WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 3/30-4/4: Snowpack, reservoirs in good shape; San Luis Reservoir is about to expand; What’s in fire retardant; First solar-over-canal project now generating electricity; and more … Maven Weekly Digest April 4, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for March 23-28: Managing increasing weather whiplash in CA; SWP, CVP raise water allocations; Dead fish stink up the Newsom-Trump water truce; Kern County approves funds for Delta tunnel; and more … Maven Weekly Digest March 28, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for March 16-21: Modernized procedures at Oroville Dam could improve flood safety; La Niña is winding down: What comes next?; Trump rejects Mexico’s request for water; and more … Maven Weekly Digest March 21, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for March 9-14: The long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals; Study finds atmospheric rivers getting worse; New hope for saving winter-run salmon; and more … Maven Weekly Digest March 14, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Mar. 2-7: More snow, rain in the forecast; DWR’s Nemeth signals détente with feds on water; Trump admin cuts impact California; Low salmon numbers in California could prompt shutdown of fishing for a record third straight year; and more … Maven Weekly Digest March 7, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 23-28: Snowpack below normal as winter winds down; SWP, CVP allocations increased; Two Delta counties and other Delta agencies sue Delta Stewardship Council; DWR approves 15 groundwater sustainability plans in latest round of determinations; and more … Maven Weekly Digest February 28, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 16-21: Kern subbasin given another four months to fix issues with groundwater plan; State considers how to spend funds available after end of Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion project; Delta Conveyance Project receives key permit; and more … Maven Weekly Digest February 21, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 9-14: Dam removal deal could create longest free-flowing CA river; State proposes retroactive changes to farmland retirement program; Atmospheric Rivers explain atypical El Niño and La Niña years; and more … Maven Weekly Digest February 14, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 2-7: Storms boost reservoir releases, Delta pumps operating at full capacity; Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes; Newsom issues Executive Order to boost groundwater recharge; Golden mussels join the ranks of Delta invasive species; and more … Maven Weekly Digest February 7, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 1/26-1/31: Pineapple Express to soak NorCal; SWP allocation increased to 20%; LA won’t be taking less water from Mono Lake; Farms fail as land values plunge amid groundwater crisis; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 31, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 19-24: Trump takes step to overhaul Delta water deliveries to farms, cities; With L.A. expecting rain, here’s how likely debris flows are near burn scars; DWR submits petition to extend water rights permit; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 24, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 12-17: Valley Water votes to fund planning costs for Delta tunnel; State officials disappointed over collapse of Los Vaqueros expansion project; Municipal water systems aren’t designed to fight wildfires, but maybe they should be; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 17, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 6-10: Snowpack promising, but more storms needed; La Niña has finally arrived, but it’s weak and may cause fewer problems; Misinformation spreads like wildfire on the internet while LA neighborhoods burn; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 10, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec. 30 – Jan. 3: California snowpack promising, but more storms needed; Valley Water Board to consider additional funding for Delta tunnel; Pending state Bay-Delta decision has Solano treading water; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 3, 2025A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec. 23-27: More big storms lining up along US West Coast; Biden, Newsom officials announce long-awaited new water delivery rules; SWP allocation increases to 15%; Huffman topples panel leader as Trump battles loom; and more … Maven Weekly Digest December 27, 202430A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...