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DAILY DIGEST, 12/17: Atmospheric river may head straight for Bay Area; DC reps propose bills to “end the CA water crisis; How researchers are driving advances for data centers; CA commits to conservation, collaboration in new Colorado River framework; and more …

December 17, 2025

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PRESS RELEASE: California commits to conservation, collaboration in new Colorado River framework

Colorado River Board of California

Colorado River

December 17, 2025

State leaders seek durable post-2026 plan and make significant contributions From the Colorado River Board of California: California’s water, tribal,...

NEVADA CURRENT: California, the biggest water user in the basin, pitches Colorado River framework

Nevada Current

Colorado River

December 17, 2025

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current California’s biggest water districts presented their own framework Tuesday for how to share the Colorado...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Water is for fighting: Colorado River group describes history of water disputes, looks for solutions

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

December 17, 2025

The Colorado River Water Users Association is holding its annual three-day conference this week in Las Vegas. By Alan Riquelmy,...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Mexicali farmers threaten to use their Colorado River water, putting Tijuana’s supply in jeopardy

Voice of San Diego

Colorado River

December 17, 2025

Cities in northern Baja California depend on Mexicali farmers’ rights to use Colorado River water. The Mexican government just wrested...

Westlands Water District Board votes to adopt Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan

Guest Contributor

Groundwater News

December 17, 2025

District advances major land-repurposing initiative as water shortages force large-scale land fallowing across the San Joaquin Valley From Westlands Water...

CAL MATTERS: The U.S. is committed to cleaning up Tijuana River pollution. Will California follow through?

Cal Matters

Water quality

December 17, 2025

San Diego leaders are calling on California to take stronger action to address the ongoing environmental crisis caused by sewage...

BERKELEY LAB: How researchers are driving advances for data centers

Berkeley Lab

Planning and management

December 17, 2025

From Berkeley Lab: Today’s technologies depend increasingly on computers and artificial intelligence – largely powered by data centers, which have...

THE CONVERSATION: Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens

The Conversation

Fish and wildlife

December 17, 2025

By Toni Lyn Morelli, UMass Amherst; U.S. Geological Survey and Diana Stralberg, University of Alberta The idea began in California’s...

OpenET expands satellite-based water use data across 48 states, providing critical information to farmers and water managers across the nation

Guest Contributor

Planning and management

December 17, 2025

Unique public-private partnership brings together NASA, USGS, Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and more to make scientifically rigorous evapotranspiration data widely...