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DAILY DIGEST: Water conservation and unintended consequences on wastewater; Garamendi’s Flood Insurance for Farmers Act passes out of committee; Hike, boat, swim, and fish in the Delta, CA’s first National Heritage Area; Report: ‘Most dangerous’ hackers targeting U.S. utilities; and more …

June 14, 2019

In California water news today, As Californians Save More Water, Their Sewers Get Less and That’s a Problem; House committee...

NOW AVAILABLE: LIDAR Data for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 14, 2019

This week DWR released a new Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) dataset at http://gisarchive.cnra.ca.gov/iso/ImageryBaseMapsLandCover/LIDAR/DeltaLIDAR2017/ LiDAR, or Light...

WILDFIRE PREP FOR WATER PROVIDERS: Increased Resilience in the face of Wildfires and Public Safety Power Shut-Off

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June 14, 2019

This announcement was sent to public water providers from the State Water Resources Control Board: With the welcomed increased precipitation...

DAILY DIGEST: The water marketplace; Fight over the Klamath Dams impacting enviro protections across US; Soil sampling work to advance data for Delta conveyance; State budget to fund research into atmospheric rivers; Virtual reality helps Silicon Valley design water infrastructure; and more …

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June 13, 2019

In California water news today, The Water Marketplace; A Fight Between Humboldt Stakeholders Over the Klamath Dams is Impacting Environmental...

DAILY DIGEST: High heat quickly melting away CA’s snowpack; Rare June heat wave has San Francisco hotter than Las Vegas; Communities take a new look at storing water underground; Dams can help ranchers w/drought, but could they also contribute to it?; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 12, 2019

In California water news today, High Heat Quickly Melting Away California’s Snowpack; Rare June heat wave grips San Francisco as...

WOTS Up? An Update Regarding Regulation of Waters of the State and Waters of the United States

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 12, 2019

Attorney Mary Lynn Coffee unpacks the new wetland regulations and Waters of the State rule, plus a look at the...

DAILY DIGEST: A civil rights hero focuses on a new fight at the Capitol: clean drinking water; Rim Fire tour provides striking view of wildfire challenges; As water scarcity increases, desal plants are on the rise; State, local governments seeking climate change ‘solutions’ have plenty of options; and more …

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June 11, 2019

In California water news today, A civil rights hero focuses on a new fight at the Capitol: clean drinking water; Effort...

DAILY DIGEST: CA budget moves toward final votes, has money for drinking water; Hatchery-born coho salmon helping save species in the Russian River; Lake Tahoe snowmelt will be massive and dangerous; Colorado exploring program to pay farmers for temporarily stopping their water use; and more …

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June 10, 2019

In California water news today, California Budget Moves Toward Final Votes, Has Money for Drinking Water; Hatchery-Born Coho Salmon Are...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: 7 places that are sinking faster than anywhere else in US; FERC launches inquiry into salmon stranding on Feather River; WOTUS review stumps advisers; States test how many more diversions Colorado River can bear; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 9, 2019

In California water news this weekend, 7 places that are sinking faster than anywhere else in the US; Oroville operations...

DAILY DIGEST: Monterey Bay is swimming in microplastic; Keeping green during drought; Attempt to plug a wasp nest sparked the biggest wildfire in CA history; States take up PFAS fight: ‘Is this the next asbestos?’; Planning the next century of the Contra Costa Canal; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 7, 2019

In California water news today, The New Pollution: Monterey Bay is Swimming in Microplastic; Keeping Green During Drought; Attempt to...

FINAL DOCS: Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project EIR

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June 7, 2019

The Bureau of Reclamation is making National Environmental Policy Act documents available to the public for the Yolo Bypass Salmonid...

DAILY DIGEST: Water, water everywhere, but in CA; enough’ water is never enough; Scientists share on-going research at Camp Fire Symposium; Why California’s water-obsessed farmers vote for Trump; USGS, scientists test drone-based river analysis; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 6, 2019

In California water news today, Water, water everywhere: Good and bad of California’s rising reservoir levels; In California, ‘enough’ water...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Watermaster Quarterly Update

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 6, 2019

Report has good news on Delta water rights and measurement of diversions, but not so good news in the South...

DAILY DIGEST: Can California better use winter storms to refill its aquifers?; Nearly half of annual water use reports still need to be filed; Blue Oak Ranch Reserve takes the pulse of the wild; Companies expect climate change to cost them $1 trillion in 5 years; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 5, 2019

In California water news today, Putting a Tempest into a Teapot: Can California Better Use Winter Storms to Refill its...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Groundwater sustainability goals and challenges

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

June 5, 2019

Groundwater managers working in four critically-overdrafted basins discuss how their planning efforts are going In basins all over California, groundwater...

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