DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY DIGEST, 7/27: Audit: State Water Board lacks urgency in addressing failed water systems; The future of San Joaquin Valley farming could be ‘dryland farming’; Feds double water supply for Valley farms, cities; Fates of fish and flow of the Eel River still uncertain; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Conservancy Board Meeting from 9am to 1pm. Agenda items include updates on Prop 1 and community enhancement grant programs and award, Delta fish friendly farming program, Eco Restore, Delta Stewardship Council,...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/26: Latest blow in Boswell-Vidovich water war could bring state control over region’s groundwater; Report cites ways to extend California’s urban water supplies; DWR to release draft environmental impact report for Delta tunnel this week; Folsom Lake’s water level is dropping quickly. Here’s why; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Farmland in Transition: The San Joaquin Valley from 11am to 12:15pm. As...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Drought drying up Mono Lake; DWR on Delta Conveyance: A fresh look yields a new project; Tire manufacturers support alternatives analysis for critical tire safety additive 6ppd; Why murdering overgrown swamp rats is the environmental success CA deserves; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Mono Lake was supposed to have been saved from going dry. Now, the ‘white stuff’ forces a reckoning “The few who live along the shores of Mono Lake are accustomed to the...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/21: Despite more stored water than in 2021, CA will keep closing spigots; Policies choking off water from Valley hasn’t been savior for fish, report finds; Delta Conveyance Project hits another roadblock; Ridgecrest: Groundwater Authority strikes tentative deal to buy water; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: 2022 U.S. Drought and Heat Webinars: The West from 9am to 10am. NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) are hosting two webinars on...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/18: A new gold rush pits money and jobs against CA’s environment; CA wants to “step away” from single-species management; Why a triple-dip La Niña could be bad news; ‘Water police’ patrol drought-hit Los Angeles streets; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee will meet from 1pm to 3pm. The DPIIC will hear from a panel on the question, “As reviews and changes are being considered, what structure and process...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/15: Third year of La Niña could deepen drought; Five things to know about drought in the West; The ambitious South Bay Salt Ponds Project; How a 19th-century drought gave us the L.A. We know today; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Central Valley Flood Protection Board at 10am. Agenda items include Reclamation District 1000’s Seeing Levees Saves Lives Campaign, Central Valley Flood Protection Board Workshop Schedule Plan, and Overview of comments received on...