DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST Archives

DAILY DIGEST, 3/11: State, local leaders urge residents to conserve water amid worsening drought; Water board looks to raise fees again; Modernizing California’s water supply reporting system; Good news for nationwide water projects; and more …

March 11, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Northern California Water Association from 9am to 12pm. Join the Northern California...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/10: Snow drought expands as time is running out to replenish water supplies; Company considering reopening Grass Valley gold mine; Doheny desal plant easily wins first state approval; With Russia targeting west, U.S. water systems on high alert; and more …

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March 10, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … ACWA 2022 Virtual Legislative Symposium from 9:00am to 12:30pm. ACWA’s legislative symposium has...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/9: Feds not giving “fair share” of water to all contractors, some say; Lawmakers push for more flexible water operations; Causes and consequences of epic Western US drought; An interview with the San Joaquin Valley Partnership; and more …

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March 9, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Delta Independent Science Board will meet from 9am to 5pm. The Delta ISB will meet to discuss next steps for its monitoring enterprise review and its water supply reliability estimation review,...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/8: Scientists worried for the fate of winter run salmon; Water board digs into data for climate planning; Flood control partnerships aim for a safer Sacramento; Los Angeles sues Monsanto over PCB water pollution; and more …

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March 8, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: The Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife will hold a...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/7: Judge orders both sides to neutral corners in Kern County ditch bank battle; Stretching California’s rice belt; Megadrought to hit the wine industry hard; How wildfires affect life underwater; and more …

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March 7, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: A Conversation with DWR Director Karla Nemeth from 10am to 11am. RWA...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Drought, water cutbacks take financial toll on Central Valley farmers; DWR awards $49M to small communities for drought assistance; Stuart Somach receives the 2022 Will S. Green Award; Lake Powell to temporarily decline below 3,525 feet; and more …

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March 6, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Drought, water cutbacks take financial toll on Central Valley farmers: ‘It’s getting worse’ “California’s prolonged drought became dire last year as the state experienced the second-driest two-year period on record, costing the...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 27-March 4: Three Delta Agencies: Who they are and what they do; SGMA implementation update; GHG & carbon budgets; plus all the top water news of the week

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March 4, 2022

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DAILY DIGEST, 3/4: Extreme drought expands as a little rain returns; Climate change a contributor to Oroville Dam spillway incident; Fong zeroes in on lack of water storage spending; Yuba River floodplain project restores natural processes; and more …

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March 4, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Northern California Water Association from 9am to 12pm. Join the Northern California...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/3: California drought, Australia floods: Two sides of La Niña amplified by climate change; Wildlife managers boost hatchery production; Rain and snow in the forecast; Pushing back on seawater intrusion in the Parjaro Valley; and more …

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March 3, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: SAFER Program: Advisory Group meets from 8:30am to 12:00pm. Agenda includes the Drinking Water Needs Assessment, Community Outreach and Engagement Strategy, and Public Comment. Click here for the full meeting notice...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/2: Skimpy snowpack points to another long dry summer; Valley water agencies ask for more water; Change is afoot in the Delta; Lake Powell likely to drop below critical level in next two weeks; and more …

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March 2, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: California Water Plan Policy Advisory Committee will meet from 9am to 12pm....

DAILY DIGEST, 3/1: Sierra Nevada snowpack disappearing, third year of drought all but inevitable; Tiny tire particles inhibit growth of organisms, studies find; Cascading climate calamities target west’s water, legal system; and more …

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March 1, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Resources Control Board will meet beginning at 9am. Agenda...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/28: Boswell-Vidovich ditch bank battle continues; Precipitation in the forecast this week; Reforming water rights; The digital world’s real-world impact on the environment; and more …

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February 28, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: Delta Lead Scientist Ask Me Anything at 12pm. Join Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen, Maggie Christman (Delta Science Program), and Clint Alexander (ESSA Technologies) for a conversation about the upcoming launch...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Undamming the Klamath may be a reality this year; LaMalfa leads letter requesting more flexible water operations; Why did California regulators choose a firm with ties to Chevron to study irrigating crops with oil wastewater?; and more …

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February 27, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Undamming the Klamath may be a reality this year “Twenty years ago,...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb 20-25: Delta Conveyance Project update; State Water Project operations; and all the top California water news of the week

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February 25, 2022

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DAILY DIGEST, 2/25: “Massive dollars” needed to clean tainted groundwater from Kern County’s banking projects; Controversial Kings Co. water pipeline faces familiar foe in legal drama: CEQA; Wetlands help fight climate change, but the kind of wetland matters; and more …

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February 25, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The Central Valley Flood Protection Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include presentation of levee inspection results for the Sacramento River West Bank Levee System; Monthly report from DWR; a 2022...