NEWS Archives

June 11, 2020

Berkeley Lab scientists pair satellite data with high-resolution monitoring to estimate groundwater depletion across California’s Central Valley By Christina Procopiou,...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

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Delta science

June 11, 2020

The USGS and the Delta Stewardship Council are recruiting the next Delta Lead Scientist who is appointed by the Council...

STATE WATER BOARD: Update on SGMA implementation

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

June 10, 2020

Presentation discusses the GSP review process and highlights tools, resources, and assistance for GSAs Since the legislature passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act was passed in 2014, the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Board have been working...

SF ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Open Data Framework, Drought and the Delta 2012-16, Comparing and integrating fish surveys, and more …

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Delta science

June 9, 2020

In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science Journal: ESSAY An Open Data Framework for the San...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Lower Yolo Ranch Restoration Project Appeal UPDATED

Delta Stewardship Council

Policy and regulation

June 9, 2020

ARTICLE UPDATE: On April 7, 2020, Westlands Water District filed a Certification of Consistency for the Lower Yolo Ranch Restoration...

PUBLICATION: Decolonization: Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water

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Policy and regulation

June 5, 2020

Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society is a journal that ‘seeks to explore the relationships between knowledges and tears down the artificial disciplinary demarcations of dominant ways of knowing and being.’ In this issue, published in September of 2018: Introduction: Indigenous...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Predicting, Detecting, Understanding: Science to Inform Decision Making

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Delta science

June 4, 2020

The USGS and the Delta Stewardship Council are recruiting the next Delta Lead Scientist who is appointed by the Council...

EXPLAINER: Water rights 101

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

June 3, 2020

California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. The...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT as of May 31

Robert Shibatani

Current Conditions

June 3, 2020

Prepared exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani: As of May 31, 2020 The late-spring and summer months have arrived, and the WY enters its high demand period. Despite a little end-of-month precipitation, annual totals across the State remain significantly...

LETTER: State Water Board rejects Reclamation’s Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

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Planning and management

June 2, 2020

Yesterday, the Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board sent a letter to Ernest Conant at the Bureau...

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS: Looking at climate change impacts

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Climate change Delta science

June 2, 2020

Conditions in the Delta are changing at a rapid pace and the future is likely to look very different than...

CA WATER COMMISSION: The 2019 State Water Project Review

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Notebook News and Features Water project operations

May 28, 2020

Water Code section 165 requires the California Water Commission to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of the State Water Project (SWP) and to report its findings and recommendations to the Director of the Department of Water...

ENVIRO DOCS: A look at the Friant Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project

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Notebook News and Features Water project operations

May 27, 2020

On May 8, the Bureau of Reclamation and Friant Water Authority released a draft environmental impact statement/environmental impact report for...

NOTICE OF PREPARATION: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment

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Policy and regulation

May 26, 2020

On May 11, the Delta Stewardship Council issued a Notice of Preparation of a Program Environmental Impact Report for the...

THIS JUST IN … State Water Project Allocation Increases to 20 Percent

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

May 22, 2020

From the Department of Water Resources: The State Water Project (SWP) now expects to deliver 20 percent of requested supplies in 2020 thanks to above-average precipitation in May, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced today. An initial...

NEWS

BERKELEY LAB: Could the answer to groundwater resources come from high in the sky?

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: From Measurements, Models and Maps to Management

STATE WATER BOARD: Update on SGMA implementation

SF ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Open Data Framework, Drought and the Delta 2012-16, Comparing and integrating fish surveys, and more …

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Lower Yolo Ranch Restoration Project Appeal UPDATED

PUBLICATION: Decolonization: Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Predicting, Detecting, Understanding: Science to Inform Decision Making

EXPLAINER: Water rights 101

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT as of May 31

LETTER: State Water Board rejects Reclamation’s Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

DELTA SCIENCE NEEDS: Looking at climate change impacts

CA WATER COMMISSION: The 2019 State Water Project Review

ENVIRO DOCS: A look at the Friant Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project

NOTICE OF PREPARATION: Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment

THIS JUST IN … State Water Project Allocation Increases to 20 Percent

DAILY DIGEST, 10/6: With gold prices at record highs, ‘gold fever’ returns to CA; DWR issues NOI for Certification of Consistency for Delta tunnel; CV-SALTS: From safe drinking water to long-term solutions; New idea for the Colorado River hits old roadblocks; and more …