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The impact of new regulations on water rights in California

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law

May 22, 2015

An overview of how new reporting requirements, frost protection regulations, water curtailments, and some pending litigation could affect water rights...

Jay Lund: Water storage and drought in California agriculture

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AgricultureBest of the NotebookNotebook News and Features

May 20, 2015

Dr. Jay Lund reviews water storage in California:  Changing patterns and reasons for hope Earlier this year, the U.C. Davis...

Managing Forest Health for Water Resources

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Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

May 13, 2015

Successful forest management plans and a study that found that forest thinning can increase runoff by 20% demonstrate the benefits...

Assemblymember Marc Levine on California Water: The state legislature’s perspective

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

May 12, 2015

The Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee talks about the current drought, Prop 1 funds, and what...

Governor Brown addresses ACWA Convention: “All the things that I do here are because they are problems and we need to deal with them. And if I don’t deal with it, somebody else will have to.”

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

May 10, 2015

Governor Brown addresses ACWA convention, calling on California’s brain power and innovation to solve the state’s water issues, and touching...

Delta Stewardship Council Drought Update: Delta perspectives on drought management

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

May 7, 2015

CCWD’s Leah Orloff and Delta farmer Steve Mello discuss how the drought is affecting operations within the Delta The April...

Delta Stewardship Council Drought Update: Water management actions and the status of Delta fisheries

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Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

May 6, 2015

DWR Drought Manager Jeanine Jones with an update on hydrologic conditions; DWR Lead Scientist Ted Sommer with an update on...

Delta Stewardship Council Drought Update: Policy actions and priorities for addressing the ongoing drought

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

May 5, 2015

Karla Nemeth from the Natural Resources Agency and Ellen Hanak from the PPIC discuss the state’s response to the drought:...

Weekend reading: DWR Issues Draft 2015 State Water Project Delivery Capability Report

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ReportsWater project operations

May 1, 2015

From the Department of Water Resources: The draft State Water Project Delivery Capability Report 2015 and Appendices have been released. This...

Reactions: Metropolitan, Kern County, other water interests and stakeholder groups react to announcement of revised approach to Bay Delta fix

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Delta Conveyance Project

April 30, 2015

Today, Governor Brown and other officials today announced a revised approach to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, which is now...

Bay Delta Conservation Plan Update: A comparison of regulatory approaches

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

April 30, 2015

Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta is updated on the substantive differences between the change in the Bay Delta Conservation...

Western Governor’s Association: Tip of the spear: The horizon for drought data and technology

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Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

April 29, 2015

Panel discusses drought monitoring, including the Soil and Climate Analysis Network, the Drought Monitor, and the federal Open Data Initiative,...

Delta challenges workshop, part 4: Fish, birds, and habitat

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Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

April 24, 2015

Panel of experts looks at historical ecology and critical ecological functions of the Delta, the complexities of fish management, and...

Delta challenges workshop, part 3: The Delta ecosystem: Hydrodynamics, water quality, salinity, nutrients, and the food web

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Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality

April 23, 2015

Panel of experts discuss the Delta’s complex hydrodynamics and how flow interacts with salinity, nutrients, contaminants, and the food web...

Delta challenges workshop, part 2: Water supply reliability and its challenges

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Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features

April 22, 2015

Panelists discuss water operations and supply, climate change, the regulatory environment, water conservation, and water supply economics Earlier this year, ...