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DAILY DIGEST, 3/2: Skimpy snowpack points to another long dry summer; Valley water agencies ask for more water; Change is afoot in the Delta; Lake Powell likely to drop below critical level in next two weeks; and more …

March 2, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: California Water Plan Policy Advisory Committee will meet from 9am to 12pm....

DAILY DIGEST, 3/1: Sierra Nevada snowpack disappearing, third year of drought all but inevitable; Tiny tire particles inhibit growth of organisms, studies find; Cascading climate calamities target west’s water, legal system; and more …

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March 1, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Resources Control Board will meet beginning at 9am. Agenda...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/28: Boswell-Vidovich ditch bank battle continues; Precipitation in the forecast this week; Reforming water rights; The digital world’s real-world impact on the environment; and more …

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February 28, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: Delta Lead Scientist Ask Me Anything at 12pm. Join Delta Lead Scientist...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Undamming the Klamath may be a reality this year; LaMalfa leads letter requesting more flexible water operations; Why did California regulators choose a firm with ties to Chevron to study irrigating crops with oil wastewater?; and more …

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February 27, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Undamming the Klamath may be a reality this year “Twenty years ago,...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/25: “Massive dollars” needed to clean tainted groundwater from Kern County’s banking projects; Controversial Kings Co. water pipeline faces familiar foe in legal drama: CEQA; Wetlands help fight climate change, but the kind of wetland matters; and more …

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February 25, 2022

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

DAILY DIGEST, 2/24: How can information about atmospheric rivers optimize reservoir operations?; Farmers to see paltry federal water deliveries; Huntington Beach desal hearing delayed; Feds water projections for Lake Powell and other reservoirs are “too rosy”; and more …

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February 24, 2022

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

DAILY DIGEST, 2/23: As climate warms, overhauling CA water projections gains urgency; CA to become first state to tackle microplastic pollution; Agencies working to sustain groundwater; Bringing out the best in wild birds on farms; and more …

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February 23, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: proposed Statewide Sanitary Sewer Systems Waste Discharge Requirements General Order from...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/22: Snow to spread across West as temperatures plunge; Cal Trout IDs top five obsolete dams to remove in CA; Hurtado proposes to dissolve State Water Board; Forest fires could boost Western US water supplies; and more …

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February 22, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Soil Moisture 101: What It Means and How It’s Measured from...

DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Snow is in the forecast; Harder pushes to measure land subsidence nationwide; Dean ‘Dino’ Cortopassi, protector of the Delta, dies at 84; State water rules fail to make a splash in Santa Clara County; and more …

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February 20, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … A change in the weather pattern starts Sunday, bringing strong winds, then...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/18: Newsom’s water leaders tout new drought actions; Legislation introduced to dissolve Water Board; As drought conditions worsen, CA braces for ‘worst-case scenario’; Billions flow to water systems from federal pandemic relief funds; and more …

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February 18, 2022

— [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: Proposed dam project sparks opposition from fellow water users; Experts unsure if SGMA is working; State Water Board preps for worst case drought scenario; Will salmon simmer again?; and more …

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February 17, 2022

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

DAILY DIGEST, 2/16: Sprinkling of snow little relief as La Nina expected to continue; The not-so-bright future of sustainable groundwater use in agriculture; Hatchery Delta smelt released to wild; For some Kern County farmers, overpumping groundwater could get pricey; and more …

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February 16, 2022

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

DAILY DIGEST, 2/15: A vision for more sustainable farmlands; Atmospheric river reconnaissance flights lays groundwork for improved forecasts; Pervasive Western drought exposes PFAS contamination in groundwater sources; and more …

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February 15, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … JOINT LEG HEARING: What’s up down below? An update on Sustainable Groundwater Management...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/14: Rain, snow forecast for mountains Monday; Fighting fire with fire: FIRO, flood, and drought; Western megadrought worst in 1,200 years; Wild pigs run amok in San Jose; and more …

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February 14, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Rain, snow forecast for mountains Monday “While the Bay Area’s dry spell...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Critics rip feds’ plan to save salmon; Climate crisis and systemic inequities drive push to reform CA water laws; Boswell bulldozers allowed to stay put, blocking Kings County pipeline project; and more …

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February 13, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Critics rip feds’ “half-baked” plan to save California salmon “Fishing groups and...