DAILY DIGEST, weekend/holiday edition: Judge refuses to divert water for salmon on Klamath River; Orange County water districts consider lawsuit over PFAS contamination; Intense heatwave developing; Raining rice; Microplastics in drinking water; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 24, 2020Judge refuses to divert water for endangered salmon on Klamath River: “Despite claims the federal government is pushing threatened Coho...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/22: Fong demands answers on CA’s water lawsuit spending; Interior Dept. sued over Obama-era law to cement Valley water contracts; CRISPR a tool for Delta smelt conservation; LAO overview of Governor’s budget revision proposals for resources; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 22, 2020ONLINE MEETING: The Central Valley Flood Protection Board will meet beginning at 9am. Agenda items include monthly DWR report, an...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/21: As California beaches reopen, seawall construction becomes legislative battleground; Tiny bugs can clean Valley drinking water but at what price?; Less water could sustain more Californians if we make every drop count; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 21, 2020ONLINE COURSE: Introduction to Groundwater, Watersheds, and Groundwater Sustainability Plans begins at 9am. This is the first of a six...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/20: Trump EPA’s targeting of San Francisco pollution may bring investigation; Even in dry year, Valley farmers see a bump in water allocation; Court of Appeal rules in Delta water rights case; Trump uses virus to permanently suspend rules on industry; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 20, 2020ONLINE MEETING: The California Water Commission will meet beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include Contra Costa Water District’s request for...
FEATURE: Predicting and planning for extreme precipitation from atmospheric rivers Maven HydrologyNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management May 20, 2020On Feb. 27, 2019, an atmospheric river 350 miles wide and 1,600 miles long barreled through the sky, funneling moisture...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/19: What does drought mean for endangered California salmon?; ACWA urges Newsom, Bernhardt to complete voluntary agreements; Judge rejects Trump administration attempt to toss endangered species lawsuit; The 12 most beautiful rivers in the US; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 19, 2020LEG HEARING: The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water will hold a hearing beginning at 9am. Click here for...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/18: After rolling out $19bil in cuts, Calif. seeks funds for Trump water lawsuit; Flights into the stratosphere study changes to atmospheric rivers; Legislation to speed Anderson Dam project passes committee; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 18, 2020WEBINAR: Hydrology in the Supercomputing Age: How Computational Advances Have Revolutionized Our Field, and What Big Data and Massively Parallel...
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Marchlike storm could be last of the season; Dan Walters on the state budget; Temporary restraining order sought to restore water flows to Klamath River; Questions simmer about Lake Powell’s future; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 17, 2020 Marchlike storm could be last of the season to bring needed rain, sierra snow to California: “California will see...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/15: Will better groundwater management end subsidence, dry drinking water wells?; Politics, short memories are choking Calif.’s water wars; Newsom proposes huge cuts to California environmental programs in latest budget; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 15, 2020FREE Webinar: COVID-19’s Financial Impact on Water Utilities from 10am to 11:30am. Click here for more information and to register....
AFTERNOON NEWS FLASH … Governor Newsom submits May revision budget proposal to Legislature Maven Policy and regulation May 14, 2020From the Office of the Governor: In the face of a global health crisis that has triggered a global financial...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/14: Scott Dam removal part of Potter Valley coalition’s proposal; Delta advocates see hope in the last option remaining: the law; Groundwater recharge needs to be data driven; Clean Water for All Act introduced to block implementation of new WOTUS rule; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 14, 2020LEG HEARING: The Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife will meet beginning at 10am. The Committee will hear bills...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/13: Delta tunnel advisory committee working through pandemic; Coalition urges Congress to fund critical water needs amid pandemic; Reactions to preliminary injunction; Drought, water shortages return to much of state; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 13, 2020ONLINE MEETING: Healthy Watersheds Partnership from 9:30am to 11:30am. Agenda items include a HWP Portal Webpage Update and a Watershed Assessment...
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features May 13, 2020With water availability being an important concern, water managers often use water budgets to quantify and manage water resources. A...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/12: Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s California water plan; LAO Report looks at pandemic’s effect on the CA economy; Will drip replace overhead irrigation in farm fields?; Climate models got hotter. Why they might be overshooting; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 12, 2020FREE WEBINAR: Groundwater Sustainability Plans: What We Now Know and What is Yet to be Learned from 11am to 12pm. ...
CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD: Sacramento-San Joaquin Drainage District Feasibility Study Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management May 12, 2020Damaging floods are more common in California than you might think; over the past 60 years, every county has been...
