DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Storm to bring cold air, snow this week; Army Corps plan Stockton meeting on Delta Tunnel; Commentary: Imperial Valley has sacrificed enough; One wet year won’t solve Colorado River woes; and more …

February 12, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Potent storm set to deliver colder air, heavy snow to western US...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/9: Duarte, once fined $1M for destroying wetlands, now fighting clean water rules in Congress; Josh Harder: ‘We will not let them take our water’; Dan Walters on CA’s long and complicated water history; Evaporation critical to CA’s Colorado River supplies; and more …

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February 9, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Planning and Conservation League: Groundwater recharge, updating CA water laws from 9am to...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/8: CA’s storms left behind a ‘generational snowpack.’; Storms could supercharge wildfire season; Dan Walters: Western states play game of chicken over Colorado River; Reclamation faces Solomonic choice in picking plan to save Colorado; and more …

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February 8, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Draft Funding Recommendation Water Desalination Grant Program – Proposition 1 Grants Continuous Application from 10am to 11am. DWR’s Water Desalination Grant Program has completed review of the grant applications submitted to the Continuous Application...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/7: Rain brings little relief to depleted groundwater; Response to Marshall Fire prevented drinking water crisis; Tribe, salmon win in fight over Upper Klamath Lake water; Fresno County officials ignored water warnings, taxpayers paying the price; and more …

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February 7, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include a drought...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/6: OC San to demo tech that kills PFAS; Water system malfunction causes pandemonium for fire crews; Atmospheric rivers changing the Arctic; What the CO River crisis means for SoCal; and more …

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February 6, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Introduction to the Public Trust Doctrine and Its Implementation by the California Coastal...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Grayson wonders if restored floodplain prevented disaster; Weekend storm to give way to pattern change; Central Valley groundwater sinking faster than ever; Shrinking Colorado River hands Biden his first climate brawl; and more …

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February 5, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Grayson wonders if restored floodplain prevented disaster “When devastating floods swept California last month, the community of Grayson – a town of 1,300 people tucked between almond orchards and dairy farms where...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Mar 20 – Feb 3: Bay Delta Plan update, Despite an ‘incredible’ snowpack, drought not over, Oroville rises 182 feet, A plan for CA’s water woes, and more …

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February 3, 2023

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/3: Lake Oroville has risen 182 feet, Researchers propose a plan for California’s water woes, A double whammy: Wildfire debris pollutes drinking water, At the heart of Colorado River crisis, the mighty ‘Law of the River’ looms large, and more …

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February 3, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WEBINAR: SAFER: 2023 Drinking Water Needs Assessment from 9am to 12pm. The State...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/2: Despite an ‘incredible’ snowpack, drought not over; Water flushed to the Pacific during storms; Summer fire means winter melt; IID responds to six-state consensus on Colorado River; and more …

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February 2, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Flume Data Labs Household Water Use Index | 2022 Review from 10am to 11am. Join Flume Data Labs, the company that brings connectivity and intelligence to residential water usage, as we present the...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/1: CA fires back with its own Colorado River plan; Report details toll of ag, oil and gas sectors on CA water crisis; Geneticists light up debate on salmon conservation; CA unveils plan to eliminate high-risk pesticides by 2050; and more …

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February 1, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Leveraging Capital Markets to Accelerate Lead Service Line Replacements from 10am to 11am. ...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/31: California the lone hold out as six other states agree to Colorado River cuts; Lake Shasta water level rises 60 feet during January; San Francisco’s first onsite greywater reuse project reveals the future of urban water; and more …

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January 31, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: 30×30: Onward Together in 2023! from 10:30am to 12pm. The Natural Resources Agency...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/30: NASA SWOT mission to improve CA water management; Metropolitan installs flexible iron pipe on siphon that passes through the fault zone; CA drought threatens coho salmon populations; Deal or no deal (Colorado River edition); and more …

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January 30, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … NASA SWOT mission to improve water management in California “California has one of the most volatile hydrologic systems in the world, shifting from drought to flood in a matter of weeks. However, new...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Will CA keep getting hit with rains this year?; State Water Board adopts new statewide sanitary sewer system regulations; Colorado River states facing new deadline on water usage reduction; and more …

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January 29, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Will California keep getting hit with rains this year? Here’s what to...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan 22-27: SWP allocation rises to 30%; ‘Vigorous’ storm in the forecast; Water Board criticized for Delta water deal; and more …

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January 27, 2023

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/27: DWR increases State Water Project allocation to 30%; ‘Vigorous’ storm expected next week; DWR approves Groundwater Sustainability Plans for four NorCal basins; As the Colorado River shrinks, Washington prepares to spread the pain; and more …

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January 27, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Flood Protection Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include a Report on Board staff participation in the flood emergency activation, the 2022 Levee Inspection and Assessment Annual Report, Consideration of...