NOTEBOOK NEWS ARTICLES

January 13, 2021 308

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Critically overdrafted groundwater basins submitted their Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) in January 2020, and high and medium priority subbasins...

DELTA ADAPTS: Climate change vulnerability assessment looks at climate impacts to Delta as a place, agriculture, recreation, and infrastructure

January 12, 2021 145

Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future is the Delta Stewardship Council’s effort to conduct the first-ever climate change vulnerability...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Climate change and California’s water resources

Science on the Notebook

January 7, 2021 174

Dr. Laurel Larsen, the new Delta Lead Scientist, is in the process of moving from Finland to California, so at...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Determining the public benefits of conveyance projects

January 6, 2021 163

The California Water Commission is in the process of assessing the state’s role in financing commands projects that could help...

DELTA AGENCY UPDATES: Carbon capture in the Delta is up; Recreation in the Delta, not so much …

January 5, 2021 116

The Delta Stewardship Council’s December meeting included updates from the Delta Conservancy and the Delta Protection Commission. Activities of the...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Implementation of the State Water Project’s Incidental Take Permit

December 23, 2020 182

At the December meeting of the California Water Commission, the commissioners heard a briefing on the implementation of the Incidental...

DELTA WATERMASTER: Preparing for possible dry times ahead in the Delta

December 22, 2020 196

At the December meeting of the State Water Board, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave his semi-annual update to the Board. ...

GUEST COMMENTARY: California water agencies are feeling the pandemic’s financial pinch. But the water will keep flowing.

Guest blogger

December 21, 2020 175

Guest commentary by Danielle Blacet-Hyden, deputy executive director of the California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA): As the COVID-19 pandemic continues...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: SGMA and the Human Right to Water

December 17, 2020 163

Natalie Cochran is a water resources planner at Woodard Curran who has spent the last two and a half years...

YOSEMITE ENVIRO LAW CONFERENCE: Tribal Water Rights and Resources in a Changing Climate

December 16, 2020 261

From the Klamath waters to the Western desert valleys, recent court rulings highlight the important and evolving role of tribal...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Rock, Paper, Physics: SGMA and Water Transfers

December 15, 2020 186

At the 3rd Annual Western Groundwater Congress, Anona Dutton with EKI Environment and Water gave a presentation on water transfers...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: SGMA Isn’t Working – When It’s Time to Adjudicate. Wait, When is it Time?

December 9, 2020 339

Nick Jacobs is a shareholder with Somach Simmons & Dunn. who has been practicing law for about 20 years and...

WATER COMMISSION: Conveyance projects and the human right to water

December 8, 2020 133

Panel discussion outlines challenges facing disadvantaged communities and small water systems The Water Resilience Portfolio directs the Water Commission to...

WATER COMMISSION: Conveyance projects panel discusses Imperial Valley to San Diego pipeline, “fish-friendly” Delta diversions, and more …