DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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

DAILY DIGEST, 5/18: Farmers across state face new water cuts; Governor Newsom highlights state and local action to combat drought; Sites Reservoir: Does drought-prone California need another reservoir?; Ridgecrest: Groundwater Authority begins plan to import water; and more …

May 18, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: California Water Commission will meet beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include consideration...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/17: PPIC policy brief: Tracking where water goes in a changing Delta; Hydropower’s future is clouded by droughts, floods and climate change; Court case to decide fate of Long Valley in rural Mono County; Federal cybersecurity agency seeks $80m to better protect water systems; and more …

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May 17, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board from 8am to 3pm. Agenda items include Discussion...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/16: How California can survive another historic drought; San Luis Obispo County cities, towns call for cutbacks as drought worsens; The Southwest’s drought and fires are a window to our climate change future; 1 in 6 Americans live in areas with significant wildfire risk; and more …

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May 16, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: LiDAR Derived Products Stakeholder from 9am to 12pm. The California Water Data Consortium and co-conveners will host a virtual cross-sector gathering to build common ground and collaboration on needs and uses of...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Water usage is up, but officials focused on wrong problem, say advocates; Drought could mean ‘devastation across the board’ for fowl on Pacific Flyway; Newsom’s proposed budget includes funding for drought; Cal Am not fazed by rejection of SoCal desal project; and more …

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May 15, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California is in a water crisis, yet usage is way up. Officials...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 8-13: Farmers’ perspectives of SGMA implementation; Delta science update; Huntington Beach desal rejected; Urban water use up 19%; and more …

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Weekly Digest

May 13, 2022

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DAILY DIGEST, 5/13: Coastal Commission unanimously rejects Huntington Beach desal plant; Drought update: April showers bring … little relief; The good, bad and insipid in CA’s water conservation graphics; Lake Powell’s drought is part of a growing threat to hydropower everywhere; and more …

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May 13, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Special section: California Coastal Commission unanimously rejects Huntington Beach desalination plant A salty dispute: California Coastal Commission unanimously rejects desalination plant “The California Coastal Commission tonight rejected the proposed construction of a desalination plant in Huntington Beach, sealing...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/12: California regulators set to vote on desalination plant; Court of Appeal sides with parties seeking attorneys’ fees for challenge to California WaterFix; Which regions are saving the most — and least — water; Monterey has four affordable housing projects in the works, but not enough water to give; and more …

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May 12, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The California Coastal Commission will meet this morning beginning at 9am in...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/11: State ignores Gavin Newsom’s conservation goal, increases water use; The Delta: The biggest potential water disaster in the US; California growers demand action on state’s water supply; Russian River emergency regulations readopted; and more …

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May 11, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Making Conservation a California a Way of Life: How forthcoming efficiency...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/10: 2022 is CA’s driest year on record so far – an ominous sign; SGMA meeting brings varying interests together to work towards common action; Water Commission white paper on groundwater trading; “Water cops” likely this summer as Santa Clara County misses drought goal by large margin; and more …

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May 10, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Board will meet beginning at 9:30 am. Agenda items include a drought update and current hydrologic conditions; an update on monthly water production and conservation data reported by urban...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/9: New bill aims to limit frenzy of well drilling on farms; Drought conservation has been a bust so far. What gives?; Hundreds of drinking water systems failing to meet standards; and more …

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May 9, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Wildfire Treatments & Waste Biomass: Policy Options to Boost New End Uses...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: State’s largest reservoirs at critically low levels; Agencies submit the 2022 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan; Why drought conservation has been a bust so far; Valley leaders, residents call for more action on water; and more …

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May 8, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … The two largest reservoirs in California are already at ‘critically low levels’...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 1-6: CV-SALTS program to focus on enforcement; Suisun Marsh wetland restoration; plus all the top water news and commentary of the week

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Weekly Digest

May 6, 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, 5/6: Water districts bail on Kern’s largest groundwater agency, form their own group; Salmon returned to safer waters after more than a century; Water Board report describes challenges to providing safe drinking water; Huntington desal: for and against; and more …

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May 6, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Water districts bail on Kern’s largest groundwater agency; form their own group...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/5: April showers may bring May flowers, but winter snow is water in the bank; Dairy farmers concerned over water scarcity; Webinar recap: A restored California is a resilient California; AP analysis finds growing number of poor, high-hazard dams; and more …

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May 5, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: SAFER: 2022 Drinking Water Needs Assessment Results from 9am to 12pm. This workshop...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/4: Are CA’s drought rules enough to halt the ‘alarming challenges’ ahead?; No relief from drought thanks to La Niña; Reclamation takes further action to help Lake Powell; Desal report from state Coastal Commission is nonsensical, says the OC Register; and more …

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May 4, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: California Water Plan Policy Advisory Committee Meeting from 9am to 12pm. The second meeting of the California Water Plan Update 2023 (Update 2023) Policy Advisory Committee will be held over Zoom. You...

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