Robert Shibatani – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

November 1, 2022 161

Written by Robert Shibatani A month into the new 2022-23 WY, not much has changed hydrologically for CVP/SWP reservoir storage. ...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Do Water Rights Have a Future? … Not as Currently Configured

Robert Shibatani

Best of the Notebook

October 11, 2022 407

Written by Robert Shibatani Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for September 1

Robert Shibatani

Water conditions

September 1, 2022 225

Prepared Exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by hydrologist Robert Shibatani As we near the end of WY 2021-22, much of the...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for August 1

Robert Shibatani

Water conditions

August 1, 2022 167

Written by hydrologist Robert Shibatani With two months left in this water year (WY), California’s federal and State water systems...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for July 1

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Water conditions

June 30, 2022 383

Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani As we enter summer’s anvil, where are we reservoir storage wise? Relative...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for June 1

Robert Shibatani

Water conditions

June 1, 2022 171

Written by Robert Shibatani Summer is here, well, not officially… But as California prepares itself for the “business-end” of what...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for May 1

Robert Shibatani

Water conditions

May 2, 2022 217

The rains that bring May flowers sort of fizzled after what looked momentarily promising… Across California, federal CVP reservoir storage...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for April 1st

Robert Shibatani

Water conditions

April 1, 2022 223

Prepared exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani The “Miracle March” everyone was hoping for, unfortunately did not materialize. Across...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for March 1st

Robert Shibatani

Water conditions

March 1, 2022 383

Prepared exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by hydrologist Robert Shibatani From a water resources and supply perspective, February was dismal. Monthly...