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Website announcements

May 29, 2023

Maven’s Notebook will return tomorrow. Thank you for your readership!...

DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Race to move water underground; Millerton Lake can drain, fill six times over with snowpack; Walters: The stakes for Newsom’s big plan to streamline big projects; Fear, frustration and fatigue: How a deal to save the Colorado River was struck; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 28, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Race to move water underground on as California’s Central Valley overflows “After...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 21-26: Voluntary agreements, Delta smelt study, Colorado River deal, DWR Audit, Pacheco Dam setback; and more …

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Weekly Digest

May 26, 2023

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

DAILY DIGEST, 5/26: State Auditor: DWR’s forecasts do not adequately account for climate change; Democrats sideline Newsom’s infrastructure plan; State Water Board statement on Supreme Court WOTUS ruling; Mexico pays price for Colorado River deal; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 26, 2023

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

DAILY DIGEST, 5/25: EPA authority to regulate wetlands clobbered by Supreme Court; CA legislature could make overdue changes to water rights if these three bills pass; Delta Tunnel plan touted by Newsom gets push-back from Congress member; California snowlines on track to be 1,600 feet higher by century’s end; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 25, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council meets beginning at 9:00am. Agenda items include the Delta Lead...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: New study looks at stressors that impact presence or absence of Delta smelt

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Delta scienceFish and wildlifeScience

May 25, 2023

At the April meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted a study funded by...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/24: California urged to end water grab on Scott River; Mule Creek State Prison agrees to clean up polluted discharges; How hot is California going to get this summer?; How California averted painful water cuts and made a Colorado River deal; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 24, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Conservancy Board from 9am to 1pm. Agenda items include an Ecosystem Restoration...

WEBINAR: Machine Learning for Rivers: How Data Science Can Inform Water Management in California

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Webinars

May 23, 2023

From the California Water Data Consortium: Water management in California is plagued by missing data. Typical questions include: How much...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/23: What the Colorado River deal means for California; Pacheco Dam project dealt another setback; Big melt may be less dramatic – and damaging – than initially thought; Dan Walters: California taxpayers on the hook to save two unhealthy western rivers; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 23, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project Stakeholder Forum & Public Meeting from...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/22: A breakthrough deal to keep the Colorado River from going dry, for now; Whiplash again! – Learning from wet (and dry) years; How solar farms took over the California desert; EPA funds research to assess perchlorate after fireworks; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 22, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar from 11am to 12pm. This webinar is...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Newsom’s plan to fast-track water and other infrastructure projects; El Nino likely returning; Floodwaters to be diverted into California Aqueduct; Salmon fishing to close for rest of 2023; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 21, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Newsom’s infrastructure plan … Gavin Newsom wants to make it easier to build roads, dams and more. What’s in...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 14-19: Harvest Water Project; CA Water Plan update; SoCal water supplies; New fishway for Yuba River; First Klamath Dam to be out by summer’s end; and more …

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Weekly Digest

May 19, 2023

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

DAILY DIGEST, 5/19: Russian-Eel river stakeholders launch new effort to find path forward without defunct power plant; First Klamath River dam to be removed by end of summer; Snowpack will face hot weather this weekend; New rules say where Tulare Lake floodwater can be diverted; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 19, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Updating Water Rights Data for California (UPWARD) beginning at 10:30am. The Updating Water...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/18: Proposed NorCal reservoir would boost Folsom Lake water storage; Newsom chides McCarthy over CA water money; Efforts to recharge aquifers show mixed results; Western states, feds are closing in on Colorado River deal; and more …

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Daily Digest

May 18, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Nutrient Management beginning at 9am.  The State Water Resources Control Board  will...

SoCAL WATER: The impact of Reclamation’s SEIS alternatives on Metropolitan’s Colorado River supplies; Abundant precipitation refills storage

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Colorado RiverNotebook News and Features

May 18, 2023

Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee meeting on May 8  featured a presentation on the Bureau of Reclamation’s draft Supplemental...