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December 18, 2021

It’s here…the season of sharing and gratitude; of holidays with family and friends; of the giving and receiving of gifts....

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Interpreting correlations, Patterns of water use, Apparent seasonal bias in Delta outflow estimates, Nutrients in the Delta, and more …

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Science

December 16, 2021

ESSAY Use Care When Interpreting Correlations: The Ammonium Example in the San Francisco EstuaryJames E. Cloernhttps://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss4art1 RESEARCH Patterns of Water...

FALL 2021 DELTA BREEZE NEWSLETTER: Research results and updates from our 2016 and 2018 Delta Science Fellows

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Delta science

December 16, 2021

From the Delta Science Program:...

STATE WATER BOARD: Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan update: Completed and implemented by 2023?

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water quality

December 15, 2021

Board staff give an update on the progress on the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, including an potential timeline...

ACWA CONFERENCE: Chair Joaquin Esquivel on drought, partnerships, affordable water, wildfires, and more …

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

December 10, 2021

At the recent ACWA Fall Conference, held in-person in Southern California, State Water Resources Control Board’s Joaquin Esquivel sat down...

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Ecosystem Engineering Impacts of Invasive Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in the Delta

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Best of the Notebook Delta science

December 9, 2021

Plants that grow under the water surface are known as submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Some species of SAV have been...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Climate Change

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Climate change Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

December 8, 2021

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) hosted four informational webinars between July and September 2021 to provide background information related...

ACWA CONFERENCE: Water Board Vice Chair Dorene D’Adamo on climate change, water supplies, conservation, safe and affordable drinking water

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Climate change Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

December 7, 2021

At the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Fall Conference held last week, the keynote speaker at the luncheon was...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Survival thresholds for Chinook salmon smolts in the Sacramento River

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Best of the Notebook Delta science

December 2, 2021

In California’s Central Valley, studies have found that increased streamflow can improve the survival of imperiled juvenile salmon populations during...

MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on interim operations plan for SWP/CVP, voluntary agreements

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Notebook News and Features Water project operations

December 1, 2021

At the November meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, Bay-Delta Initiatives Manager Steven Arakawa briefed the committee members on recent communications...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Effects of pesticides on species in the Delta; plus activities of the Delta Science Program

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Delta science

November 30, 2021

At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council during the Delta Lead Scientist report, Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted recent...

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Website announcements

November 25, 2021

Thanksgiving is the perfect time to pause and be grateful for the things that matter. One thing I am especially...

COLORADO RIVER: An update on efforts of the lower basin states to address worsening conditions

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Colorado River Notebook News and Features

November 24, 2021

While the negotiations have not yet started for the new guidelines for the management of the Colorado River, the lower...

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: How tribal partnerships can help attain national conservation goals

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

November 23, 2021

“We really have to get creative and equally value all of the interests of the stakeholders, use cooperative agreements and...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Department of Conservation previews SGMA multi-benefit land repurposing program, Sustainable Groundwater Management Act,

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

November 22, 2021

Upcoming workshops to gather public input on the new program At the September meeting of the California Water Commission, Kealiʻi...

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SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Interpreting correlations, Patterns of water use, Apparent seasonal bias in Delta outflow estimates, Nutrients in the Delta, and more …

FALL 2021 DELTA BREEZE NEWSLETTER: Research results and updates from our 2016 and 2018 Delta Science Fellows

STATE WATER BOARD: Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan update: Completed and implemented by 2023?

ACWA CONFERENCE: Chair Joaquin Esquivel on drought, partnerships, affordable water, wildfires, and more …

BAY-DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Ecosystem Engineering Impacts of Invasive Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in the Delta

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Climate Change

ACWA CONFERENCE: Water Board Vice Chair Dorene D’Adamo on climate change, water supplies, conservation, safe and affordable drinking water

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Survival thresholds for Chinook salmon smolts in the Sacramento River

MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on interim operations plan for SWP/CVP, voluntary agreements

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Effects of pesticides on species in the Delta; plus activities of the Delta Science Program

Happy Thanksgiving!

COLORADO RIVER: An update on efforts of the lower basin states to address worsening conditions

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: How tribal partnerships can help attain national conservation goals

CA WATER COMMISSION: Department of Conservation previews SGMA multi-benefit land repurposing program, Sustainable Groundwater Management Act,