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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 4/6-4/11: Court refuses to lift injunction on Delta tunnel geotech investigations; The La Niña that never truly was, is over; Setting up agencies for groundwater recharge success; Calif. farmland values are plummeting; and more …

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Weekly Digest

April 11, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 4/11: Court refuses to lift injunction on Delta tunnel geotechnical investigations; Changes to Delta ops balance water needs for people and the environment; The La Niña that never truly was, is over; Trump threatens sanctions, tariffs on Mexico in water dispute; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 11, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 4/10: Trump signs order to ‘make America’s showers great again’; Farm Bureaus issue plea to Trump to keep Potter Valley dams; L.A. County fire-affected beaches are safe for swimming, health officials say; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 9, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 4/9: Miles of Delta levees are at risk of floods. Repairs could cost $3 billion; Golden mussels and beyond: How ballast water fuels invasions; Another water district annexes so-called “white lands,” the scourge of complying with SGMA; Metropolitan adopts groundbreaking framework to adapt to climate change; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 9, 2025

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DELTA ISB: Golden mussels and beyond: How ballast water fuels invasions

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Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

April 9, 2025

The San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary is often regarded as one of the most heavily invaded estuaries in the world. The...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/8: How to set up groundwater agencies for recharge success; Calif. farmland values are plummeting. Where’s the bottom?; FIRO to avoid water FOMO: How to save every drop with smart reservoir operations in California; Monitoring water quality in the Delta: The role of the Delta Regional Monitoring Program; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 8, 2025

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Monitoring water quality in the Delta: The role of the Delta Regional Monitoring Program

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Notebook News and Features Water quality

April 8, 2025

The Delta is a vital water source, providing drinking water to over 27 million people and irrigating 3 million acres...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/7: A conservation footprint for multiple species of wildlife in CA rice; Texas firm pushes to restart Santa Barbara oil drilling. Is it skirting California laws?; Broken hydrants slowed firefighters at Stockton recycling plant blaze; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 7, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Newsom in fight to advance plans for $20-billion Delta tunnel; Reclamation announces additional funding for Sites Reservoir; Fresh snow extends ski season at Tahoe resorts; Boxes of mud could tell a hopeful sediment story; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 6, 2025

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 3/30-4/4: Snowpack, reservoirs in good shape; San Luis Reservoir is about to expand; What’s in fire retardant; First solar-over-canal project now generating electricity; and more …

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Weekly Digest

April 4, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 4/4: Snowpack, reservoirs in good shape going into dry season; Senate scales back bill to Trump-proof water protections; More strange sea creatures wash up on Bay Area beaches; GOP proposal seeks to exempt many toxic PFAS from review; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 4, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 4/3: How much toxic heavy metal is in fire retardant?; First solar-over-canal project now generating power; Fast-track dredging to save the Delta; Northern California town hall erupts over PG&E’s ‘dangerous’ reservoir plan; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 3, 2025

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DELTA COUNCIL: Anticipating the next drought: DWR’s plans for rapid barrier construction

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management

April 3, 2025

California frequently experiences multi-year droughts, a natural aspect of our highly variable climate. However, climate change intensifies both the frequency...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/2: Report: As Colorado River shrinks, states fail to tap recycled water; Sierra Nevada snowpack sees most bountiful three years in a row in 25 years; San Diego Water Authority reports ‘more than enough’ supply to meet regional demands despite little rain; New study finds Rocky Mountain snow contamination; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 2, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 4/1: San Luis Reservoir is about to expand — if it can clear a major hurdle; It’s spring, but the Sierra are getting slammed by another round of snow; CA lobbying for a new Trump windfall: Funds to create shipyards; Dwindling water supply, legal questions push Colorado River into ‘wildly uncharted territory’; and more …

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Daily Digest

April 1, 2025

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