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DAILY DIGEST, 1/18: California judge rules state can’t issue bonds to finance Delta tunnel project; CA could face more atmospheric river ‘super-sequences,’ study finds; El Niño might finally be taking control; Farms dried up a river for months and nobody stopped them; and more …

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January 18, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Decision-making under deep uncertainty: Dynamic Adaptive Planning from 9am to 10:30am.  In the...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/17: LAO report criticizes water conservation regs, are changes coming?; A new, rigorous assessment of OpenET accuracy for supporting satellite-based water management; CA Forever releases map, details of proposed city; and more …

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January 17, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include update on...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/16: The Delta in decline; Widespread rain in the forecast this week; Can California get lucky again in 2024?; The impact of Governor Newsom’s proposed budget on water projects; and more …

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January 16, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … The Delta in decline “The life cycle of a salmon, so the story...

DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Atmospheric river poised to bring more rain; Harder leads Delta region colleagues in effort to block federal resources for Delta tunnel; Network celebrates five years of advancing Flood-MAR; Unsettled Pacific Ocean offers few clear indicators for salmon success; and more …

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January 12, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Atmospheric river poised to bring more rain to California “Meteorologists are closely...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/11: Solano County ready to sue state over Delta tunnel EIR; Zone 7 mulls Sites Reservoir share; Climate change is shrinking snowpack in many places; Arizona’s plan to fix the Colorado River; and more …

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January 11, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Solano County ready to sue state over Delta tunnel EIR “Solano County will...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/10: Biggest winter storm so far is on its way; Healthy reservoir levels offset scant snowpack depths; State Water Board acknowledges “paper water”; Understanding water supply forecast error on the Colorado River; and more …

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January 10, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … GRA SF Bay: 2024 Darcy Lecture: Fiber Optic Distributed Sensing as a Window on...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/9: Project aims to develop new tools to allocate limited water supplies; Court rejects challenges to DWR’s SWP contract extension EIR; Thousands of nanoplastic bits found in bottled water; Cleanup nightmare: Styrofoam spill at Tahoe; and more …

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January 9, 2024

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

DAILY DIGEST, 1/8: Seawall lawsuit could reshape CA coast; Some farmers pay for groundwater. Is that workable?; A Functional Flows approach to implementing Flood-MAR; and more …

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January 8, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … State officials wouldn’t let these homeowners build a sea wall. Their lawsuit could...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: With snowpack below average, approaching storms bring hope; Delta tunnel project raises questions over Napa water supply; Colorado River states are racing to agree on cuts before inauguration day; and more …

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January 7, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … With California snowpack below average, approaching storms bring hope “On Saturday, stormy,...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/5: Rain, snow and chilly air take aim on West Coast this weekend; California’s new water conservation rules too stringent and costly, analysts say; No harm, no foul, no suit in fight over Sacramento River pollution; Will Arizona close a loophole that lets developers build without water?; and more …

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January 5, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Rain, snow and chilly air take aim on West Coast this weekend “The...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/4: How AI can help protect California streams and fish; A Stanford economist says we should think of water like radio waves; Delta Conveyance Project not the only plan in town; Cuyama water lawsuit moves forward as Bolthouse, Grimmway drop out; and more …

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January 4, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How AI can help protect California streams and fish “Rivers in...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/3: Sierra Nevada snowpack at lowest level in 10 years as ‘snow drought’ grips CA, western US; Two more storm systems bringing snow, rain; Salinity management in the Central Valley; New Year brings new laws, policies; and more …

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January 3, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … VIRTUAL MEETING: State Board of Food and Ag (Virtual) from 4pm to 5pm.  The...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/2: Parade of cross-country storms to hammer the West Coast into mid-January; What will become of rice?; Believing in the power of beavers; Researchers, tribes, residents prepare for a century of sediment released from the Klamath dams; and more …

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January 2, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Parade of cross-country storms to hammer the West Coast into mid-January “The weather...

DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: West Coast braces for more storms; Strawberry case study: What if farmers had to pay for water?; The journey of Yuba water to the Golden Gate; The secret foreign roots of tech titans’ new California city; and more …

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December 29, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Holiday weekend forecast:  Storms and big waves … 30-foot waves and widespread rain: West Coast braces for more storms...

DAILY DIGEST, 12/28: Late-week storm to end dry stretch, bring rain & snow; No Delta Smelt collected in CDFW fall survey for sixth year in a row; Spying on beavers from space could help save California; and more …

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December 28, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Late-week storm to end California’s dry stretch, bring travel-disrupting rain & snow “The...