DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

DAILY DIGEST, 2/21: For Delta farmers, the only certainty is change; New tool to protect communities from floods while preserving water supply; Snowpack and reservoir levels after storms; Non-native basses primarily eat native fishes in Stanislaus River; and more …

February 21, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/20: Wet pattern persists; How freeing rivers can help ease flood risks and revive ecosystems; No Delta smelt in survey for a 6th year; Friant files suit against ETGSA; and more …

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February 20, 2024

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 11-16: Dual storms to renew flooding, landslide risk; CA’s wild weather year could get even weirder; Train derailment spills coal into Feather River; and more …

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February 16, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Dual storms to renew flooding, landslide risk; No more Delta smelt? The Delta tunnel project threatens their extinction; Taxpayer group delivers petition regarding Blue Triton to USFS; Key Colorado River negotiator says talks must shift away from status quo amid ‘crisis’; and more …

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February 16, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/15: Farmers, tribes reach ‘historic’ Klamath River deal; Judge rules to allow Blue Triton to continue taking water from San Bernardino Forest; New steelhead run record set on the Mokelumne River; Lake Mead hits 1,075 feet, where the water shortage started in the first place; and more …

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February 15, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC HEARING: Idaho-Maryland Mine Final Hearing beginning at 9am. The Nevada County Board of...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/14: More winter weather on the way; Seminar details “devastating” amount of acreage expected to go out of production; The city of tomorrow will run on your toilet water; Metropolitan: Fixing a budget hole; and more …

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February 14, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Pacific storm train to bring one-two punch of wet weather and renewed flooding this weekend “California residents have received a welcome break from rain and storms following the deadly mudslides that tore through...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/13: Wet weather on tap this weekend; Atmospheric rivers boosts CA’s hydropower supplies; Train carrying over 100 tons of coal derails & spills into Feather River; Dam removal project ‘going exactly according to plan’; and more …

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February 13, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … HYBRID MEETING: SAFER Drinking Water Program from 9:30 am to 5pm. The SAFER Advisory...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/12: The race to understand atmospheric rivers; Our El Niño winter could make way for a La Niña summer; How irrigation harms (or helps) streamflows in the west; Unlicensed cannabis grows use more water than licensed grows; and more …

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February 12, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California Water Culture: An overview of how California’s unique waterways have been transformed,...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: More storms at the end of the week; CA’s flood defenses held this time, but they are weakening; La Niña on the horizon? California’s wild weather year could get even weirder; Long-term Colorado River rescue plan at an impasse? It’s north vs. south in the West; and more …

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February 11, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California faces renewed ‘significant flooding risk’ as more atmospheric river storms loom next week “As California finally gets a sunny weekend to wring out and clean up from record rainfall and deadly...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 4-9: How much did this week’s storms help water supply?; El Niño’s end may be near. Here’s what’s coming next.; Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews; Farmers in Tulare County set to test groundwater market; and more …

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February 9, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/9: How much did this week’s storms help water supply?; El Niño’s end may be near. Here’s what’s coming next; Understanding impacts on water quality caused by 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise; Reclamation publishes overview of Colorado River evaporation history; and more …

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February 9, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 10am. The Board adopted the 2022...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/8: ‘Super El Niño’ is here, but La Niña looks likely. What’s in store for the coming months; EPA, San Joaquin Valley Blueprint weigh in on Bay Delta update; California’s trees are dying in huge numbers — and Tahoe is the epicenter; Water levels at Tulare Lake receding despite recent storms; and more …

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February 8, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … ‘Super El Niño’ is here, but La Niña looks likely. What’s in store for the coming months “The current El Niño is now one of the strongest on record, new data shows, catapulting...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/7: The good news, bad news on California’s water supplies; One solution to states’ water problems could be auctioning off the rights; A Republican’s quixotic quest against dam removal; Atmospheric rivers returned California’s lost lake—’It wants to remain’; and more …

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February 7, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Clear Lake Hitch from 11am to 12pm. The California Department of Fish...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/6: Not over yet: More rain in the forecast; The science behind CA’s atmospheric rivers; Newsom’s salmon strategy gets mixed reviews; L.A.’s flood-control system survived epic storm. But it’s losing battle with climate change; and more …

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February 6, 2024

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

DAILY DIGEST, 2/5: California battered by flash floods and hurricane-level winds; Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon remain endangered, review finds; Solano Coalition opposing new city California Forever launches; Will Southern California ski resorts survive climate change?; and more …

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February 5, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … California battered by flash floods and hurricane-level winds “Residents in Southern California were surveying the damage after heavy rains brought flash flooding and landslides overnight. The deluge battered communities from Santa Barbara to...