Blog Round-Up

The Blog Round-up is a weekly journey through the wild and varied tapestry of blog commentary, incorporating the good, the bad, the ugly, and sometimes just plain bizarre viewpoints existing on the internet.

BLOG ROUND-UP: A New Year will bring opportunities for continued progress; Major reductions in funding for Delta tunnel engineering; State needs to close the books on the voluntary agreements; and more …

Maven

December 1, 2020

A New Year will bring opportunities for continued progress The California Farm Water Coalition writes, "Much has been written in the last few weeks about the impact an incoming Biden administration will have o... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Oroville damages and the State Water Project; Farmers can help with weather whiplash; The Delta as salmon nursery; Dairies and water; and more …

Maven

November 24, 2020

164

Could damages from Oroville Spillway case bankrupt the State Water Project? Delta Legacy Communities writes, "In February 2018, Michael Ramsey, the Butte County District Attorney, filed a claim for environment... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: San Joaquin Valley Blueprint: No one can be left behind; Salmon surviving the Delta; What the Biden victory means for our rivers and clean water; and more …

Maven

November 10, 2020

154

San Joaquin Valley Blueprint: No one can be left behind! Laura Ramos writes, "“No one can be left behind!” These were the words of Fresno State President Castro who hosted a roundtable on water in March of 201... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnel costs and financing, The freezer of horrors, Climate change and water policy, and more …

Maven

November 3, 2020

165

The cost of the Delta tunnel threatens SoCal's water future Doug Obegi writes, "Amidst everything going on in the world these days, it’s easy to miss that the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR’s validation action; Saving water for a drier day; Feather River fall-run salmon update; Newsom replaces OC Water Board member over desal plant; and more …

Maven

October 27, 2020

174

Delta Doozy: DWR's validation action The State Water Contractors write, "Today’s Doozy comes in response to a September 28 NRDC blog “DWR Is Suing Everyone for a Blank Check for a Delta Tunnel” Doug Obegi wro... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR discovers accounting error, reduces loan for tunnel design; Trump and Delta smelt: The twitter thread; Voluntary agreements; Limiting salmon harvests; A Craigslist for water trading; and more …

Maven

October 20, 2020

307

DWR discovers “accounting error,” reduces loan for Delta tunnel engineering design "In September 2020, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) signed an agreement to provide an additional $15 million to the De... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Flows wasted to sea to protect Delta smelt; Delta tunnel design disputed; Court ruling on water challenges Central Valley water districts; and more …

Maven

October 13, 2020

229

Only 1% of Central Valley flows “wasted to the sea” to protect Delta smelt Deirdre Des Jardins writes, "On the Sean Hannity show this week, Donald Trump told the audience, "California is gonna have to ration w... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR is suing everyone for a blank check for a Delta tunnel; Climate change and the economic value of water; New state standard needed for July-August Delta outflow; and more …

Maven

September 29, 2020

318

DWR is suing everyone for a blank check for a Delta tunnel Doug Obegi writes, "In the middle of a pandemic, an economic recession, and everything else that 2020 is throwing at us, in early August the Californi... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Healthy headwaters after wildfire, voluntary agreement, measuring irrigated water use, best alternatives to toilet paper, and more …

Maven

September 22, 2020

186

When the Smoke Clears: Taking Action for Healthy Headwaters Adam Robin writes, "As California enters the traditional late summer beginning of wildfire season, the state is already grappling with a wildfire eme... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Conservation lessons learned in government work; Fire and rivers; Environmentalists and forests; Pandemic spawns dangerous relaxation of environmental regulations; and more …

Maven

September 15, 2020

208

Andrew Rypel: Seven conservation lessons I learned in government work He writes, "Before joining the faculty at UC Davis, I spent the previous five years as a research scientist at the Wisconsin Department o... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Bruce Babbitt’s California grand water bargain is a selfie to seek federal appointment; San Diego’s puzzling pursuit of a big new pipeline to the Colorado River; How water privatization happens; and more …

Maven

September 1, 2020

347

Bruce Babbitt’s California grand water bargain is a selfie to seek federal appointment Wayne Lusvardi writes, "Bruce Babbitt, former Secretary of the Interior under Pres. Bill Clinton, is calling for a “Grand ... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: What’s missing in the Delta cost estimate, Water Blueprint proposes valley-wide sales tax, Faster track for restoration, Old readings on California water, and more …

Maven

August 25, 2020

204

New $15.9 bil. Delta tunnel cost estimate: Revisiting DWR's 2018 single-tunnel economic analysis with updated costs shows it is a bad investment for water agencies. Jeff Michael writes, "As reported in the Sac... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Is the Delta Conveyance Project a good bet?, Fish surveys in the estuary: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, Saving native Central Valley salmonids; Beware the Green Goblin; and more …

Maven

August 18, 2020

216

Is the Delta Conveyance Project a good bet? Tim Stroshane writes, "Just how realistic is this Delta Conveyance Project in 2020? Will this star-crossed project be another COVID-19 victim? The Delta Conveyanc... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Markets and SGMA; Conflict to collaboration; Poseidon’s problems; and more …

Maven

August 11, 2020

174

“The market” doesn’t seem particularly worried about California’s groundwater law John Fleck writes, "New US Department of Agriculture report out this week shows the dollar value per acre of irrigated Califo... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: The water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance project, Drought and the Delta, Privatizing water, and more …

Maven

August 4, 2020

211

Final California Water Resilience Portfolio released: What’s there, what’s missing Cora Kammeyer writes, “In January 2020, California state agencies released a draft document meant to signify a new chapter i... Read More...

PFAS EXPLAINED: The growing crisis of 'forever chemicals'

WATER QUALITY: A basic primer on water quality regulation

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

DAM REMOVAL UPDATE: Klamath Dams, Matilija Dam, and the Potter Valley Project

GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?

TIM QUINN: Forty Years of California Water Policy: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Lessons for the Future

BLOG ROUND-UP: A New Year will bring opportunities for continued progress; Major reductions in funding for Delta tunnel engineering; State needs to close the books on the voluntary agreements; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Oroville damages and the State Water Project; Farmers can help with weather whiplash; The Delta as salmon nursery; Dairies and water; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: San Joaquin Valley Blueprint: No one can be left behind; Salmon surviving the Delta; What the Biden victory means for our rivers and clean water; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Delta tunnel costs and financing, The freezer of horrors, Climate change and water policy, and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR’s validation action; Saving water for a drier day; Feather River fall-run salmon update; Newsom replaces OC Water Board member over desal plant; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR discovers accounting error, reduces loan for tunnel design; Trump and Delta smelt: The twitter thread; Voluntary agreements; Limiting salmon harvests; A Craigslist for water trading; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Flows wasted to sea to protect Delta smelt; Delta tunnel design disputed; Court ruling on water challenges Central Valley water districts; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR is suing everyone for a blank check for a Delta tunnel; Climate change and the economic value of water; New state standard needed for July-August Delta outflow; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Healthy headwaters after wildfire, voluntary agreement, measuring irrigated water use, best alternatives to toilet paper, and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Conservation lessons learned in government work; Fire and rivers; Environmentalists and forests; Pandemic spawns dangerous relaxation of environmental regulations; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Bruce Babbitt’s California grand water bargain is a selfie to seek federal appointment; San Diego’s puzzling pursuit of a big new pipeline to the Colorado River; How water privatization happens; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: What’s missing in the Delta cost estimate, Water Blueprint proposes valley-wide sales tax, Faster track for restoration, Old readings on California water, and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Is the Delta Conveyance Project a good bet?, Fish surveys in the estuary: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, Saving native Central Valley salmonids; Beware the Green Goblin; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Markets and SGMA; Conflict to collaboration; Poseidon’s problems; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: The water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance project, Drought and the Delta, Privatizing water, and more …