DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY DIGEST, 11/16: A look at CA’s water storage problem; Sites Reservoir sparking mixed feelings in the Northstate; Lawsuit chugs on as Sonoma County’s groundwater wells keep pumping; Lake Mead dropping to new low in 2025, projections show; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council beginning at 9am. Agenda items include State Water Resources Control Board Presentation on Proposed Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Updates; Delta Lead Scientist Report; Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) South...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/13: Looming California storm harder to forecast than usual, experts say; CA farmers are reeling from loss of powerful congressional allies; A flesh-eating fungus is expanding its range in the American West; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Lessons Learned in Stormwater Capture and Groundwater Recharge in 2022-2023 from 12pm to 1pm.  Southern California is not new to unusual weather patterns and this past year did not disappoint. Between getting an...

DAILY DIGEST, Veterans Day weekend edition: Forecast for next week’s AR event in flux; Solano County Water Agency rejects continuing conversations with CA Forever; California’s drought is over but forests are still dying. What’s happening?; Water Wrights coverage of Tulare Lake Subbasin Workshop; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Forecast for California’s atmospheric river event is in flux “Meteorologists are confident that...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/9: Kaweah groundwater planning still at a “stand off” even with state take-over looming; Desert city hopes to build a pipeline to the CA Aqueduct; Atmospheric river could bring soaking to California next week; Judge issues $2.4mil judgment to Wonderful-affiliated lender in Assemi battle; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: 2023 Fall Groundwater Sustainability Agency Forum – Well Management Approaches: from Enhancing Local Understanding to Leveraging Local Coordination from 8:30am to 12pm.  The upcoming virtual Fall 2023 GSA Forum will focus on well...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/6: What NOAA’s new snow maps say about CA’s upcoming winter; Wet start to the week before cool, dry pattern develops in NorCal; New funding and coordinated action to help bring salmon back from the brink; Winter snow could help recharge the Colorado River. But what if it doesn’t?; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … What NOAA’s new snow maps say about California’s upcoming winter “New maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that a large part of California’s Sierra Nevada has, on average, seen above-normal...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/3: Storms to bring heavy rain to parts of NorCal; Sites Reservoir environmental docs finalized; EPA grants Tribal nations’ petition to restrict 6ppd in tires; Lake Pillsbury advocates wary of Scott Dam removal and lost water source; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: Tulare Lake designation as a probationary basin under SGMA from 11am to 1:30pm.  The State Water Board will be holding a public hearing in April of 2024 at which it will consider...