DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Aug. 13-18: Hilary to bring flooding to SoCal, Southwest; Central Valley farmers are having a climate reckoning; Database of demand management actions under SGMA; Why are wildfires getting worse?; and more …

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Weekly Digest
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...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/16: SoCal’s coastal power plants to stay open; Database of demand management actions under SGMA goes live; Reaping the benefits of a wet winter; Bay Area red tide crisis ends, watchdog group declares algae bloom over; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: California Water Commission beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include a drought strategies expert panel recap and public workshop report-out; an update on Justice, Equity, Diversion, and Inclusion (JEDI) at DWR; Update on conveyance...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Heat, humidity, and some thunderstorms to come; EPA launches civil rights probe over CA water fight; Podcasts on Klamath Dams, Potter Valley Project, groundwater data, NEPA and CEQA, and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Heat, humidity, and some thunderstorms to come as cut-off low sets up shop south of blocking ridge “For most of California, the unusually cool conditions earlier this summer have given way to...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/10: Water Board under investigation for discriminating against tribes, people of color; Court ruling against Westlands doesn’t mean much; Big wins for California move forward in government funding bills; Reviving a famously polluted California lake; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Regional Water Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include an End of Year Report and presentation of program videos, Consideration of new WDRs; NPDES permit amendment and renewal; and several recissions....

DAILY DIGEST, 8/7: Forest fuel mapping and drones represent the next wave of firefighting; A lifeline for winter-run chinook salmon; Irrigators and environmentalists disagree over reducing Eel River’s Flow at Scott Dam; Off-roaders damage SLO County beaver dam as battle over Salinas River brews; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar **tomorrow** … TUESDAY: PUBLIC MEETING: Delta Cross Channel Gates Modernization Project from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.  The...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Newsom signs order to expedite levee repair ahead of the next wet winter; Siskiyou County repeals water ordinances that residents said targeted Asian Americans; Birmingham commentary on raising Shasta Dam; Lake Mead 3 feet deeper than a month ago, expected to keep filling as Lake Powell drops; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Newsom signs order to expedite California levee repair ahead of the next wet winter “In anticipation of potentially record-setting rainfall and snow for the second consecutive winter, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)...