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DAILY DIGEST, 3/1: Some precip on the way; Water Data 101; Fishing groups urge reversal of Trump’s CVP policy changes; Uncovering patterns in California’s blazing wildfires; and more …

March 1, 2021 523

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Delta Adapts Climate Change Adaptation Workshop from 4pm to 5pm. The Delta Stewardship...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Santa Barbara County debates selling state water outside the county; Toxic water in East Orosi; EPA abandons plan to appeal to salt pond ruling; Delta National Heritage Area expands; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 28, 2021 770

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Water security vs. water marketing: Should state water supplies be sold outside...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/26: Delta smelt on the brink while hatchery smelt thrive; Poor salmon forecasts make fishing restrictions likely; West Coast sea level rising faster than global average; Congress on track to approve millions more in water debt relief; and more ..

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DAILY DIGEST

February 26, 2021 568

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Central Valley Flood Protection Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/25: Water Year 2021: The suspense continues; Traditional hydrologic models may misidentify snow as rain, data shows; One California community shows how to take the waste out of water; Navigating the Waters of the United States; and more …

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February 25, 2021 602

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Delta Stewardship Council meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include an...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/24: Valley gets grim news about water supply; CA GOP urges Biden to uphold biops; Delta island owner ordered to clean up landfill dumped into Suisun Bay; San Joaquin River flood solution is in 18th year of review; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 24, 2021 842

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP/CEQA SCOPING: Delta Mercury Control Program and TMDL Review from 9am to...

THIS JUST IN … Reclamation outlines Central Valley Project initial 2021 water allocation

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Breaking News

February 23, 2021 670

Agricultural contractors north and south of Delta at 5%; Friant Class 1 at 20% From the Bureau of Reclamation: Today,...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/23: Newsom pushes Huntington Beach desal plant; Smoothing the bumps in the road to ecosystem restoration; A dam good example of collaboration on CA water issues; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 23, 2021 742

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Towards Rapid, Reproducible, and Robust Modeling from 10am to 11am. Modern...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/22: ‘Mega-miracle’ will be needed to overcome dry February; Groundwater salinization in Tulare Basin; Fortuna Coho salmon spotted higher upstream this year; New data reveal where flood damage is an existential threat; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 22, 2021 666

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … ‘Mega-miracle’ will be needed to overcome dry February in Los Angeles “February...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Dry conditions to persist into March; Delta Conveyance update; Hurtado reworks bill to help Friant-Kern, but also state as a whole; Colorado River projects head for controversy; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 21, 2021 554

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Despite cool and occasionally unsettled conditions in NorCal, unusually dry conditions to...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/19: Is this winter’s sketchy snowpack the new normal?; Using vineyards to recharge California’s groundwater; What CA needs to do to avoid a Texas-style electricity crisis; Private trout farm in NorCal works with Service, others for conservation; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 19, 2021 483

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Water Quality Matters: Understanding and Addressing PFAS in our Water from...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/18: Delta study examines climate change effect; Millions of steelhead to be released throughout Central Valley; Bay Area representatives call for protection of Redwood City salt ponds; NASA Snow-Water Equivalent (SWE) Report; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 18, 2021 613

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Central Valley Regional Water Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/17: Tentative order released for Poseidon water project; Labor, water dominate CA fruit growers’ concerns; Fight over Klamath dams goes to FERC; How an atlas of SF Bay is helping deal with sea level rise; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 17, 2021 771

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The California Water Commission meets at 9:30am. Agenda items include the Commission’s 2021...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/16: Why are our cities sinking?; Adaptation can compound climate change impacts on energy and water; Ag lender perspective on water futures; How water utilities are responding to covid-19 with GIS; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 16, 2021 609

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The State Water Board meets today beginning at 9am. Agenda items include an...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend/holiday edition: Trump’s CA water plan troubled federal biologists. They were sidelined; Wetlands restoration can improve water quality in Central Valley; Double blast of lawsuits fired at proposed Kern groundwater bank; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

February 14, 2021 878

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Trump’s California water plan troubled federal biologists. They were sidelined “Federal scientists...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/12: Rain, snow on the way; Regulatory changes on the horizon for State Water Board; Stormwater could become an important water source; Salton Sea: Could ocean water import be long-term fix?; and more …

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February 12, 2021 766

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FLOOD BOARD WORKSHOP: New regulations submitted to the Office of Administrative Law beginning...

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DAILY DIGEST, 3/1: Some precip on the way; Water Data 101; Fishing groups urge reversal of Trump’s CVP policy changes; Uncovering patterns in California’s blazing wildfires; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Santa Barbara County debates selling state water outside the county; Toxic water in East Orosi; EPA abandons plan to appeal to salt pond ruling; Delta National Heritage Area expands; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 2/26: Delta smelt on the brink while hatchery smelt thrive; Poor salmon forecasts make fishing restrictions likely; West Coast sea level rising faster than global average; Congress on track to approve millions more in water debt relief; and more ..

DAILY DIGEST, 2/25: Water Year 2021: The suspense continues; Traditional hydrologic models may misidentify snow as rain, data shows; One California community shows how to take the waste out of water; Navigating the Waters of the United States; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 2/24: Valley gets grim news about water supply; CA GOP urges Biden to uphold biops; Delta island owner ordered to clean up landfill dumped into Suisun Bay; San Joaquin River flood solution is in 18th year of review; and more …

THIS JUST IN … Reclamation outlines Central Valley Project initial 2021 water allocation

DAILY DIGEST, 2/23: Newsom pushes Huntington Beach desal plant; Smoothing the bumps in the road to ecosystem restoration; A dam good example of collaboration on CA water issues; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 2/22: ‘Mega-miracle’ will be needed to overcome dry February; Groundwater salinization in Tulare Basin; Fortuna Coho salmon spotted higher upstream this year; New data reveal where flood damage is an existential threat; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Dry conditions to persist into March; Delta Conveyance update; Hurtado reworks bill to help Friant-Kern, but also state as a whole; Colorado River projects head for controversy; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 2/19: Is this winter’s sketchy snowpack the new normal?; Using vineyards to recharge California’s groundwater; What CA needs to do to avoid a Texas-style electricity crisis; Private trout farm in NorCal works with Service, others for conservation; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 2/18: Delta study examines climate change effect; Millions of steelhead to be released throughout Central Valley; Bay Area representatives call for protection of Redwood City salt ponds; NASA Snow-Water Equivalent (SWE) Report; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 2/17: Tentative order released for Poseidon water project; Labor, water dominate CA fruit growers’ concerns; Fight over Klamath dams goes to FERC; How an atlas of SF Bay is helping deal with sea level rise; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 2/16: Why are our cities sinking?; Adaptation can compound climate change impacts on energy and water; Ag lender perspective on water futures; How water utilities are responding to covid-19 with GIS; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend/holiday edition: Trump’s CA water plan troubled federal biologists. They were sidelined; Wetlands restoration can improve water quality in Central Valley; Double blast of lawsuits fired at proposed Kern groundwater bank; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, 2/12: Rain, snow on the way; Regulatory changes on the horizon for State Water Board; Stormwater could become an important water source; Salton Sea: Could ocean water import be long-term fix?; and more …