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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

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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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LAKE OROVILLE UPDATE: Vegetation management, trail improvements, Oroville wildlife area, lake operations

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 19, 2024

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has resumed vegetation management activities at Loafer Creek within the Lake Oroville State Recreation...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct. 13-18: Winter forecast: Likely a year of extremes; Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward; SF takes on the EPA in a case about poop and a $10B fine; and more …

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Weekly Digest

October 18, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 10/18: CA’s winter forecast: Likely a ‘year of extremes,’ but predictions still murky; DWR releases webinar on depletion of interconnected surface water; Tragic mass bird deaths at Tule Lake due to botulism outbreak; Dried stretch of Napa River in St. Helena renews groundwater pumping concerns; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 18, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 10/17: SF takes on the EPA in a case about poop and a $10 billion fine; Metropolitan committee discusses Delta Conveyance Project; Building drought resiliency for CA’s water supply systems—the role of permitting reform; CA wildfires and weather are changing erosion patterns; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 17, 2024

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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Metropolitan committee discusses Delta Conveyance Project ahead of December vote on funding planning costs

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

October 17, 2024

At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting, staff began the first of a series of...

REPORT SUMMARY: Accelerating Restoration in the Sacramento Valley and Beyond

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Policy and regulation Reports

October 17, 2024

California’s ambitious restoration plans, which include reactivating floodplains, enhancing species habitats, and fortifying against climate change, are at a critical...

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