DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

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 …

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 monthly report, Board encroachment permit inspection, Flood preparedness, Great Valley Grasslands Restoration Project, and the Butte Slough Outfall gates project. ...

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 Resources Agency (CNRA) has released a draft Project Description for the Salton Sea Management Program Phase I: 10-Year Plan. This...

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...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Dozens of little-known CA oil spills have earned companies millions of dollars; Reclamation releases final plan to fix Friant-Kern Canal; Delta Legacy Communities objects to DWR loan for tunnel engineering design; Cal Am explains decision to withdraw desal application; and more …

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September 20, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Dozens of little-known California oil spills have earned companies millions of...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/18: First water futures contract is coming with the West on fire; Experts say drought, wildfire risk to persist across much of US this fall; If California won’t enact a plastic waste overhaul, will anyone?; Water wars at the Supreme Court: ‘It’s only going to get worse’; and more …

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September 18, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … CME’s first water futures contract is coming with the West on fire “If the record heat and wildfires ravaging California weren’t a clear enough sign that the climate is changing, then consider...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/17: Cal Am withdraws desal project bid; Elevating NGOs and community groups in groundwater decision-making; A tale of two coastlines: desalination in China and CA; East Tule GSA to charge farmers for pumping water; and more …

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September 17, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The Delta Independent Science Board meets from 10:40am to 12:40pm The Delta ISB...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/16: Past wildfires offer future roadmap for forest management’s effects on water; Creek Fire ignites fire management debate over dead trees; CSPA asks San Francisco water agency to withdraw voluntary agreement; Water shortages in US West likelier than previously thought; and more …

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September 16, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: The Brown Act: The People’s Business and the Right to Access from...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/15: Senators to discuss bipartisan take on reducing fire risks; AR update/weather pattern shift coming; Monterey fight over desalination is now about environmental justice; How can California make water data work for decision makers?; and more …

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September 15, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The State Water Board meets beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include Board actions and responses to COVID-19, Water quality regulatory fees, Central Valley Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Update, and a PFAS statewide investigation. ...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/14: Extraordinary heat, rare summer snow brought unprecedented West Coast firestorms; Western wildfires damage, contaminate drinking water systems; A rebuilt Paradise nervously watches the horizon; Pandemic, unpaid bills test utilities’ social justice vows; and more …

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September 14, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Extraordinary heat, rare summer snow brought unprecedented West Coast firestorms “The West...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: After the blazes: Poisoned water and ‘a flood on steroids’; Possible atmospheric river this week; CA’s water crisis hits farmworkers hardest; Trout don’t follow the weather forecast; and more …

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September 13, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … After the blazes: Poisoned water and ‘a flood on steroids’ “Historic...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/11: La Niña is back. What does that mean for California’s drought?; Scientists predict heavy flood events over the Sierra with climate change; Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion moves ahead; ‘Fire-breathing dragon of clouds’ over Creek Fire; and more …

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September 11, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … Groundwater Replenishment System Virtual Tour from 12pm to 1:30pm The Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) is the world’s largest water purification system for indirect potable reuse. The system takes highly treated wastewater that would...