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DAILY DIGEST, 3/28: DWR: Court ruling won’t impede Delta tunnel; Report highlights advantages of Voluntary Agreements; SGMA breakdown of the 2024 trends in ag land values; Cattle are drinking the Colorado River dry; and more …

March 28, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 3/27: Rain, snow return; Solano County to protest DWR tunnel project petition; Tiny fish hinders Imperial Valley water conservation plan; With snowpack at normal, what’s the hold up with Ag water allocation?; and more …

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March 27, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 3/26: Back-to-back storms to soak West Coast; UC Santa Cruz researchers study impacts of CZU fires on local streams; California farmers could save a lot of water — but their profits would suffer; Western U.S. hydropower generation fell to a 22-year low last year; and more …

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DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

March 26, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 3/25: Zombie lake turned farmland to water. A year later, is it gone for good?; Court determines that the “pay first” rule applies to SGMA fee lawsuits; Small changes can yield big savings in agricultural water use; California’s March water madness; and more …

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Daily Digest

March 25, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Additional storms eyeing the West Coast to end March; Water project allocations increased; Legislation to eliminate 6PPD from stormwater discharges passes Committee; Judge hears testimony in Monterey Peninsula water battle; and more …

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March 24, 2024

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NEW RESOURCE: DWR Releases a Resource Guide for Funding SGMA Implementation

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Groundwater News Reports

March 22, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released its Resource Guide for Funding Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Implementation. ...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for March 17-22: Sierra prepares for 3 feet of snow; Court upholds State Water Board’s revised flow objectives for the San Joaquin River; Trout trouble could shut off the Delta pumps for Valley farmers; and more …

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Weekly Digest

March 22, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 3/22: Sierra residents prepare for up to 3 feet of snow as wetter pattern returns; Rep. Valadao urges Reclamation to increase CVP water allocations; Invasive plants threaten the Delta; Community-led effort to remove decades-old lead cables threatening Lake Tahoe; and more …

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Daily Digest

March 22, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 3/21: Storms packing rain, snow to return to California; Court upholds CA rules to protect fish, but Newsom wants lenient Delta approach; Water Board eyeing new water-saving regulations; Mid-Kaweah GSA navigates state regulatory rapids; and more …

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Daily Digest

March 21, 2024

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METROPOLITAN: Committee briefed on Colorado River interim and post-2026 operating guidelines

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Colorado River Notebook News and Features

March 21, 2024

At the March meeting of Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee, staff updated the committee on the Reclamation’s release of...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/20: Rain is set to return — and it could stick around; Are wineries complying with new winery wastewater order?; State Water Board reduces pumping fees by half but some say it’s still too high; Klamath Irrigation Districts prepare to move water over concerns; and more …

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Daily Digest

March 20, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 3/19: California policy protecting major rivers upheld in long-awaited court decision; A state of permanent drought; California takes a big step forward to make better use of storing water underground; Water risks to agriculture: Too little and too much; and more …

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Daily Digest

March 19, 2024

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SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Keeping water in climate-changed headwaters longer

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Climate change Delta science Science

March 19, 2024

Climate change projections for California indicate a future characterized by warmer temperatures, reduced snowfall, greater rainfall, and drier summer conditions....

DAILY DIGEST, 3/18: CA digitizing 100-year-old paper water rights records; Trout trouble could shut off the Delta pumps; The potential for brackish desalination in CA; Reversing Delta land subsidence; and more …

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Daily Digest

March 18, 2024

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REPORTS: The potential for brackish desalination in California

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Groundwater News Reports Water supply augmentation

March 18, 2024

In 2017, a nationwide assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey found that brackish groundwater in the nation’s aquifers is more...

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