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DAILY DIGEST, 11/13: How floating wetlands could transform restoration in the Delta; Climate change could bring disaster or solutions to San Joaquin Valley; The Trump-California water wars are about to begin; Extreme weather accelerates nitrate pollution in groundwater; and more …

November 13, 2024

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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How floating wetlands could transform restoration in California’s Delta

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Delta science Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

November 13, 2024

Floating wetlands sound like something straight out of a fairy tale, fanciful landscapes where the laws of nature are suspended....

SJV WATER: Climate change could bring disaster or solutions to San Joaquin Valley

SJV Water

Climate change

November 13, 2024

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A projected increase in the kind of “atmospheric river” type storms California experienced in the...

UC DAVIS: Extreme weather accelerates nitrate pollution in groundwater

UC Davis

Groundwater News

November 13, 2024

Heavy rains can cause contamination in just 10 days By Amy Quinton, UC Davis Extreme weather spurred by climate change,...

DAILY DIGEST, 11/12: Deal reached to expand San Luis Reservoir; The other side of Klamath dam removal; PPIC: Is CA ready for climate change?; October is over – What it means for this water year; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 12, 2024

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PRESERVING OUR WATERSHEDS: How Placer County Water Agency and Yuba Water Agency are reducing wildfire risk to protect water supplies

Sacramento Regional Water Authority

Ecosystems Wildfires and watersheds

November 12, 2024

By Jim Peifer, Executive Director, Regional Water Authority Though summer is behind us, the risk of wildfires persists in our...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Numerous appeals filed for DWR’s consistency determination for the Delta Conveyance Project geotechnical activities

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

November 10, 2024

The appeals allege numerous inconsistencies with Delta Plan policies and say piecemealing the project is inconsistent with CEQA Last Friday,...

SJV WATER: Madera County project aims to curb groundwater pull by paying farmers to find new uses for land

SJV Water

Groundwater News

November 9, 2024

By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Residents and advocates in the small community of Fairmead have been working for years to...

NIDIS: New research finds rising heat driving Western droughts

NIDIS

Hydrology

November 9, 2024

Higher temperatures can cause droughts even with normal precipitation Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Appeals Filed for 2024-2026 Delta Conveyance Project Proposed Geotechnical Activities

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta Conveyance Project

November 8, 2024

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following parties have appealed the California Department of Water Resources Certification of Consistency (C20242)...