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October 31, 2024

From the State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office: On May 12, 2015, Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/30: Snow season off to a good start; California has its own “hurricanes”; Trout Unlimited takes down another dam; Stanislaus County OKs plan to reduce groundwater pumping; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 30, 2024

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INFO SHEET: California Environmental Flows Framework

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Science Announcement

October 30, 2024

From UC Davis: The California Environmental Flows Framework (CEFF) provides technical guidance for managers to employ a functional flows approach...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/29: CA braces for first widespread rain and snow of the season; CA seizes $544 million in illegal weed, just a drop in the bucket; Study finds pattern in DDT contamination among fish off SoCal; Governor visits Tijuana River; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 29, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 10/28: The ‘soft path’ of water for farmers in the Western US; Water challenges — made worse by rising temperatures — are threatening the world’s crops; Elkhorn Slough: How big is that estuary and why that’s important; SoCal: Fish still recovering from oceanic pesticide dumping; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 28, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Amid controversy, CA and the Biden administration are preparing new water plans; State Water Board releases draft of possible updates to Bay-Delta Plan for public review; Delta levees: The backbone of the coequal goals; Judge rules against Northern California county in water access race discrimination case; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 27, 2024

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct. 20-25: Is a new plan for delivering Delta water worse than Trump’s rules?; Fixing California Aqueduct subsidence: A multi-billion dollar problem; Farms face ruin as groundwater law takes its toll; and more …

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Weekly Digest

October 25, 2024

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/25: Is a new plan for delivering Delta water worse than Trump’s rules? Environmentalists say yes; Fall Chinook Salmon returns to date are shockingly low on Upper Sacramento River; Wildfires are becoming faster and more furious in the West; How a Bay Area water agency became a vital partner on the American River; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 25, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 10/24: State and federal agencies sign MOU for floodplain restoration in the Sacramento Valley; Walters: Reservoirs are full, but water politics may trump hydrology; Update on the Water Storage Investment Program projects; Anderson Dam tunnel completed in South Bay; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 24, 2024

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CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Water Storage Investment Program projects

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 24, 2024

The October meeting of the California Water Commission included an update on the seven projects progressing through the Water Storage...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/23: Farms face ruin as groundwater law takes its toll; Kings County groundwater managers ‘flying blind’ with zero input from State Water Board; San Joaquin Valley well drillers say they are struggling to meet state air regulations; State to consider Scott and Shasta river flows rules; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 23, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 10/22: Fixing California Aqueduct subsidence: A multi-billion dollar problem; The tunnel vision: A look at CA’s $20 billion solution to its water crisis; Turlock Irrigation District is placing solar panels atop canals. And the world is watching; Owner of Bay Area island won’t get new trial over illegal levee ‘repair’; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 22, 2024

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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Fixing California Aqueduct subsidence: A multi-billion dollar problem

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water project operations

October 22, 2024

The aqueduct capacity in certain areas of the Southern San Joaquin Valley is nearly reduced by half due to subsidence....

DAILY DIGEST, 10/21: Climate change happening too fast for migrating birds; Lessons from the CA Enviro Flows Framework and opportunities for Chile; The Clean Water Act’s loophole problem; Soil salinization a rising threat; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 21, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Klamath River Chinook salmon reoccupying historic habitat, spawning above former dam locations; Orange County water agencies hail final ruling in SoCal groundwater case; Another tech utopia planned for wine country; Lithium developer illegally drained wetlands near Salton Sea; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 20, 2024

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NOTICE of status conference: Santa Clara Valley Water District

DAILY DIGEST, 10/30: Snow season off to a good start; California has its own “hurricanes”; Trout Unlimited takes down another dam; Stanislaus County OKs plan to reduce groundwater pumping; and more …

INFO SHEET: California Environmental Flows Framework

DAILY DIGEST, 10/29: CA braces for first widespread rain and snow of the season; CA seizes $544 million in illegal weed, just a drop in the bucket; Study finds pattern in DDT contamination among fish off SoCal; Governor visits Tijuana River; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct. 20-25: Is a new plan for delivering Delta water worse than Trump’s rules?; Fixing California Aqueduct subsidence: A multi-billion dollar problem; Farms face ruin as groundwater law takes its toll; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 10/24: State and federal agencies sign MOU for floodplain restoration in the Sacramento Valley; Walters: Reservoirs are full, but water politics may trump hydrology; Update on the Water Storage Investment Program projects; Anderson Dam tunnel completed in South Bay; and more …

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Water Storage Investment Program projects

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Fixing California Aqueduct subsidence: A multi-billion dollar problem

DAILY DIGEST, 10/21: Climate change happening too fast for migrating birds; Lessons from the CA Enviro Flows Framework and opportunities for Chile; The Clean Water Act’s loophole problem; Soil salinization a rising threat; and more …