Buy water, attorneys tell clients; Mark Arax: The well fixer’s warning; Calif. adapts to wildfire by urging people to flee; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 17, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Resources Control Board meets at 9am. Agenda items include an...

STEVEN SPRINGHORN: Water Trading & the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

August 17, 2021

In March of this year, the Secretaries of the Natural Resources Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/16: $2.7B bond fund to build water reservoirs sits idle; Should we dam the Golden Gate to protect from sea level rise?; How climate change complicates CA’s plans for a carbon-free future; Western states face first federal water cuts; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 16, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … $2.7 billion bond fund to build water reservoirs sits idle in California...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: La Niña watch is officially on this fall; Small towns grow desperate for water; Wildfire smoke may lead to less rain; The Colorado River basin’s daunting new math; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 15, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … La Niña watch is officially on this fall, and that could be...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/13: CA’s dry season is turning into a permanent state of being; Glaciers on Mt. Shasta melting, causing mud flows; Climate change hits sushi supply chain; Can Santa Clara Valley’s salubrious paradise hold up in California’s changing climate?; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 13, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/12: Can water megaprojects save the West?; Optimism for moving forward to address water following curtailment orders; Russian River: Despite curtailment order, water still vanishing; Salton Sea restoration efforts could fail without science; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 12, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: SAFER Program Advisory Group Meeting from 9am to 4pm.  Agenda items include...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Exports & Outflows: Recalibrating Water Year Types in a Changing Climate

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Delta scienceHydrology

August 12, 2021

The Sacramento and San Joaquin water-year type indices are fundamental to the State Water Project and Central Valley Project operations...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/11: Could CA handle another year of drought?; Concerns linger over water cutbacks; Reversal of Trump-era action spells higher power, water costs; Could the infrastructure bill make wildfires worse?; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 11, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Managed Aquifer Recharge: Where will we get the water? from 12pm to...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Dr. Newsha Ajami: Enhancing Regional Water Sustainability through Virtual Water Trading

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Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation

August 11, 2021

In March of this year, the Secretaries of the Natural Resources Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Food and...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/10: CA water district pays millions over ‘unauthorized diversion’; Why is the Delta starving?; Hydropower levels under careful watch as drought ravages the West; Sites Reservoir commentaries: For and against; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 10, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: California Environmental Flows Workgroup from 10am to 12pm.  Agenda items include drought...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/9: Historic drought in U.S. West will persist through October; Water rights law for real property owners; Is lead in the Sacramento River causing the algae bloom?; A look at reservoir levels and conditions around the state; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 9, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Historic drought in U.S. West will persist through October “The historic drought...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: One state, two different responses to drought; Dan Walters: Big battle looms over California water rights; Snow can disappear straight into the atmosphere in hot, dry weather; and more …

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Daily Digest

August 8, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … In California, 1 state is seeing 2 drastically different responses to the...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/6: Ag Secretary visits Valley, promises federal drought relief; Coalition sends letter opposing voluntary agreements; Kern ag interests raise concerns about State Board’s proposed work toward racial equity; Klamath: Protest tent next to A Canal headgates comes down; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 6, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California drought news today … U.S. Agriculture Secretary promising federal relief for CA farmers impacted by drought...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/05: State Board will make the call on refilling Don Pedro reservoir; Friant-Kern Canal repair process continues with repayment contract; Officials warn of cascading crises facing Pacific salmon; What can civil engineers do to prevent another Flint water crisis elsewhere?; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 5, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Delta Protection Commission will meet beginning at 1pm.  Agenda items include...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE:  Space Jam: A spatially explicit history of estuary fish species

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Delta science

August 5, 2021

The San Francisco Estuary is a dynamic and highly altered system that has experienced many changes since its widespread colonization...