Daily Digest Archives

DAILY DIGEST, 1/23: Flash floods inundate homes, overturn cars in San Diego; ‘Snow drought’ darkening water outlook; Sierra Club, Delta Counties file lawsuit against Delta tunnels, DWR responds; Reclamation, partner agencies continue extraordinary effort to save Delta smelt; and more …

January 23, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Flash floods inundate homes and overturn cars in San Diego as heavy rains...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/22: How’s California’s water year developing?; Water not talked about in Senate race; Maher, Newsom tee off on almond farmers over water use; Two Bay Area cities argue the Clean Water Act should not apply to them; and more …

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January 22, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California-Nevada January 2024 Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar from 11am to 12pm. The...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Environmental groups sue to block Delta tunnel project; Groups comments on proposed Bay-Delta Plan update; Clusters of atmospheric rivers amp up storm damages; New report on sea level rise; and more …

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January 21, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Environmental groups sue to block Delta tunnel project “Environmental groups on Friday...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/19: Five guiding principles for effective voluntary agreements: A Bay-Delta case study; DWR completes review of GSPs: 10 plans approved, 7 deemed incomplete; Rounds of atmospheric river storms target CA; How giant balloons are helping CA prepare for intense storms; and more …

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January 19, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Five guiding principles for effective voluntary agreements: A case study on VAs for...

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,...