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DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Cover crops could enhance groundwater recharge; Ninth Circuit rejects ESA challenges to 2005 water project renewal contracts; State Water Project advances efforts to prepare for future droughts; Rising temperatures will significantly reduce streamflow in the Upper Colorado River basin; and more …

May 24, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 5/23: Delta pumps likely killed over half a million fish in two decades; Petition filed to protect Strawberry Creek from bottled water withdrawal; Updated draft urban conservation regulation retains feasibility and flexibility provisions; Cal Am wants references to desal struck from CPUC hearing; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 23, 2024

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SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Making a mountain out of molehills: Synthesizing eight datasets yields Delta food web insights

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Delta science Ecosystems

May 23, 2024

The April Delta Lead Scientist’s Report included a presentation by Dr. Denise Colombano on a synthesis project that used eight...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/22: Water officials mostly cleared in drought-related water rights saga; Kings County Farm Bureau blames one local water board for state intervention; Solano takes another swing at state, tunnel project; Historic South of the Delta agreement announced; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 22, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 5/21: Kings County Farm Bureau sues over state monitoring of groundwater; CDFA wants to streamline reporting regs; Delta Counties say Delta Conveyance cost benefit analysis is insufficient and biased; Will ditching dams be the coastline’s renewal?; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 21, 2024

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REPORT SUMMARY: The State Water Project Delivery Capability Report

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Planning and management Reports Water project operations

May 21, 2024

The Department of Water Resources has released the draft State Water Project Delivery Capability Report for 2023, which provides information...

NOTICE: CDFA’s Regulatory Alignment Study looks to streamline streamline ag-related food safety and water quality reporting requirements

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Policy and regulation

May 21, 2024

The goals of the study are to empower the agricultural community through streamlined regulatory requirements, support the state’s data and...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/20: New bills aim to protect water rates, charges from Prop. 218 litigation; FDA’s new pre-harvest ag water rule could impact PFAS-contaminated groundwater; Scientists use acoustic tech to track salmon and steelhead; Captured stormwater could be urban boon; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 20, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Kings County Farm Bureau sues state for placing the region on probation; Rep. Harder slams new Delta tunnel report; Nearly all staff suddenly resign at Bay Area environmental group; Scientists aim to improve Western snowfall, water supply forecasts; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 19, 2024

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 12-17: $20 billion: The Delta tunnel’s new price tag; How is this year’s water year is shaping up?; El Niño begins inevitable retreat; Salmon fishing on CA rivers banned again; and more …

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Weekly Digest

May 17, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 5/17: $20 billion: The Delta tunnel’s new price tag; How is this year’s water year is shaping up?; SB 903 and California’s fight against PFAS; Lower Basin Colorado River consumptive use is lowest in 40 years; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 17, 2024

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REACTIONS to release of economic analysis for the Delta Conveyance Project

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Delta Conveyance Project

May 17, 2024

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a benefit-cost analysis for the Delta Conveyance Project, finding that it would create...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/16: Salmon fishing banned on CA rivers for 2nd year; Water rights enforcement in CA; Groundwater study in Monterey County cause for alarm; Where Colorado River negotiations stand right now; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 16, 2024

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CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Water right enforcement in California

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

May 16, 2024

In August 2022, amidst a severe drought, the State Water Board ordered ranchers and farmers in Siskiyou County to cease...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/15: Revised state budget cuts $500 million for water storage, Sites Reservoir slowly inching forward; Have San Francisco water policies led to salmon collapse?; Downsizing local news contributes to crumbling infrastructure; Will users of the Colorado River reach a deal before it’s too late?; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 15, 2024

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