DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Pattern flip to bring cooler temps, precipation; Expert says California fire season could start early as May due to heatwaves, drought; Could Berryessa provide Napa water in a pinch?; How rising sea levels could push up a ‘toxic soup’ into Bay Area neighborhoods; and more …

April 10, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Pattern flip to bring a cooldown to the Southwest, some rain, snow...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for April 3-8: The California Environmental Flows Framework, Suisun Marsh: A bastion for fish; Plus all the top water news of the week

Maven

Weekly Digest

April 8, 2022

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/8: The new ways CA is meeting the growing needs for water; Hurtado no longer calling for State Water Board to be dissolved; Ongoing drought demands updated models to better manage CA’s water; The Colorado River Basin looks to be locking in another dry year; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 8, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board will meet from 9am to 5pm. Agenda items include a post-tour debrief; Delta Science Strategy and Delta ISB reviews; and a discussion of potential future reviews. Click here...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/7: TUCP will allow more water to be stored in Lake Oroville and Shasta Lake; Friant water officials dismayed over Federal water shuffle; A plan to save winter-run salmon; Can hydropower help solve the climate crisis?; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 7, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Hexavalent Chromium Maximum Contaminant Level from 9am to 11am. The State...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/6: Despite cutbacks, some ag districts get full allotment of water; NASA finds new way to monitor underground water loss; Californians saved less than 1% in February; Trump-era water rule’s new flow draws out Roberts, liberal justices; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 6, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Microplastics in Drinking Water: Key Issues and the Frontier of Contaminant Knowledge...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/5: Water trading can help struggling freshwater ecosystems; Judge’s order stops a Kings County pipeline; Central CA lawmaker pushes new legislation to ‘modernize’ state’s water management; Developers are flooding Arizona with homes even as historic Western drought intensifies; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 5, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife will hold a hearing beginning at 9am. Click here for the full agenda and remote access instructions. LEG HEARING: Senate Committee on Natural Resources...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/4: ‘The truth is California does not have enough water’; CA Groundwater Conditions Report Water Year 2021; A small and unpretentious fish is sending a warning message; Feds slash water supplies for Valley communities; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 4, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Office Hours: Proactive groundwater management strategies from 12pm to 1pm. On April...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Snowpack virtually nonexistent in last survey of water year; Judge in pipeline battle says she can’t “stretch” laws to keep groundwater from leaving Kings County; Gov. Newsom’s drought order aims to slow ag well drilling; Dan Walters: California water war peace treaty? Not quite; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 3, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] April 1 snow survey … California snowpack virtually nonexistent in last survey of water year “Most Californians understand the...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for March 27-April 1: Overview of the biops, ITP for SWP, CVP; Newsom issues drought executive order; Voluntary agreements unveiled; and all the top water news of the week

Maven

Weekly Digest

April 1, 2022

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, 4/1: Sierra snowpack falls to one of lowest levels in 70 years; Reclamation reduces CVP M&I allocation to health and safety needs only; Droughts cutting into CA’s hydropower; Some Caldor Fire victims to resume paying water fees despite losing homes; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 1, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Where snowpack level stands after most critical survey of the year “California’s...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/31: Why MID and TID aren’t celebrating Newsom’s ‘historic’ treaty; California is about to see how how bad this drought really is; Incredible before and after photos show just how much Lake Powell has dried up; and more …

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Daily Digest

March 31, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Electrical Hydrogeology: Building Aquifer Conceptual Models from Airborne and Ground Electrical Datasets...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/30: Voluntary agreements and Sacramento River temperature plan unveiled; GSAs at epicenter of Friant Kern Canal subsidence limits pumping, charges fees; Coalition plans to protect Valley bird habitats; Governor’s new water saving order will have minimal effect on San Diego; and more …

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Daily Digest

March 30, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: “Reorienting to Recovery” CA Central Valley Salmon Recovery Project from 9am to 11am. The “Reorienting to Recovery” seeks to engage interested parties across the salmonid landscape in an inclusive, collaborative, and...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/29: Californians face water restrictions as drought intensifies; Gray calls for state audit over water loss; Water availability, regs spur farmland value chasm; Lake Powell continues to disappear as Colorado hits pause on plan to prop up levels; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

March 29, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Integrating Land Use and Water Management: Nationwide Planning and Practice from 9am...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/28: Is Monday’s storm the last shot at substantial rain for the season?; Valley agriculture needs “greenlash” to CA restrictions; Sites project could break ground in ’24; Arizona’s future water shock; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

March 28, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar at 11am. The California-Nevada Drought Early...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: CA’s snowpack is ‘roasting in the dry and sunny conditions’; Drought sets stage for fish die-off; Coming storm could drop the most rain the Bay Area has seen this year; Study previews how climate change may alter rain-making atmospheric rivers by 2100; and more …

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Daily Digest

March 27, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California’s snowpack is ‘roasting in the dry and sunny conditions’ “California’s winter snowpack is suffering after the state saw historically dry weather in January and February, and March is headed down the...

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