DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Critically low flows prompt emergency curtailment orders for Scott, Shasta Rivers with more curtailments in the works; Study finds no elevated risk from food grown with oil field produced water; Could we use floods to prevent forest fires?; and more …

September 12, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Critically low flows prompt emergency curtailment orders for Scott, Shasta Rivers; More...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/10: Biden’s interior secretary backs West Side reservoir, more CA water storage; What’s Larry Elder’s solution to water issues?; Two-Basin Partnership asks for pause in Potter Valley Project process; WMO: Weak La Niña may re-emerge; and more …

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September 10, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … CDFW CONSERVATION LECTURE: Nature’s Best Hope from 10:30am to 12pm. Recent headlines about global...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/9: Farm groups irked after canal bill pulled; Water Board amends order to allow Ukiah to send water to coastal cities; Eyes in the sky’ help police CA water use; Could supersonic sound waves fight CA wildfires?; and more …

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September 9, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Draft California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program Guidelines from 9pm to 1pm. The Fiscal Year 2021–22 State Budget Act (Senate Bill 129) appropriated $985 million from the Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/8: San Francisco, ag water suppliers sue state over drought restrictions; CA can keep thirstiest crops, state ag chief says; Growers hope groundwater markets provide flexibility; and more …

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September 8, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: FRGP Peer Review Committee Meeting from 10am to 12pm. Agenda items include...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/7: A test for California’s groundwater regulations in the megadrought; Groups sue Reclamation against extra groundwater pumping plans in North Valley; Extreme heat and smoke in West could exacerbate wildfire plight; Will Lake Tahoe no longer be blue due to ash from the Caldor Fire?; and more …

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September 7, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: Evaluating Benefits of Stormwater Capture and Use: Why and How? from...

DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: State Water Board order could impede 2022 irrigation season, groundwater recharging; 12 important things to know about California’s drought; Initiative would allocate two percent of state budget to water; The surprising places PFAS are being found; and more …

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September 5, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … State Water Board order could impede 2022 irrigation season, groundwater recharging “The California State Water Resources Board issued curtailment orders to 45 water rights holders in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta,...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/3: Drought threatens access to clean water, study finds; Stricter water restrictions to come if winter stays dry, say experts; Marin utility seeks to cut water for endangered fish; Cuyama Valley groundwater basin to be adjudicated; and more …

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September 3, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Drought threatens access to clean water in California farming communities, study finds...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/2: CA water suppliers cast first challenge to strict drought rules; Increased pumping in Central Valley during drought worsens groundwater quality; Friant-Kern Canal repairs scheduled to begin in November; Proposed change at Prado Dam could yield water for 60,000 more people; and more …

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September 2, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … California water suppliers cast 1st challenge to strict drought rules “Freshly cut...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/1: Exasperated by drought, farmers could be critical in Newsom recall fight; Legislation seeks $308 million for key valley canal; What curtailments mean for MID, TID; Litigation, confusion to follow overturning of Trump water rule; and more …

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September 1, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … NOAA WEBINAR: Using a Freshwater Recirculation System to Rear Endangered Coho Salmon: Lessons Learned at the FED Lab in 2021 from 12pm to 1pm. When the CZU fire went through the Big Creek...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/31: California moves slowly on water projects amid drought; Salmon program takes giant leap thanks to land donation; Devastating fires could damage Lake Tahoe’s iconic blue waters; Judge sinks Trump WOTUS rule; and more …

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August 31, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: Delta Watershed Curtailment Compliance And Response Assistance Webinar from 9am to 4pm. ...

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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August 30, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: Delta Lead Scientist Ask Me Anything: Scientific peer review at 12pm. Join...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Most farmers have water cutoff, but a lucky few are immune; State report raises fresh alarms over sea-level rise; The environmentalist case for fish farms; El Dorado Irrigation District begins to assess flume damage; and more …

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August 29, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Many California farmers have water cut off, but a lucky few are immune to drought rules ” … Since the 1920s, farmers have grown rice in the Sacramento Valley, where old hands...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/27: Drought felt by California farmers, who fear worst is yet to come; CA’s ‘Cantaloupe Capital’ struggles to reign supreme; Lawsuit: Groundwater pumping threats in Sac Valley transfers tied to extra pumping plans; Understanding the drought monitor; and more …

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August 27, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The Central Valley Flood Protection Board meets beginning at 9am. Agenda items include...

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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August 26, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The Delta Stewardship Council will meet beginning at 9am. Agenda items include the...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/25: Meteorologists explain unusual lack of snow on Mt. Shasta; Water rights conversation heats up; With recall election, CA’s environmental future up for vote; How forest thinning is making wildfires worse; and more …

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August 25, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FREE WEBINAR: All about water quality from 10 am to 11am. Hear from the State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Drinking Water, Orange County Water District and the City of Fountain Valley...

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