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DAILY DIGEST, 10/2: Water Year 2020 demonstrates California’s weather variability; Politics boiling over in race where water is key; Will a former hurricane provide the ‘great wet hope’ for the West Coast?; Legacy of the Gold Rush: Mercury; and more …

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October 2, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … DWR: Water Year 2020 demonstrates California’s weather variability “California’s Water Year 2020...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/1: “Madness and arrogance” blamed for SGMA lawsuit; How to avoid lawsuits when allocating groundwater; Newsom vetoes Friant-Kern Canal fix bill; Harder’s nutria bill moves forward; Winter season forecast; and more …

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October 1, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … “Madness and arrogance” blamed for one lawsuit against desert groundwater agency “Two...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/30: Searles Valley Minerals sues to protect historic groundwater rights; Hurtado makes splash as Newsom signs water bill; 4 lessons learned in the water sector after the coronavirus; and more …

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September 30, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Water balances from 9:30 to 12pm Join DWR’s California Water Plan...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/29: Trump admin fights farmers’ multimillion-dollar water claim; Strange bacteria are attacking the state’s trout supply; When the West Coast wildfires are out, can mushrooms help with the cleanup?; and more …

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September 29, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … Two-Basin Partnership Initial Study Report Meeting on Future of Potter Valley Project from...

DAILY DIGEST: Climate change and the economic value of water in CA; Franks Tract: Makeover for Delta weed patch & salt trap; San Diego CWA defers regional conveyance system study vote until November; and more …

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September 28, 2020

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

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Small farmers shortchanged by SGMA; The Delta’s blooming problem; A plan to settle the Ventura River litigation; Justice Ron Robie to receive Lifetime Achievement Award; and more …

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September 27, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Small farmers shortchanged by SGMA “When governor Jerry Brown signed the...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/25: Democrats decry federal inaction in Salton Sea hearing; CA faces dire consequences if climate change unaddressed, report warns; Why La Niña could make wildfire season worse; Vallecitos Water District files legal complaint against San Diego County Water Authority; and more …

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September 25, 2020

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

DAILY DIGEST, 9/24: Saving the Salton Sea: Are the solutions boons or boondoggles?; Town still waits for clean water one year later; Stanford researchers identify ‘landfalling droughts’; Heat and drought teaming up more frequently; and more …

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September 24, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … ONLINE MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council beginning at 9am Agenda items include SGMA and...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/23: CA not as drought-prone as you might think, says NOAA; Valley Water drops lawsuit over Bay Delta Plan; Nursing salmon on flooded farms; How beavers became North America’s best firefighter; What a Kavanaugh court means for environmental law; and more …

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September 23, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Ensuring Safe and Affordable Drinking Water for All Californians from 10am to...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/22: Autumn arrives on North Coast with hot, dry weather in store, low reservoirs; Last minute loan keeps drinking water projects afloat; How California’s wildfires are changing; California, the most calamitous place on earth, says Mark Arax; and more …

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September 22, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … SALTON SEA: Community Input Online Meeting from 1pm to 3pm The California Natural...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/21: Three lessons for water funding challenges in today’s recession; Significant rainfall may be double-edged sword for Northwest this week; California is dangerously parochial, wildfires ignore regional boundaries; and more …

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September 21, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news and commentary today … Three lessons for California’s water funding challenges in today’s recession...