NEWS Archives

March 11, 2020

Presentation at the California Irrigation Institute conference highlights this critically-overdrafted basin’s creative approach to meeting the requirements of SGMA The...

REPORTS: Concurrent governance processes of SGMA; Comparing complexity in watershed governance; Challenges of using and interpreting GPCD

Maven

Groundwater News Reports

March 11, 2020

Concurrent Governance Processes of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act By Anita Milman and Michael Kiparsky California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)...

NEVADA CURRENT: SNWA loses another round in court

Nevada Current

Colorado River

March 10, 2020

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current The Seventh Judicial District Court in Ely has denied an appeal by the Southern Nevada Water Authority for additional water rights, in the latest blow for the planned Las Vegas water pipeline. The proposed 250-mile...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Newsom administration envisions a new role for the Water Commission

Maven

Policy and regulation

March 10, 2020

Just about a year ago, when Governor Newsom gave his 2019 State of the State address, he spoke about the...

ESTUARY PEARLS: Farewell to some key Estuary figures

Estuary News Group

Delta science Science

March 5, 2020

Estuary Pearls is a publication of the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, the same folks who publish ESTUARY News. This month,...

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

Maven

Delta science

March 5, 2020

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project is the largest tidal wetland restoration project on the West Coast. When complete, the Project will restore 15,100 acres of industrial salt ponds to a rich mosaic of tidal wetlands and other habitats. ...

SJV WATER: Price of water going up as the snowpack shrinks

SJV Water

Current Conditions Water supply augmentation

March 4, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Another block of water has been offered for sale in Kern County at $950 per...

METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on the voluntary agreements post-Trump and an update on the State Water Project contract amendment for Delta conveyance

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

March 4, 2020

It was a busy time for California water issues last month when Trump visited the San Joaquin Valley, signed the...

THIS JUST IN … New economic report seeks to highlight significant water challenges for California communities

Maven

Policy and regulation

March 3, 2020

This is the report mentioned in today’s top story on the Daily Digest From the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley: A new report by University of California, Berkeley, economists Dr. David Sunding and Dr. David Roland-Holst shows that...

Reclamation releases draft congressionally mandated repayment contracts for Central Valley Project contractors from the Shasta, Trinity and Sacramento River Divisions

Bureau of Reclamation News

Policy and regulation

March 3, 2020

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation announced today ongoing congressionally mandated contract conversions pursuant to the Water...

METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on habitat and fish projects in the Yolo Bypass

Maven

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

March 3, 2020

At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee, Program Manager Randall Neudeck updated the committee on some of the...

NEW DATA TOOLS: The GAMA program has updated and expanded its online data tools!

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS Groundwater News

March 3, 2020

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The GAMA program has updated and expanded its online data tools to enhance access to groundwater information. Since 2010, the GAMA Groundwater Information System (GAMA GIS) online interface has integrated and standardized groundwater...

USGS: Toxic Mineral Selenium Found in California Fish Species

USGS

Fish and wildlife Science

March 3, 2020

Spinal deformities in California native fish species, the Sacramento Splittail, were first seen in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in 2011....

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for March 1st

Robert Shibatani

Current Conditions

March 2, 2020

This report/commentary prepared by hydrologist Robert Shibatani. With growing speculation, people are starting to express concern over this water year’s...

NEW REPORT: Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program Report to the Legislature

Maven

Planning and management Reports

February 29, 2020

The Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Act established through Assembly Bill 401 (Dodd, 2015) directs the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) to prepare a plan, in collaboration with the State Board of Equalization, that covers funding and implementation...

NEWS

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Borrego Valley’s strategy for a negotiated resolution under SGMA

REPORTS: Concurrent governance processes of SGMA; Comparing complexity in watershed governance; Challenges of using and interpreting GPCD

NEVADA CURRENT: SNWA loses another round in court

CA WATER COMMISSION: Newsom administration envisions a new role for the Water Commission

ESTUARY PEARLS: Farewell to some key Estuary figures

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

SJV WATER: Price of water going up as the snowpack shrinks

METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on the voluntary agreements post-Trump and an update on the State Water Project contract amendment for Delta conveyance

THIS JUST IN … New economic report seeks to highlight significant water challenges for California communities

Reclamation releases draft congressionally mandated repayment contracts for Central Valley Project contractors from the Shasta, Trinity and Sacramento River Divisions

METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on habitat and fish projects in the Yolo Bypass

NEW DATA TOOLS: The GAMA program has updated and expanded its online data tools!

USGS: Toxic Mineral Selenium Found in California Fish Species

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for March 1st

NEW REPORT: Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program Report to the Legislature

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 …