DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

DAILY DIGEST, 2/14: Newsom signs executive order to increase statewide stormwater capture; DWR, Reclamation submit request to adjust water right permit conditions to conserve storage; California’s snowpack is melting faster than ever; Reclamation hopes for 100 percent water allocation; and more …

February 14, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: California Environmental Flows Workgroup from 10am to 12pm. Agenda items include JEDI initiative,...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/13: Harder pushes back on Newsom’s embrace of Delta tunnel; A new strategy for drought: Customized water pricing; The effect of the Fall x2 outflow action on Delta smelt; Wall Street sees profits in dropping Colorado River levels; and more …

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February 13, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … VIRTUAL MEETING: Sacramento Regional Water Bank Stakeholder Forum from 6pm to 8pm. The public...

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 …

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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 “A significant shift toward colder conditions is in store for the western United States through the middle of the week...

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...

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 update and current hydrologic conditions, update on monthly water production and conservation data reported by urban retail water suppliers, and...

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...

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

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, 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...

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. The new $15 billion in federal funding for lead service line replacements, as vital and historic as it is, is...

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...

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 expect “The new year started off with a parade of storms, leading to San Francisco and the wider Bay Area...