News and Features Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

NOTICE OF PREPARATION: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment

May 26, 2020

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Project: Preparation of environmental documents for the draft Amendments to Delta Plan, Chapter 4: Protect, Restore, Enhance, the Delta Ecosystem Documents: Notice of Preparation, available here. Draf... Read More...

FEATURE: Predicting and planning for extreme precipitation from atmospheric rivers

Maven

May 20, 2020

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On Feb. 27, 2019, an atmospheric river 350 miles wide and 1,600 miles long barreled through the sky, funneling moisture from the tropics to Sonoma County and dumping over 21 inches of rain over two days, causin... Read More...

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

Maven

May 13, 2020

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With water availability being an important concern, water managers often use water budgets to quantify and manage water resources. A water budget is an accounting of the rates of the inflows, outflows, and cha... Read More...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Why not a western alignment?

Maven

May 6, 2020

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Congressman Garamendi pushes for consideration of a western alignment for Delta conveyance; DWR responds In his scoping comments for the Notice of Preparation for the reformulated Delta Conveyance Project, Con... Read More...

Restore the Delta webinar on voluntary agreements

Maven

April 30, 2020

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Delta stakeholder group provides history of Delta water quality planning and expresses their concerns over the voluntary agreements In mid-April of 2020, Restore the Delta hosted a webinar where they discussed... Read More...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Water rights permitting options for groundwater recharge projects

Maven

February 20, 2020

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ACWA/State Water Board webinar presentation outlines temporary and permanent options, including a new streamlined permitting pathway for standard water rights permits Almost five years ago, in the midst of a h... Read More...

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Federalism and Water under the Trump Administration: Has the Long Peace Come to an End?

Maven

February 12, 2020

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The California Water Law Symposium is on my short list of not-to-be-missed events on my yearly calendar. The symposium is a collaborative student-run event where students from each law school organize a panel ... Read More...

CEQA 101: Introduction to the Delta Conveyance Project CEQA Process

Maven

February 11, 2020

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Recently, the Department of Water Resources posted a short video providing an overview of the California Environmental Quality Act and the preparation of environmental documents for the Delta Conveyance Project... Read More...

PERSPECTIVES: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Oroville Dam, the Governor’s water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, the Voluntary Agreements, and more …

Lisa Beutler

October 17, 2019

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Sacramento River and Tower Bridge (Photo by DWR) Interview and write-up by Lisa Beutler, Stantec (Sacramento, CA). This article appeared first in The Water Report and is reprinted here with permission. ... Read More...

DAM REMOVAL: Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

Maven

October 16, 2019

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Matilija Dam; Photo by Zack Abbey San Clemente Dam, Klamath Dams, and Matilija Dam removal spotlighted at ACWA Conference The time, expense, and regulatory uncertainty of providing viable and effective fish ... Read More...

PERSPECTIVES: The SOURCE Interview with Brenda Burman, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner

Maven

August 7, 2019

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Finding solutions for shortages on Colorado River This post, written by Lynn Lipinski, first appeared in SOURCE Magazine and is reprinted here with permission. Amid nearly two decades of drought on the Co... Read More...

Draft environmental documents for the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, plus an update on the biological opinions

Maven

August 6, 2019

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Aerial view looking East along San Joaquin River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Photo by Ken James / DWR Explainer post on what these environmental documents are all about and how they interface w... Read More...

THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom directs state agencies to prepare water resilience portfolio for California

Maven

April 29, 2019

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The plan will assess conditions, identify priorities, and emphasize regional approaches This afternoon, Governor Newsom issued an Executive Order directing state agencies to collaborate on developing a water... Read More...

CAL WATER FIX HEARINGS: Protestors write State Water Board, say hearing cannot be finalized

Maven

December 18, 2018

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Recent developments propose significant changes to project operations that are not reflected in the modeling, they say Several letters were delivered to the California Water Fix hearing team at the State Water... Read More...

REACTIONS: Water agencies and organizations react to voluntary settlements and the State Water Board vote to adopt new flow standards for San Joaquin River tributaries

Maven

December 13, 2018

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In a meeting yesterday that began at 9:30am and went into the evening, the State Water Board voted 4-1 to adopt the controversial flow standards for San Joaquin River tributaries and salinity standards for the ... Read More...

Delta science vision: Sustainable data integration for the Delta

DR. LAUREL LARSEN: Just pour water on it? Melting the Wicked Witch of the West and other challenges with restoration science

DR. JAY LUND: Integrated Modeling and Delta Science & Policy

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: Science and adaptive management in action; Integrating past and future monitoring

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: The Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: A regional vision for coordinated monitoring

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Green Infrastructure Implementation Challenges and Opportunities: Navigating Constraints and Issues of Scale

STATE OF THE ESTUARY: Microplastics Everywhere: Understanding Microplastics in the Bay and Recommended Actions

PPIC Panel: Permitting a Solution: Regulatory Oversight in the Delta

WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: The battle over the raising of Shasta Dam

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Quantifying surface water depletion from groundwater pumping

ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT: A new paradigm for managing California’s freshwater ecosystems

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Federalism and Water under the Trump Administration: Has the Long Peace Come to an End?

WATER ASSOC. OF KERN COUNTY: The nuts and bolts of the CV-SALTS program

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Groundwater Sustainability Plan evaluation and State Water Board intervention

NOTICE OF PREPARATION: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment

FEATURE: Predicting and planning for extreme precipitation from atmospheric rivers

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Why not a western alignment?

Restore the Delta webinar on voluntary agreements

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Water rights permitting options for groundwater recharge projects

CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Federalism and Water under the Trump Administration: Has the Long Peace Come to an End?

CEQA 101: Introduction to the Delta Conveyance Project CEQA Process

PERSPECTIVES: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Oroville Dam, the Governor’s water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, the Voluntary Agreements, and more …

DAM REMOVAL: Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

PERSPECTIVES: The SOURCE Interview with Brenda Burman, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner

Draft environmental documents for the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, plus an update on the biological opinions

THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom directs state agencies to prepare water resilience portfolio for California

CAL WATER FIX HEARINGS: Protestors write State Water Board, say hearing cannot be finalized

REACTIONS: Water agencies and organizations react to voluntary settlements and the State Water Board vote to adopt new flow standards for San Joaquin River tributaries