Daily Digest Archives

DAILY DIGEST, 7/19: Costa gives Padilla first-hand look at Valley’s complex water needs; CA’s missing forecast flows in Spring 2021; St. Paul’s Hmong city council members wade into CA water; Megadrought poses ‘existential’ crisis; and more …

July 19, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Public Review Draft Report to the Legislature on the Results of...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Downloading the facts from the first groundwater plan assessments; In first valley visit, U.S. Senator gets pushed on farm water; State budget includes money for canal repairs; New legislation addresses the nation’s 90,000 dams; and more …

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July 18, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Interview: Downloading the facts from California’s first groundwater plan assessments “In June...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/16: La Niña could dash hopes of desperately needed rain this winter; Report: Piloting a water rights information system for California; California regulator advances historic dam removal project; Coalition blasts plans to divert Colorado River amid drought; and more …

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July 16, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC HEARING/MEETING: The Delta Stewardship Council will meet, beginning at 9:00am. The public hearing...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/15: With drought worsening, should CA have much tougher water restrictions?; Heat isn’t the only thing that could kill ‘nearly all’ young salmon in the Sac River; Dusty snow is making the western drought worse; and more …

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July 15, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC HEARING: Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project beginning at...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/14: A Delta in distress; Extreme heat will soon kill nearly all young salmon in Sac River, officials say; California oil lobby seeks to strip groundwater protections; Rural California hammered as drought spreads; and more …

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July 14, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/13: CA’s new summer normal: use less water and electricity; Sea level rise solutions; DWR’s proposed residential outdoor water use standard; How much water would it take to get out of this drought?; and more …

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July 13, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Water Supply Reliability: Hydrological Perspectives on Planning and Implementing Projects to...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/12: Wildfires rage as US West grapples with heat wave, drought; Drought harms water quality, too; How a group of beavers prevented a wildfire; Op-ed: Independent science to solve Delta water problems is slipping away; and more …

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July 12, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Managing California’s Groundwater: Incorporating Climate Change and Multi-Benefit Projects from 12pm...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Triple-digit temperatures accelerating evaporation of critical water resources; Lake Mead tips toward crisis; Is CA ready for brown lawns and shorter showers?; Saving salmon by trucking them to the mountains and back; and more …

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July 11, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Scientists: triple-digit temperatures accelerating evaporation of critical water resources “This heatwave is...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/9: As California drought worsens, Newsom urges residents to cut water use; CDFW: ‘nearly all’ Sac River salmon juveniles could perish this year; Better forecasting of atmospheric rivers mitigates impact of 2021 drought; America’s infrastructure challenge: lead water pipes explained; and more …

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July 9, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Governor Newsom extends drought emergency … As California drought worsens, Newsom urges residents to cut water use “As...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/8: Drought spreads to unprecedented 93% of the West while La Nina threatens return; UCLA study shows human influence on heavy rain, snow since 1980s; Pace of wildfires well ahead of disastrous 2020; What does a Colorado River shortage look like for the agency managing Lake Mead?; and more …

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July 8, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water will meet upon adjournment...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/7: Drought-stricken Western districts plan new ways to store water; 2020 wildfires could be boon for water allocation; New water chief takes control at MWD; Study: Cannabis farms not as thirsty as previously thought; and more ..

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July 7, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: The State Water Board will hold a public workshop beginning at 9am....

DAILY DIGEST, 7/6: The end of CA’s groundwater free-for-all; Forests of the living dead; The humble water heater could be the savior of our energy infrastructure woes; The ongoing tension over stormwater discharges in LA; and more …

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July 6, 2021

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

DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Farmers challenged as water supply dwindles; Hoover Dam reservoir at record low water levels; Visualizing basis in the water futures market: An example; Farming California’s Delta with nature in mind; and more …

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July 4, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California drought news this weekend … Dealing with drought: Farmers challenged as water supply dwindles “The drought is...