DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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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 …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Microplastics in Drinking Water: Key Issues and the Frontier of Contaminant Knowledge from 10am to 11am. Although microplastics are an increasingly important emerging water quality issue, industry awareness of these contaminants remains...

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 …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] April 1 snow survey … California snowpack virtually nonexistent in last survey of water year “Most Californians understand the water supply problem, but the California Department of Water Resources’ final snow survey of the year conducted Friday underscored the...

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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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Electrical Hydrogeology: Building Aquifer Conceptual Models from Airborne and Ground Electrical Datasets from 12pm to 1pm. The use of electrical data to provide denser datasets for conceptualizing flow and transport in aquifers...

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 …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar at 11am.  The California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System March 2022 Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar is part of a series of regular drought and climate outlook...

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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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California’s snowpack is ‘roasting in the dry and sunny conditions’ “California’s winter...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/25: Recent precipitation not enough to add to reservoir runoff; State releases funds for Friant-Kern Canal repair; Decision in Boswell-Vidovich pipeline fight set for April 1; Why Californians have been saving less water in 2022; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Flood Protection Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include a presentation of levee inspection results for the RD 2068 and RD 2098 – Yolano Cache Slough Levee System and an...