DAILY/WEEKLY DIGEST

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DAILY DIGEST, 5/21: Money for water debt may be available but can CA get it to those in need?; Delta Counties Coalition goes to bat for the Delta Independent Science Board; Natural Resources Undersecretary talks about multi-benefit infrastructure investments; Congress’s stealth water infrastructure deal; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC HEARING/MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council Lookout Slough Appeal; Regular monthly meeting beginning at...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/20: State plans $30 million drought barrier to stop saltwater intrusion into Delta; CA reps takes aim at state’s water policies on Capitol Hill; Survival of migrating juvenile salmon depends on stream flow thresholds; Klamath Water Users Association urges a stop to unacceptable behaviors; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … FUNDING: California Financing Coordinating Committee 2021 Virtual Funding Fair from 9am to 3pm. ...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/19: MID, TID join SF lawsuit over Tuolumne River flows; AEM surveys to assist groundwater management; Irrigation districts look to transfers as water dwindles; Testing and treating microplastics in water face challenges; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The California Water Commission meets beginning at 9:30am.  Agenda items include Water Storage Investment Program early funding request, preliminary findings and conclusions for the assessment of the state’s role in funding conveyance...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: San Francisco sues state over bid to restrict its Sierra water supplies; State plans to order drought restrictions, but it doesn’t have good water data to do it; Protesters ask irrigation district to open Klamath canal, defy Reclamation; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … San Francisco sues state over bid to restrict its Sierra water supplies “The city of San Francisco is reviving a long-simmering feud with the state over water, filing a lawsuit Friday that...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/12: Sierra snowpack gone already, adding to drought and fire worries; State agencies, NGOs partner on groundwater accounting platform; Editorial: Newsom — end water wars for state and Stanislaus fish and farmers; 3 enviro groups take 3 positions on Poseidon desal plant; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … DWR Water Wednesday: California’s Human Right to Water from 1pm to 1:30pm. In 2012, California became the first state in the nation to establish water as a basic human right. Join DWR environmental scientist,...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Why melting Sierra snow won’t save CA from extreme drought; The sun may offer key to predicting El Niño, groundbreaking study finds; Klamath, Modoc, Siskiyou County leaders throw support behind Basin ag; EPA administrator won’t return to Obama-era WOTUS rule; and more …

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[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … ‘We got unlucky.’ Why melting Sierra snow won’t save California from extreme drought “California’s drought conditions have gone from bad to worse in scarcely a month.  In the weeks following April 1,...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/5: Newsom drought declaration would trigger new war; Biologists say predators eat half of salmon; A case is made for colocating data centers … with water infrastructure; How Reclamation plans to operate during the Klamath Basin’s driest summer ever; and more …

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— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … IRWM SUMMIT: Watershed Health and People Experiencing Homelessness: Spotlight on the Central Coast and Ventura Counties, Statewide Impact from 8:30am – 12:00pm.  This event brings together key elected leaders, agency leaders, professionals and...