DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: New money vs. old power in San Joaquin Valley; Will a rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña yield another dry winter?; The battle for safe drinking water in the Central Valley; Southern Calif. water districts look at Colorado River cuts; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Water wars in a drying California: New money vs. old power in San Joaquin Valley “Water is the lifeblood in the parched San Joaquin Valley, sustaining endless acres of trees, seeds and...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/4: The future of desalination; Critically low water levels at Lake Shasta; Burned-out boat pulled from the Delta, what about the other 50?; Drought and old pipes could slow Colorado River to a trickle; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Draft biological goals for the Lower San Joaquin River from 1pm to 5pm. State Water Board staff will hold a technical workshop on the revised draft initial biological goals to receive...

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...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/1: Dan Walters: Can Newsom finally win long Delta water conflict?; As our climate permanently changes, how is CA fighting aridification?; What is fossil water? Geology and renewability; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Dan Walters:  Can Newsom finally win long Delta water conflict? “Will the fifth time be the charm for California’s decades-long effort to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta so that more Northern California water...

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, 7/29: More on the Delta Conveyance Project; Move afoot in Congress to block Delta tunnel project; State Water Board’s SAFER program responds to State Auditor report; Making every drop of water count at Central Valley refuge; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Flood Protection Board at 9am. Agenda items include the monthly DWR report, an update on the 2022 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, a presentation on the Yolo Bypass Cache Slough...

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 the San Joaquin Valley works to bring its groundwater basins into balance, hundreds of thousands of acres of irrigated farmland...