DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

SPECIAL EDITION: SoCal fire update: High-risk fire weather to return, Wildfires and municipal water systems; How fires impact ocean water quality; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 19, 2025

The Daily Digest is paused for the holiday weekend and will return on Tuesday, January 21. This is a special...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 12-17: Valley Water votes to fund planning costs for Delta tunnel; State officials disappointed over collapse of Los Vaqueros expansion project; Municipal water systems aren’t designed to fight wildfires, but maybe they should be; and more …

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Weekly Digest

January 17, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Growing severe drought in SoCal; NorCal OK; Water Blueprint: Delta smelt curtailments hurt communities; Mudslide risk a double-edged sword for wildfire victims; Delta NHA Plan approved by Interior; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 17, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/16: State officials disappointed over collapse of $1.5 billion plan to expand Los Vaqueros Reservoir; Fire and water: How cultural burns boost streamflows; Newsom: CA pumping more water now than under Trump Administration; Firefighters gain ground on SoCal wildfires as winds ease; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 16, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/15: Valley Water votes to fund planning costs for Delta tunnel; California weather remains dry due to ‘rex block’: Here’s what it means; LA’s critically dry conditions stun scientists as fires rage; Kaweah farms find balance under SGMA; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 15, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/14: Valley Water to hold key vote on Delta tunnel; La Niña to bring extreme weather shifts to California; Arrowhead water bottler seeks injunction after Forest Service denies pipeline permit; Containment grows on Palisades and Eaton fires as dangerous winds are expected to return; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 14, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/13: Rice fields offer threatened migratory waterbirds a lifeline; No rainfall in sight for CA; Municipal water systems aren’t designed to fight wildfires, but maybe they should be; Once the fires are out, CA must remove tons of dangerous debris; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 13, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Efforts to preserve groundwater enter new phase: A season of judgement; Kern groundwater agency bans pumping along sinking CA Aqueduct; DWR: Validation action filed regarding financing of approved Delta Conveyance Project; Continuing SoCal fire coverage; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 12, 2025

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 6-10: Snowpack promising, but more storms needed; La Niña has finally arrived, but it’s weak and may cause fewer problems; Misinformation spreads like wildfire on the internet while LA neighborhoods burn; and more …

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Weekly Digest

January 10, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/10: La Niña has arrived. Here’s what that means; Sites Reservoir JPA releases RFQ for construction; Peter Gleick on LA wildfires and misinformation; Why not use ocean water to fight fires?; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 10, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/9: Trump blames Newsom for SoCal wildfires, Newsom pushes back; Dry hydrants. Grounded aircraft. How L.A. struggled to get enough water to attack fires; ‘Weather whiplash’ becoming more common; Mild weather ahead for Sierra ski resorts; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 9, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/8: Too wet and too dry: The crazy north-south gap in CA’s rain; Lack of water from hydrants hampering firefighting efforts; The benefits and challenges of desalination; New report: A framework for permitting innovation in the wastewater sector; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 8, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/7: From roads to rivers: How state agencies are tackling salmon-killing tire pollution; Delta Science Plan: Crafting solutions for the Delta’s ‘Grand Challenges’; From waves to wells: Seawater desalination and coastal groundwater basins; Meds could be releasing ‘forever chemicals’ into the environment; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 7, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/6: Drought and a big wind event spell fire trouble for SoCal; Newsom, Biden unveil new water plan amid drought, fish protection debate; CSPA sues over SWP operations; The LA River kayaker on a “re-naturalization” mission; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 6, 2025

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec. 30 – Jan. 3: California snowpack promising, but more storms needed; Valley Water Board to consider additional funding for Delta tunnel; Pending state Bay-Delta decision has Solano treading water; and more …

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Weekly Digest

January 3, 2025

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive notification of this post on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email service can add weekly email...