DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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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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— [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...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/3: Valley could see a “mass migration” of farmworkers as land is fallowed under SGMA; Why farmers often pay higher water rates and fees during drought; Beyond “paper” water: The complexities of fully leveraging tribal water rights; Why Morro Bay is struggling to remove a trio of smokestacks; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: A Restored California is a Resilient California from 9am to 10:30am.  This...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Newsom: Desalination project should be approved; Two SLO towns must halt new development due to lack of water, state agency says; What La Niña means for California this summer; How mermaids in the desert launched the career of Bureau of Reclamation commissioner; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Newsom: Desalination project should be approved — “We need more damn tools in the toolkit” “Citing California’s worsening drought conditions, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday made a powerful new push for a...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/28: Valley’s ‘water blueprint’ pushes for $6.5bil in water funds; Is NorCal next for water conservation rules?; Megadrought threatens CA power blackouts; Climate change is pushing toxic chemicals into drinking wells; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING/PUBLIC HEARING: Delta Stewardship Council beginning at 9am. At its regularly-scheduled meeting on April 28, 2022, the Delta Stewardship Council will receive comments and consider proposed findings (presented in a revised Staff Draft...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/25: Regulators banned fracking wastewater for irrigation, but allow wastewater from oil drilling; CA drought plan could exclude cannabis; The truth about salmon-safe alcohol; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Standardizing Cost Reporting In Municipal Stormwater Permit from 1pm to 4pm.  The objective of the Project is to develop a standardized statewide approach and model permit language for estimating, tracking, and...