DAILY DIGEST, 9/21: New El Niño looks like past ones that soaked California; Newsom proclaims state of emergency to bolster statewide El Nino preparedness; What CA is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals; Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?; and more … Maven Daily Digest September 21, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
SDSU: Western wildfires increasingly intersect critical water supply watersheds Guest Contributor Wildfires and watersheds September 21, 2026Study of more than eight decades of wildfire activity finds growing burned -area exposure in watersheds important to drinking water...
UC Santa Cruz researchers launch real-time study on kelp resilience as a super El Niño unfolds UC Santa Cruz Ecosystems September 21, 2026The sweltering seas expected this winter could threaten California’s kelp forests. UC Santa Cruz researchers are mobilizing to track the...
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: California’s biggest reservoir project in decades clears major obstacle; El Niño may bring more water to California than reservoirs can hold; The end is coming for California’s untouchable grass; Leaders debate Colorado water and river management; and more … Maven Daily Digest September 20, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: The end is coming for California’s untouchable grass Knee Deep Times Policy and regulation September 20, 2026By Alastair Bland, Knee Deep Times Just a few months remain before swaths of California grass irrigated with potable water...
CAL MATTERS: Moss Landing battery storage fire flares up again, raising new safety fears in California Cal Matters Water quality September 20, 2026Almost two years after a fire at a battery storage site in Moss Landing, another one is smoldering. The fire resurfaces...
C-WIN: Voluntary agreements are unjustified and do not satisfy the board’s duty to protect the Bay-Delta ecosystem CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN) CommentaryPolicy and regulation September 20, 2026From the California Water Impact Network: The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) has submitted comments to the State Water Resources...
BOOK REVIEW: Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It Jim Lauria WATER SHELF September 18, 2026Visit the Water Shelf main page First published on the To Know Water Is To Love Water blog February 10,...
Sites Project Authority responds to revised water right permit: “We can see a path forward that allows the Project to advance” Sites Project Authority Planning and management September 18, 2026From the Sites Project Authority: Today, the Sites Project Authority (Authority) issued the following statement regarding the revised water right...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Sept. 13-18: Bay-Delta Plan thrown into confusion after rebuke from Trump administration; For the first time, scientists link heavy snow to groundwater in California; The race to put El Niño underground; The energy and water footprint of AI; and more … Maven Weekly Digest September 18, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
DAILY DIGEST, 9/18: Newsom’s Bay-Delta Plan thrown into confusion after rebuke from Trump administration; For the first time, scientists link heavy snow to groundwater in California; New forecast points to wet winter in California courtesy of El Niño; 85 years of evidence: Englebright Dam’s history helps engineers assess future risk; and more … Maven Daily Digest September 18, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DWR: Watershed after fire: New report summarizes years of water quality monitoring in the Sacramento watershed Department of Water Resources (DWR) UncategorizedWater quality September 18, 2026From the Department of Water Resources: Water flowing from the forests and mountain streams of the Southern Cascades and Northern...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California adopts new limits to rein in dairy manure pollution and its ‘outsized’ groundwater impacts Inside Climate News Policy and regulation September 18, 2026Central Valley dairies are long overdue to face stricter regulations over their nitrate pollution, families and clean water advocates argue....
DAILY DIGEST, 9/17: The race to put El Niño underground; State Water Board adopts order to protect groundwater from overapplication of manure at dairies; Feather River gravel project supports chinook salmon and steelhead spawning; Lake Mead’s sacrifice to prop up Lake Powell shown in poor outlook; and more … Maven Daily Digest September 17, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DWR: Feather River gravel project supports chinook salmon and steelhead spawning Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife September 17, 2026From the Department of Water Resources: Throughout California’s Central Valley, Chinook salmon and steelhead trout migrate between the ocean and...
