DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY DIGEST, 5/4: Wave-powered pilot desal project in Fort Bragg set to test; Is desal absurdly cheap, as Elon Musk claimed?; What the ‘Big Melt’ has revealed about the Valley’s flood response; Supervisor Perez, Salton Sea Authority raise opposition to bill that could threaten Salton Sea progress; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: California Financing Coordinating Committee 2023 Spring Funding Fair beginning at 9am.  The funding...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/3: A new spike’ in global temperatures in the forecast; Winnemem Wintu and partners join to return endangered salmon to historic habitat; Third District upholds Oroville hydropower facilities relicensing EIR against numerous CEQA challenges; A new breed of water speculator is remaking the American West; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Second revised draft initial biological goals for the Lower San Joaquin River beginning...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/2: DWR conducts May 1 snow survey; Slow-moving storm to bring month’s worth of rain, unusually low temps; Killing fish to save frogs; In a changing climate, what does a “normal” year of wildfires look like?; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife beginning at 9am.  Click here for agenda and remote access links. PUBLIC WEBINAR: SAFER: 2023 Drinking Water Needs Assessment from 9am to 12pm. The State...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/27: Experts: 100% water allocation does not mean the water crisis is over; Bill requiring Bay Delta Plan update before tunnel diversion permit is considered passes committee; Tulare Lake could remain for two years in the Central Valley; As temperatures rise, flood threat grows along Los Angeles Aqueduct; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Regional Water Board beginning at 9am in Bakersfield.  Agenda items include...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/26: Some want to make Tulare Lake permanent; Forced water-use cuts made CA more waterwise; Costa, Curtis introduces bill to improve valley’s water supply; Felicia Marcus: ‘We can’t be living in an economy of 40 million people this close to the edge’; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: The Senate Committee on Environmental Quality beginning at 9am.  Click here for agenda and remote access instructions. MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board from 12pm to 3pm.  Agenda items include a Seminar Presentation:...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: California’s ‘Big Melt’ accelerates; How modernizing infrastructure can help to capture more storm flow; This California town hasn’t had clean drinking water in 11 years; Sacramento waters rise, but Klamath Basin stays dry in ‘rain shadow’; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … It’s here: Why this may be the moment California’s ‘Big Melt’ accelerates “The colossal snowpack atop the Sierra Nevada will begin to melt more quickly as soon as this weekend as above-average...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/20: JPL may soon offer ‘crystal ball’ for droughts and floods; Water theft proves lucrative in a dangerously dry world; Dollars and dams: Building safety into California’s future; “This is what success looks like on the Colorado River”, and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Flume Household Water Use Index: Q1 2023: Where is water going in 2023? from 10am to 11am.  Join Flume Data Labs as we present the Flume Household Water Data Index, Thursday, April 20th....