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    THE CONVERSATION: PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds

    The Conversation
    Water quality
    December 9, 2025
    By Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona; Ashley Langer, University of Arizona, and Bo Guo, University of Arizona When pregnant women...

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/8: Companies are racing to fuel and cool AI; Pine Flat Dam upgrade proposed to boost water storage in San Joaquin Valley; To save salmon runs and fishing jobs CA needs new water rules; Toxic PFAS chemicals found in San Joaquin County pesticides; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    December 8, 2025
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    NEW BOOK: Body in a Barrel

    Press Release/Notice
    WATER SHELF
    December 7, 2025
    Visit the Water Shelf main page FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Aaron Mead, amead@ameadwriter.com, 626-616-4473 Debut fiction: A body in a...

    JIM CLOERN: The scientist and science I mourn

    Guest Contributor
    Commentary
    December 7, 2025
    By Ariel Rubissow Okamoto A man died recently who was one of my heroes. Inside his big brain lay the secrets...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: King tides offer a stark preview of future sea levels on California coast

    Courthouse News Service
    Climate change
    December 7, 2025
    The king tides that ravage the California coast every winter occur when Earth is at its closest to the sun....

    DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Most of California in for warm Christmas and drier than usual; King tides offer a stark preview of future sea levels on California coast; The reservoir headache one desert city can’t leave behind; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    December 7, 2025
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    WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec. 1-5: Trump admin adopts plan to pump more water from the Delta; SoCal wet winter brings La Niña/El Niño confusion; Initial SWP allocation set at 10%; New watershed studies highlight how the San Joaquin Basin can turn floods into opportunities; and more …

    Maven
    Weekly Digest
    December 5, 2025
    A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/5: Trump administration adopts plan to pump more water from the Delta over state objections; ‘A bit like poker,’ California’s wet winter brings La Niña/El Niño confusion; Research: Californian water suppliers consistently overestimate water demand; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    December 5, 2025
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    SJV WATER: Settlement wipes out $24 million in groundwater fee debt, removes pipeline opposition in high desert dispute

    SJV Water
    Groundwater News
    December 5, 2025
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water A settlement between a desert mining company and groundwater authority in eastern Kern County will...

    NOAA FISHERIES: Most Threatened and Endangered Pacific Coast Salmon Populations Increased After Listings

    NOAA Fisheries
    Fish and wildlife
    December 5, 2025
    Endangered Species Act protections move salmon toward recovery. From NOAA Fisheries Most Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead listed under the...

    RESEARCH ARTICLE: Water demand projection accuracy and demand management trends in California cities

    American Geophysical Union
    Planning and management
    December 5, 2025
    From Water Resources Research: This study investigates the accuracy of long-term water demand projections and tracks the evolution of water...

    NASA satellite data show decrease in Colorado River Basin aquifers

    NASA/JPL
    Colorado River
    December 5, 2025
    Researchers used data from the GRACE/GRACE-FO platform to estimate that the region has lost a combined 34 cubic kilometers of...

    Reclamation updates long-term operation plan for the Central Valley Project

    Bureau of Reclamation News
    Water project operations
    December 4, 2025
    Operational updates aim to maximize water deliveries across California Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation...

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/4: Supreme Court urged to take up California water rights case; Groundwater ruling sparks fears for Ventura County farmers; The ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theory dogging cloud seeding programs; Why one Tribe has declared the Colorado River a legal person; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    December 4, 2025
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    DAILY DIGEST, 12/3: CA strongly objects to Trump’s plan to pump more Delta water south; State officially takes Kaweah off groundwater “naughty” list; New watershed studies highlight how the San Joaquin Basin can turn floods into opportunities; EPA ‘rightsizing’ key offices in California, Illinois; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    December 3, 2025
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    Today’s Daily Digest

    DAILY DIGEST, 1/9: California is officially free of drought conditions for the first time in 25 years; Snow drought current conditions and impacts in the West; One very surprising reason Bay Area tide charts were way off during recent floods; Forces aligning against healthy snowpack and a ‘normal’ water supply for Colorado River states; and more …

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    • DAILY DIGEST, 1/8: La Niña could end soon - here's what to expect; New Central Valley Flood-MAR dashboard integrates floodwater and groundwater management; Urban wildfire: Water system capacities and limitations; Farmers pioneer water solutions as Colorado River dwindles; and more ...
      DAILY DIGEST, 1/8: La Niña could end soon - here's what to expect; New Central Valley Flood-MAR dashboard integrates floodwater and groundwater management; Urban wildfire: Water system capacities and limitations; Farmers pioneer water solutions as Colorado River dwindles; and more ...
    • DAILY DIGEST, 1/9: California is officially free of drought conditions for the first time in 25 years; Snow drought current conditions and impacts in the West; One very surprising reason Bay Area tide charts were way off during recent floods; Forces aligning against healthy snowpack and a ‘normal’ water supply for Colorado River states; and more ...
      DAILY DIGEST, 1/9: California is officially free of drought conditions for the first time in 25 years; Snow drought current conditions and impacts in the West; One very surprising reason Bay Area tide charts were way off during recent floods; Forces aligning against healthy snowpack and a ‘normal’ water supply for Colorado River states; and more ...
    • PRESS RELEASE: Reclamation releases draft environmental review for post-2026 Colorado River operations
      PRESS RELEASE: Reclamation releases draft environmental review for post-2026 Colorado River operations
    • WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 5-9: CA free of drought but snow drought persists; Satellite radar advances could transform global snow monitoring; New Central Valley Flood-MAR dashboard integrates floodwater and groundwater management; Urban wildfire: water system capacities and limitations; and more ...
      WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 5-9: CA free of drought but snow drought persists; Satellite radar advances could transform global snow monitoring; New Central Valley Flood-MAR dashboard integrates floodwater and groundwater management; Urban wildfire: water system capacities and limitations; and more ...
    • GAO REPORT: Freshwater supply: Interior should continue to identify improvements to the large-scale water recycling program
      GAO REPORT: Freshwater supply: Interior should continue to identify improvements to the large-scale water recycling program
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