WEEKLY FEATURES Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct 25-30: Implementing reduced reliance on the Delta, Fresno River water rights to be adjudicated, Temperance Flat update, a wrap up of all the week’s news, and more …

October 30, 2020

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A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive notification of this post on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email s... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: Researchers probe deaths of Central Valley chinook; Spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon aren’t as different as they seem; Managing aquatic invasive species; and more …

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October 30, 2020

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Researchers probe deaths of Central Valley chinook, with possible ties to ocean changes "Scientists from several fish and wildlife agencies have launched a rapid research and response effort for deficiency of ... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR’s validation action; Saving water for a drier day; Feather River fall-run salmon update; Newsom replaces OC Water Board member over desal plant; and more …

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October 27, 2020

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Delta Doozy: DWR's validation action The State Water Contractors write, "Today’s Doozy comes in response to a September 28 NRDC blog “DWR Is Suing Everyone for a Blank Check for a Delta Tunnel” Doug Obegi wro... Read More...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct 18-23: How dynamic are property rights in water?; California Water Transfer Price Forecast; plus all the week’s most interesting news stories; and more …

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October 23, 2020

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A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive notification of this post on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email s... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: USGS looks at long-term resilience of the Bay-Delta; Increasingly destructive wildfires threaten aquatic life; Hormone-mimicking chemicals harm fish now—and their unexposed offspring later; and more …

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October 23, 2020

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Sediment transport, streamflow, and climate change: long-term resilience of the Bay-Delta "Sediment supply is important to the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay (Bay-Delta)... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR discovers accounting error, reduces loan for tunnel design; Trump and Delta smelt: The twitter thread; Voluntary agreements; Limiting salmon harvests; A Craigslist for water trading; and more …

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October 20, 2020

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DWR discovers “accounting error,” reduces loan for Delta tunnel engineering design "In September 2020, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) signed an agreement to provide an additional $15 million to the De... Read More...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct 11-16: Predation in the Delta, Setting groundwater allocations, Water Board’s Administrative Hearing Office, plus CA water news highlights and more …

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October 16, 2020

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A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive notification of this post on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email servi... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: Linking critical zone water storage and ecosystems; The effects of repeated droughts on different kinds of forests; Where will snow survive in a warming world?; A new way to fingerprint drivers of water cycle change; and more …

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October 15, 2020

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Linking critical zone water storage and ecosystems “Consider a seasonally dry landscape in a hilly or mountainous region where little or no rain or snow falls for months at a time. How is it that months into t... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: Flows wasted to sea to protect Delta smelt; Delta tunnel design disputed; Court ruling on water challenges Central Valley water districts; and more …

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October 13, 2020

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Only 1% of Central Valley flows “wasted to the sea” to protect Delta smelt Deirdre Des Jardins writes, "On the Sean Hannity show this week, Donald Trump told the audience, "California is gonna have to ration w... Read More...

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct 4-9: CA’s three-legged stool for improving groundwater quality; Watersheds 101; Drought in the Delta, all the top water news of the week; and more …

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October 9, 2020

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A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive notification of this post on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email ser... Read More...

SCIENCE NEWS: Can fish eat their way out of climate change?; How coho cope with drought: studying summer sanctuaries; San Francisco Bay’s nutrient phenomena; Building roads to save Yosemite toads; and more …

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October 9, 2020

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Can fish eat their way out of climate change? “About two years ago, I wrote an article on the importance of food for foraging salmon, particularly during their early life history stages. In that article, I su... Read More...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Sept 27 through Oct 2: New format Update on Irrigated Lands Program, Delta Conveyance Project

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October 2, 2020

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SCIENCE NEWS: New videos put restitution to work for imperiled coho salmon; A fragile fleet; Abstract art? Floating laboratory? or both? And more …

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October 2, 2020

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Click here to check out the new Delta science page on Maven's Notebook! New videos put restitution to work for imperiled coho salmon "Coho salmon once supported a wealth of tribal, commercial, and recreationa... Read More...

CALIFORNIA RESERVOIR REPORT for September 30

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September 30, 2020

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Prepared by Robert Shibatani exclusively for Maven's Notebook September 30, 2020 The 2019-2020 water-year (WY) is drawing to a close. At this time of year, it is always informative to see where we ended ... Read More...

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR is suing everyone for a blank check for a Delta tunnel; Climate change and the economic value of water; New state standard needed for July-August Delta outflow; and more …

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September 29, 2020

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DWR is suing everyone for a blank check for a Delta tunnel Doug Obegi writes, "In the middle of a pandemic, an economic recession, and everything else that 2020 is throwing at us, in early August the Californi... Read More...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

WATER QUALITY: A basic primer on water quality regulation

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

DAM REMOVAL UPDATE: Klamath Dams, Matilija Dam, and the Potter Valley Project

GSA SUMMIT: Setting Sustainable Management Criteria: It’s easy, isn’t it?

TIM QUINN: Forty Years of California Water Policy: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Lessons for the Future

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct 25-30: Implementing reduced reliance on the Delta, Fresno River water rights to be adjudicated, Temperance Flat update, a wrap up of all the week’s news, and more …

SCIENCE NEWS: Researchers probe deaths of Central Valley chinook; Spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon aren’t as different as they seem; Managing aquatic invasive species; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR’s validation action; Saving water for a drier day; Feather River fall-run salmon update; Newsom replaces OC Water Board member over desal plant; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct 18-23: How dynamic are property rights in water?; California Water Transfer Price Forecast; plus all the week’s most interesting news stories; and more …

SCIENCE NEWS: USGS looks at long-term resilience of the Bay-Delta; Increasingly destructive wildfires threaten aquatic life; Hormone-mimicking chemicals harm fish now—and their unexposed offspring later; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR discovers accounting error, reduces loan for tunnel design; Trump and Delta smelt: The twitter thread; Voluntary agreements; Limiting salmon harvests; A Craigslist for water trading; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct 11-16: Predation in the Delta, Setting groundwater allocations, Water Board’s Administrative Hearing Office, plus CA water news highlights and more …

SCIENCE NEWS: Linking critical zone water storage and ecosystems; The effects of repeated droughts on different kinds of forests; Where will snow survive in a warming world?; A new way to fingerprint drivers of water cycle change; and more …

BLOG ROUND-UP: Flows wasted to sea to protect Delta smelt; Delta tunnel design disputed; Court ruling on water challenges Central Valley water districts; and more …

WEEKLY CA WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct 4-9: CA’s three-legged stool for improving groundwater quality; Watersheds 101; Drought in the Delta, all the top water news of the week; and more …

SCIENCE NEWS: Can fish eat their way out of climate change?; How coho cope with drought: studying summer sanctuaries; San Francisco Bay’s nutrient phenomena; Building roads to save Yosemite toads; and more …

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Sept 27 through Oct 2: New format Update on Irrigated Lands Program, Delta Conveyance Project

SCIENCE NEWS: New videos put restitution to work for imperiled coho salmon; A fragile fleet; Abstract art? Floating laboratory? or both? And more …

CALIFORNIA RESERVOIR REPORT for September 30

BLOG ROUND-UP: DWR is suing everyone for a blank check for a Delta tunnel; Climate change and the economic value of water; New state standard needed for July-August Delta outflow; and more …