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June 20, 2024

From the State Water Resources Control Board: This email is to notify water right permit and license holders with Standard...

DAILY DIGEST: California Forever releases water study; Self-Help Enterprises urges reinstatement of water funds; Chinook salmon in hot water; Can fiction show us the cost of not getting the Colorado River right?; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 19, 2024

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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: DWR presents Delta Conveyance Project cost estimate and benefit cost analysis to Metropolitan Committee

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Best of the Notebook Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

June 19, 2024

At the June meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting, DWR Director Karla Nemeth was on...

NOTICE of Preparation: Environmental Impact Report for the State Water Project San Joaquin Field Division Operations and Maintenance Habitat Conservation Plan

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 19, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the California Department of Water Resources...

DAILY DIGEST: Enviro groups appeal court ruling in favor of Sites Reservoir; Rain, snow, drought: Fight over water rights persists; Panel discussion on the Delta and climate change; Kings County Farm Bureau on SGMA in the Tulare Lake Subbasin; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 18, 2024

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ACWA: A Delta County supervisor, a water district board chair, and a farmer – A conversation about how climate change is affecting Bay-Delta water issues

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 18, 2024

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: It’s complicated. Consider: The Bay Delta watershed spans 75,000 square miles, stretching over 500 miles from...

DAILY DIGEST: Tribal members are reclaiming the ‘land of the flowing water’; Collaboration critical to water resilience; EchoWater project helps relieve multiyear drought in Sacramento; Lake Mead’s 2-year outlook: A 5-foot drop, then what?; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 17, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: CA finally awash in water, but its farmers can’t get it; El Niño makes an exit, but La Niña could bring back dry conditions; Newest state park saved this tiny town from disaster; Commercial salmon fishermen eye Klamath dam removal with cautious hope; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 16, 2024

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 9-14: Dams need repairs, but Newsom plans to cut grants in half; Metropolitan places leader on administrative leave; Requiring water users to pay for ecological damage; and more …

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Weekly Digest

June 14, 2024

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

DAILY DIGEST, 6/14: Metropolitan places general manager on administrative leave; El Niño is over — with La Niña expected soon; Marshes could save Bay Area half a billion dollars in floods; Colorado River water use in three states drops to 40-year low; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 14, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 6/13: CA dams need repairs. but Newsom plans to cut grants in half; Klamath irrigators clash with feds, Tribe over water rights; Bill that would have restricted new wells fails to pass out of committee; Oops! 40,000 acre-feet of water slipped through the cracks at Lake Powell; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 13, 2024

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SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Ecological effects of drought in the Delta

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Delta science Hydrology

June 13, 2024

The Delta and Suisun Marsh region is rich in biodiversity, offering numerous ecosystem services and significant cultural value for many...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/12: Report shows some progress on groundwater storage; Sparks fly at Tule basin GSA; Defining the ‘significant and unreasonable’ inadequacies in subbasin GSPs; Klamath Basin leaders call for full water allocation; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 12, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 6/11: Requiring water users to pay for ecological damage; Madera farmers and groundwater agency in limbo waiting for court decision on fees; Lake Oroville full, but drought conditions not forgotten; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 11, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 6/10: The end of El Niño might make the weather even more extreme; Napa Valley has lush vineyards and wineries – and a pollution problem; A brazen California water heist revealed, prosecuted & punished; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 10, 2024

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NOTICE: Advance notice of probable curtailments under standard water right term 91

DAILY DIGEST: California Forever releases water study; Self-Help Enterprises urges reinstatement of water funds; Chinook salmon in hot water; Can fiction show us the cost of not getting the Colorado River right?; and more …

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: DWR presents Delta Conveyance Project cost estimate and benefit cost analysis to Metropolitan Committee

NOTICE of Preparation: Environmental Impact Report for the State Water Project San Joaquin Field Division Operations and Maintenance Habitat Conservation Plan

DAILY DIGEST: Enviro groups appeal court ruling in favor of Sites Reservoir; Rain, snow, drought: Fight over water rights persists; Panel discussion on the Delta and climate change; Kings County Farm Bureau on SGMA in the Tulare Lake Subbasin; and more …

ACWA: A Delta County supervisor, a water district board chair, and a farmer – A conversation about how climate change is affecting Bay-Delta water issues

DAILY DIGEST: Tribal members are reclaiming the ‘land of the flowing water’; Collaboration critical to water resilience; EchoWater project helps relieve multiyear drought in Sacramento; Lake Mead’s 2-year outlook: A 5-foot drop, then what?; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: CA finally awash in water, but its farmers can’t get it; El Niño makes an exit, but La Niña could bring back dry conditions; Newest state park saved this tiny town from disaster; Commercial salmon fishermen eye Klamath dam removal with cautious hope; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 9-14: Dams need repairs, but Newsom plans to cut grants in half; Metropolitan places leader on administrative leave; Requiring water users to pay for ecological damage; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/14: Metropolitan places general manager on administrative leave; El Niño is over — with La Niña expected soon; Marshes could save Bay Area half a billion dollars in floods; Colorado River water use in three states drops to 40-year low; and more …

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Ecological effects of drought in the Delta

DAILY DIGEST, 6/12: Report shows some progress on groundwater storage; Sparks fly at Tule basin GSA; Defining the ‘significant and unreasonable’ inadequacies in subbasin GSPs; Klamath Basin leaders call for full water allocation; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/11: Requiring water users to pay for ecological damage; Madera farmers and groundwater agency in limbo waiting for court decision on fees; Lake Oroville full, but drought conditions not forgotten; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 6/10: The end of El Niño might make the weather even more extreme; Napa Valley has lush vineyards and wineries – and a pollution problem; A brazen California water heist revealed, prosecuted & punished; and more …