DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

Compilations of California water news and commentary from around the state and the nation.

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DAILY DIGEST, 8/2: Worsening drought drives California water prices to all-time high; Ruling: State can seek enviro safeguards for Oroville Dam beyond federal regulations; San Francisco Estuary Partnership releases 2022 Estuary Blueprint; Beyond PFAS to plastics: The emerging contaminant that lies ahead; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board meets beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include an update on monthly water production and conservation data reported by urban retail water suppliers, a Public Hearing to consider...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: With conservation trending in the right direction, Newsom rallies water agencies to do more; Two Sierra fires have very different outcomes. Why?; Two new decisions on the Potter Valley diversion from the Eel River; Beneath L.A. is a sea of water. Can it quench our thirst?; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … With conservation trending in the right direction, Governor Newsom rallies local water...

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...