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DAILY DIGEST, 10/7: AG Becerra sends comment letter challenging Shasta Dam raise; Recession safety net needed for state’s small water systems; Arsenic cleanup in Sierra Nevada; San Francisco Bay’s nutrient phenomena; and more …

October 7, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … ONLINE MEETING: The State Water Resources Control Board meets at 9:30am. Agenda items...

Watersheds 101

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management

October 7, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] No matter where you are in the world, you are in a watershed. The water flowing over the land...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/6: Redwood City salt ponds subject to environmental protections, judge rules; Update on atmospheric rivers in the forecast; Assessing water quality: Stressors to sustainable water management in CA; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 6, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The State Water Resources Control Board meets at 9:30am. Agenda items include consideration...

TESS DUNHAM: California’s Three-Legged Stool for Improving Groundwater Quality: Porter Cologne, SGMA and the Recycled Water Policy – How Do They Work Together?

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features Water quality Water supply augmentation

October 6, 2020

Every year, the Groundwater Resources Association of California selects two speakers for the David Keith Todd Lectureship, which named after...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/5: Happy New Water Year! Rain finally expected in NorCal; Rural communities struggle to provide clean drinking water; The climate science behind this year’s wildfires and powerful storms; Steelhead trout in the L.A. River?; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 5, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Happy 2021! Here’s to a New Water Year! Jay Lund writes, “2020 was...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: New Drought Monitor map shows extreme dry conditions growing in CA; Can fish eat their way out of climate change?; ‘Massive coverup’:Steady flow of contamination into Mule Creek continues; Peter Gleick & colleagues give water recommendations to the next president; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 4, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … New Drought Monitor map shows extreme dry conditions growing in Calif. “The...

WEBSITE NEWS: New format for the Weekly Digest, plus new subscription options and more … !

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Website announcements

October 3, 2020

Dear readers, I have decided to change the format of the weekly digest. Rather than providing pretty much a list...

PUBLICATION: Interagency Ecological Program Newsletter: 2019 status and trends of pelagic fishes; Secondary field ID of Delta smelt

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Delta science

October 3, 2020

DAILY DIGEST, 10/2: Water Year 2020 demonstrates California’s weather variability; Politics boiling over in race where water is key; Will a former hurricane provide the ‘great wet hope’ for the West Coast?; Legacy of the Gold Rush: Mercury; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 2, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … DWR: Water Year 2020 demonstrates California’s weather variability “California’s Water Year 2020...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/1: “Madness and arrogance” blamed for SGMA lawsuit; How to avoid lawsuits when allocating groundwater; Newsom vetoes Friant-Kern Canal fix bill; Harder’s nutria bill moves forward; Winter season forecast; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 1, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … “Madness and arrogance” blamed for one lawsuit against desert groundwater agency “Two...

WATER BOARDS: Update on the Central Valley Water Board’s Irrigated Lands Program

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 1, 2020

Much progress made on implementation of Order WQ-2018-0002 Runoff and other discharges from agricultural lands affect water quality by transporting...