DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

DAILY DIGEST, 1/29: Powerful storm to bring flooding rain, wind; Ramping up releases of hatchery Delta smelt to the wild; EPA: Bay-Delta Plan must include numeric flow criteria, adopt tribal beneficial uses; Rising sea levels could lead to more methane emitted from wetlands; and more …

January 29, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Draft Dam Safety Enhancements Grant Program Guidelines from 2pm to 3pm. On...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Rumors of an ‘ARkStorm’ are swirling-here’s what’s really going on; Sunken WWII tugboat removed from the Delta; Permeable pavements could reduce coho-killing tire pollutants; Protecting salmon in the Shasta River, Klamath Dam demolitions; and more …

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January 28, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Rumors of an ‘ARkStorm’ are swirling. Here’s what’s really going on with...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 21-26: Series of atmospheric rivers takes aim at West Coast next week; Evaluating Voluntary Agreements in the Bay-Delta Watershed; California ranks high worldwide for rapidly depleted groundwater; and more …

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January 26, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/26: Series of atmospheric rivers takes aim at West Coast next week; Evaluating Voluntary Agreements in the Bay-Delta Watershed; Jay Famiglietti: Protecting the Earth’s groundwater; California to uncloak water rights as it moves records online; and more …

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January 26, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include Presentation on...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/25: Historic CA rain could foreshadow more extreme rainfall in coming weeks; In winter, California is for the birds; ‘ARkStorm’: Historic 1000-year floods of 1861-62 featured 8 weeks of atmospheric rivers; What a hand-cranked drill just revealed about the West’s ‘megadrought’; and more …

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January 25, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council beginning at 9am. Agenda items include the 2023 Annual Report,...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/24: CA ranks high worldwide for rapidly depleted groundwater; Atmospheric river brewing for next week; State nitrate program expands but public participation is still lacking; Imperial Valley: Why our water right history matters; and more …

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January 24, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Conservancy Board from 9am to 1pm. Agenda items include updates on grant programs, Delta Interagency Invasive Species Coordination Team Update, Delta Conservancy 2023 Implementation Plan Status Update and Consideration of 2024 Implementation...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/23: Flash floods inundate homes, overturn cars in San Diego; ‘Snow drought’ darkening water outlook; Sierra Club, Delta Counties file lawsuit against Delta tunnels, DWR responds; Reclamation, partner agencies continue extraordinary effort to save Delta smelt; and more …

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January 23, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Flash floods inundate homes and overturn cars in San Diego as heavy rains...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/22: How’s California’s water year developing?; Water not talked about in Senate race; Maher, Newsom tee off on almond farmers over water use; Two Bay Area cities argue the Clean Water Act should not apply to them; and more …

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January 22, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California-Nevada January 2024 Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar from 11am to 12pm. The...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Environmental groups sue to block Delta tunnel project; Groups comments on proposed Bay-Delta Plan update; Clusters of atmospheric rivers amp up storm damages; New report on sea level rise; and more …

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January 21, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Environmental groups sue to block Delta tunnel project “Environmental groups on Friday sued the California Department of Water Resources for approving a plan to divert water from the environmentally sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 16-19: Judge rules state can’t issue bonds to finance Delta tunnel project; Five guiding principles for effective voluntary agreements: Bay-Delta cases study; DWR completes review of Groundwater Sustainability Plans; and more …

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January 19, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/19: Five guiding principles for effective voluntary agreements: A Bay-Delta case study; DWR completes review of GSPs: 10 plans approved, 7 deemed incomplete; Rounds of atmospheric river storms target CA; How giant balloons are helping CA prepare for intense storms; and more …

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January 19, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Five guiding principles for effective voluntary agreements: A case study on VAs for...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/18: California judge rules state can’t issue bonds to finance Delta tunnel project; CA could face more atmospheric river ‘super-sequences,’ study finds; El Niño might finally be taking control; Farms dried up a river for months and nobody stopped them; and more …

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January 18, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Decision-making under deep uncertainty: Dynamic Adaptive Planning from 9am to 10:30am. In the series’ fifth seminar, Marjolijn Haasnoot, associate professor at Utrecht University and climate change adaptation researcher at Deltares, Keren Bolter, climate...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/17: LAO report criticizes water conservation regs, are changes coming?; A new, rigorous assessment of OpenET accuracy for supporting satellite-based water management; CA Forever releases map, details of proposed city; and more …

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January 17, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include update on...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/16: The Delta in decline; Widespread rain in the forecast this week; Can California get lucky again in 2024?; The impact of Governor Newsom’s proposed budget on water projects; and more …

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January 16, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … The Delta in decline “The life cycle of a salmon, so the story...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 7-12: Delta Conveyance Project lawsuits, concerns; Project aims to develop new tools to allocate limited water supplies; Water Board finally acknowledges “paper water”; What are snow droughts?; and more …

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January 12, 2024

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...