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June 3, 2025

By Lorena Anderson, UC Merced An average of more than 1 million acres of idled farmland a year is a...

COMMENTARY: California’s restoration bottleneck deepens biodiversity debt

June 3, 2025

Guest commentary by Becca Madsen, director of the Restoration Economy Center at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) California’s water...

PRESS RELEASE: RWA releases water accounting system for the Sacramento Regional Water Bank

Sacramento Regional Water Authority

Groundwater News

June 3, 2025

New framework enhances transparency and accountability, helping to build confidence in groundwater banking and long-term sustainability Press release from the...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Colorado River Basin aquifers are declining even more steeply than the river, new research shows

Inside Climate News

Colorado River Groundwater News

June 3, 2025

Overuse and climate change are rapidly depleting groundwater throughout the region, but aquifers are not part of the negotiations among...

DAILY DIGEST, 6/2: Big Los Angeles-San Diego water settlement reached; Could Sacramento see mass ‘abandonment’?; Speedy LA fire clean-up hailed as ‘historic’, safety questioned; Colorado River Basin reservoir storage: Where do we stand?; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 2, 2025

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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Big Los Angeles-San Diego water settlement reached

Voice of San Diego

Water rights and water law

June 2, 2025

By Scott Lewis, Voice of San Diego The San Diego County Water Authority and Metropolitan Water District are set to...

LAO REPORT: The 2025‑26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

Legislative Analyst's Office

Policy and regulation Reports

June 2, 2025

From the Legislative Analyst’s Office: In this post, we discuss the Governor’s May Revision budget proposal to retroactively suspend three...

NOTICE of Public Hearing and Comment Period – Proposed Changes to the Irrigated Lands Program Sacramento River Watershed General Order

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 2, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: In August of 2025, the Central Valley Water Board will hold a public...

PODCAST: Destination: Delta

Estuary News Group

Podcasts and webinars Science Podcasts

June 2, 2025

By the Estuary News Group The Delta Plan is built on two Coequal goals – water supply in balance with...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Trump’s proposed budget would cut a major ecology program; CA’s water crisis: The case for infrastructure investment; Rising seas complicate Los Angeles wildfire rebuilding; Colorado River states ‘just about out of time’; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

June 1, 2025

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 27-30: Heat wave to break records this weekend; LAO Report on Delta tunnel trailer bill; Reclamation increases CVP allocation; The pasta and future of the Colorado River; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

May 30, 2025

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

DAILY DIGEST, 5/30: ‘Dangerous’ heat wave expected to break records this weekend; DC reps oppose efforts to fast track Delta tunnel; As LA plans to recycle more water, officials want to hear from you; Meager snowpack adds to Colorado River’s woes, straining flows to SoCal; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

May 30, 2025

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SJV WATER: Friant Water Authority agrees to replacement pump stations for district that’s suing it. But adds strings

SJV Water

Groundwater News

May 30, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Fallout from the ongoing who-owes-what dispute over the still sinking Friant-Kern Canal led to some...

PRESS RELEASE: Pebble Beach Golf Links to pursue first-in-nation Clean Water Act permit

Press Release/Notice

Water quality

May 30, 2025

Press release Pebble Beach Company, California Coastkeeper Alliance, The Otter Project, and Monterey Waterkeeper announce a historic alliance to enhance...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/29: First big heat wave is on the way; Scaling floodplain conservation: How the fish food program is revolutionizing fish recovery; PG&E customers face $532M bill for dam removal some don’t want; From crisis to collaboration: The past and future of Colorado River management; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

May 29, 2025

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