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DAILY DIGEST, 9/29: Happy New Water Year 2026!; Risk-taking is key to saving CA’s freshwater species; Salmon habitat restoration priorities in the Lower Russian River; Trump officials shut off funding for climate adaptation centers; and more …

September 29, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Can an AI-guided robot help San Rafael resist sea level rise?; How first major storm of the rainy season will impact CA; Reforesting a fiery, warming world; Upper Newport Bay gives visitors up close look at unique habitat; and more …

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September 28, 2025

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Sept 21-26: ‘Brutal’ groundwater plan may be only path forward for Tulare County growers; Rollins vows to fight Eel Dam removal; Water resilience, climate change, and water systems in California; Court: Agricultural drains may operate without permit; and more …

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September 26, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 9/26: Marine heatwave ‘blob’ returns in Pacific, rivaling past events in size and impact; How to make water conservation a habit; Agriculture is tested in courtrooms and at the ballot box; Modeling flood mitigation strategies in the San Francisco Bay Area; and more …

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September 26, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 9/25: ‘Brutal’ groundwater plan may be only path forward for Tulare County growers; The storm over California won’t budge. Here’s how it will impact weather; Stockton City Council opposes Delta tunnel project; NASA data powers new tool to protect water supply after fires; and more …

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September 25, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 9/24: Metropolitan navigates choppy waters; Water resilience, climate change, and water systems in CA; Pacific ‘blob’ heat wave now spans an area the size of the US; Negotiations stall as Colorado River crisis looms again; and more …

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September 24, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 9/23: New storm eyes West with heavy rain, flash flooding; Reviving the Golden State’s meadows and watersheds; CA lawmakers pass a bill to track data center water use; U.S. rivers experiencing unprecedented intense warming; and more …

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September 23, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 9/22: Study: Why the planet is drying out much faster than before; Longer summers: How climate change extends heat; Last of lead cable removed from Baldwin Beach at Lake Tahoe; Colorado River states clash over reservoirs as ‘dead pool’ looms; and more …

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September 22, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Rollins meets with Potter Valley farmers and ranchers, vows to fight for their water; Oakland Coliseum has been pumping groundwater into the bay for years — without a permit; State Water Board releases draft scientific report on proposed Tuolumne River Voluntary Agreement; and more …

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September 21, 2025

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Sept. 14-19: CA asks court to allow preliminary work for Delta tunnel to begin; Kern subbasin gets off enforcement track with latest groundwater plan redo; The Delta holds ‘environmental ticking timebombs’; and more …

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September 19, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 9/19: Axed Colorado River nominee alleges interference: ‘Never seen this kind of vitriol’; Writer-in-Residence Mark Arax chronicles CA’s lifeblood: Water; New test measures toxin from tires in marine life, helping understand risk to marine species and ecosystems; Colorado River negotiations teeter over future water use; and more …

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September 19, 2025

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STATE WATER BOARD: Kern County Subbasin avoids probation under SGMA and returns to DWR oversight

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September 19, 2025

Board finds that subbasin’s latest plans are on track to meet sustainability goals once final deficiencies are addressed Press release...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/18: Kern subbasin saved from probation; One dam to rule them all; White House to pull back Bureau of Reclamation nomination; Wyoming, other Upper Colorado River states, say Lower Basin states hog water; and more …

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September 18, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 9/17: CA asks appeals court to allow preliminary work for Delta tunnel to begin; State says it’s time for water interests to show their cards on subsidence; Leftover tropical moisture from Mario to move into SoCal; Health and environmental concerns multiply over artificial turf; and more …

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September 17, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 9/16: Antioch’s $160 million desalination plant begins operation; State Water Board provides $2B to advance water infrastructure; Wild weather week possible as CA could be hit by unusually strong thunderstorms; CO River experts: ‘No one comes out of this unscathed’; and more …

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September 16, 2025

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