FEATURE: Mountain Atmospheric Observatory Will Help Track Colorado River Water Maven News and Features January 11, 2022 109The Colorado River flows 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to Mexico, forming the border between California and Arizona along...
FEATURE: First Field-Based Assessment of Levee Risk in the Delta Robin Meadows News and Features October 5, 2021 346Written by Robin Meadows Like other islands in the central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Bacon Island has subsided below sea level...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Staff Draft Determination for Lookout Slough appeal released for public comment Maven News and Features June 21, 2021 199Draft determination upholds portions of the appeal; denies other parts Last Friday, the Delta Stewardship Council posted for review and...
DELTA COUNCIL: Consistency Determination for Lookout Slough Project appealed Maven News and Features March 29, 2021 289The Department of Water Resources filed its Certification of Consistency for the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement...
NEW BOOK: Riverflow: The right to keep water instream Maven News and Features February 22, 2021 344“Riverflow: The right to keep water instream” is the latest book authored by Paul Stanton Kibel, a professor at Golden...
Watersheds 101 Maven News and Features October 7, 2020 494[cmtoc_table_of_contents] No matter where you are in the world, you are in a watershed. The water flowing over the land...
FEATURE: Water rights 101 Maven Best of the Notebook June 3, 2020 3186California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. The...
FEATURE: Predicting and planning for extreme precipitation from atmospheric rivers Maven News and Features May 20, 2020 380On Feb. 27, 2019, an atmospheric river 350 miles wide and 1,600 miles long barreled through the sky, funneling moisture...
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget Maven Best of the Notebook May 13, 2020 2507With water availability being an important concern, water managers often use water budgets to quantify and manage water resources. A...
DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Why not a western alignment? Maven News and Features May 6, 2020 572Congressman Garamendi pushes for consideration of a western alignment for Delta conveyance; DWR responds In his scoping comments for the...
Restore the Delta webinar on voluntary agreements Maven News and Features April 30, 2020 395Delta stakeholder group provides history of Delta water quality planning and expresses their concerns over the voluntary agreements In mid-April...
SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Water rights permitting options for groundwater recharge projects Maven News and Features February 20, 2020 911ACWA/State Water Board webinar presentation outlines temporary and permanent options, including a new streamlined permitting pathway for standard water rights...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Federalism and Water under the Trump Administration: Has the Long Peace Come to an End? Maven Best of the Notebook February 12, 2020 1309The California Water Law Symposium is on my short list of not-to-be-missed events on my yearly calendar. The symposium is...
CEQA 101: Introduction to the Delta Conveyance Project CEQA Process Maven News and Features February 11, 2020 712Recently, the Department of Water Resources posted a short video providing an overview of the California Environmental Quality Act and...
PERSPECTIVES: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Oroville Dam, the Governor’s water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, the Voluntary Agreements, and more … Maven Best of the Notebook October 17, 2019 1267Interview and write-up by Lisa Beutler, Stantec (Sacramento, CA). This article appeared first in The Water Report and is reprinted...
