DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

DAILY DIGEST, 8/30: Madera County faces groundwater challenge of a lifetime; Drought, wildfires create new challenges for cannabis growers; Building a pipeline to the Mississippi? A harebrained idea; Faulconer gets briefed on CA drought – “a human crisis by design”; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: Delta Lead Scientist Ask Me Anything: Scientific peer review at 12pm. Join Dr. Laurel Larsen and guest hosts Dylan Stern and Lauren Smitherman for a discussion on independent scientific peer review, a...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/26: Drought, fires and politics put Biden’s CA water plans on hold; Democrat stirs up recall debate with unusual ideas; Dams ineffective for cold-water conservation; El Nino and La Nina events expected to wane as Earth heats up; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The Delta Stewardship Council will meet beginning at 9am. Agenda items include the Delta Lead Scientist report; Delta Protection Commission Recreation and Tourism Update to the Economic Sustainability Plan comment letter; Delta social...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/23: Megadrought to pit fish lives against human needs in the West; Where the water used for fighting California wildfires comes from; Introducing Modernizing California Water Law; The incredible shrinking Colorado River; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … JOINT LEG HEARING with the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife and the Assembly Committee on Agriculture: The Drought and the Impact of California’s Agriculture will begin 30 minutes upon adjournment of...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/20: Emergency regulations allow curtailments in the Delta watershed; Western drought will last into fall or longer; Water & weed: A complex California relationship; Q&A: Can green infrastructure keep microplastics out of the environment?; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The Delta Independent Science Board meets from 8:30am to 12:30pm.  Agenda items include Monitoring Enterprise Review Discussion, and Introduction to Organizations that Conduct Science in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta.  Click here for the...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/19: Valley water districts told they’ll have to pay $25M more for water next year; CA faces unprecedented dangers as record heat, dryness combine with fierce winds; Hurtado not satisfied with money allotted for canal restoration projects; Assemblymember Frazier anchors effort to remove abandoned boats from the Delta; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … THURSDAY: CONFERENCE: Sixth Annual California Water Data Summit from 9am to 4pm. Bringing...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/17: Colorado River water shortage declared for first time; CA could see cuts by 2024; Buy water, attorneys tell clients; Mark Arax: The well fixer’s warning; Calif. adapts to wildfire by urging people to flee; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Resources Control Board meets at 9am. Agenda items include an update on the monthly water production and conservation data reported by urban retail water suppliers, and Consideration of a proposed...