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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 18-23: Salmon success, Delta water war, Water rights legislation, Extreme weather and dams, SGMA intervention timeline, and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 23, 2023

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

DAILY DIGEST, 6/23: Feinstein introduces bills to restore San Joaquin Valley canals, clean drinking water, modernize water system; UCLA Clinic submits amicus brief in water rate design case; Update on Copco Number 2 dam removal; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 23, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include a legilsative...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/22: Extreme weather is threatening California’s dams; State Board announces tentative schedule to start SGMA intervention; Harvest Water project first to receive Prop 1 funds; Tribe seeking Colorado River water rights spurned by high court; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 22, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water beginning at 9am.  Click here...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/21: California lawmakers wage Delta water war with Newsom; Coalition opposes bills to overhaul water rights rules; California will consider setting minimum water flows for Scott River; Rising groundwater threatens thousands of toxic sites in the Bay Area; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 21, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Senate Committee on Environmental Quality beginning at 9am.  Click here for the...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/20: CA proposes standard for hexavalent chromium; When will El Niño peak?; California awards $35 million to four regions for land repurposing; Western states may avoid the worst of wildfire season this year; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 20, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife beginning at 9am.  Click here...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/19: Legislature’s budget sidesteps fight with Newsom over Delta tunnel; After a winter deluge, California rivers are too dangerous to enjoy; Story of the rising tides: King Tides project map out now; Lakes Powell, Mead levels rise as government plans future water rules; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 19, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Fish Restoration Grant Program Peer Review Committee from 12pm to 2pm. Agenda...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: It may be a record wet year but state doling out millions to prep for next drought; Budget passes by deadline, but still room for ‘shaping’; Metropolitan to get $21 million to transform Delta island; San Joaquin River open again in Fresno County, but the snow runoff danger isn’t over; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 18, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … It may be a record wet year but the state is still...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 11-16: Implementing groundwater recharge in the Central Valley, Unpredictable El Niño, The path forward for SGMA, Will Delta tunnel hold up the budget?, and more …

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Weekly Digest

June 16, 2023

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

DAILY DIGEST, 6/16: West gets reprieve from drought, but forecasters predict change as El Niño approaches; Will Newsom’s Delta tunnel plan hold up the budget?; Science stories: Getting into the weeds; Feds announce start of public process to reshape key rules on Colorado River water use by 2027; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 16, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: Hanford Water Town Hall from 6pm to 8pm.  Are you concerned about the...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/15: Delta tunnel hangs over budget talks as legislators challenge Gov. Newsom’s plan; What are the dirtiest beaches in California?; Historic winter leads to severe problems for LADWP at Owens Lake; Interior Department initiates process to develop future guidelines and strategies for protecting the Colorado River; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 15, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: Water Conservation Showcase from 8am to 5pm at the San Ramon Valley Conference...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Implementing groundwater recharge in the Central Valley

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

June 15, 2023

The recent succession of atmospheric rivers has spurred support for groundwater recharge, creating a wave of momentum for moving recharge...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/14: Charts show how unpredictable El Niño can be; The promise and potential of solar canals; Monterey Bay proposed desalination plant divides wealthy communities and poorer ones; Imperial Valley farmers await water deal; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 14, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board from 9am to 5pm. Agenda items include an open...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/13: Step inside California’s covert control room that’s moving ‘more water than places to put it’; Could Mother Nature cut off California’s water guarantee?; Return of El Niño threatens new levels of economic destruction; IID adds $10 million to pay for on-farm conserved water; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 13, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: 2021 Reinitiation of Consultation on the Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley...

DELTA ISB: Decision-making under deep uncertainty: What is it and why is it useful?

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Delta scienceScienceWebinars

June 13, 2023

The Delta is constantly changing and predicting these changes has become a difficult task. As California’s climate changes in sometimes...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/12: Californians were asked to cut water use 15% during the drought. How close did they get?; Facing the dragon: CA’s nasty ecological debts; Giant magnet hanging from a helicopter could solve water shortages; The Future of Water: A new book from water expert Peter Gleick; and more …

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Daily Digest

June 12, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Californians were asked to cut water use 15% during the drought. How close...