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October 26, 2023

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current A robust water year for the Colorado River has given states that rely on the...

DWR: State Continues to Advance Sustainable Groundwater Management with Release of 17 Basin Determinations

October 26, 2023

Eleven Basins are Approved, and Six Basins are Deemed Incomplete and have 180 Days to Correct Plans From the Department...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/26: Reclamation releases draft SEIS for Colorado River operations through 2026; First snow of the season in the Sierra; Fears of sewage-infested waters spread as Isleton pleas for help; White paper on the nexus between water, energy & carbon in SoCal; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

October 26, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council beginning at 9am. Agenda items include the consideration and possible...

WHITE PAPER: U.S. Green Building Council-L.A. Releases White Paper on the Nexus between Water, Energy & Carbon

Maven

Climate change Reports

October 26, 2023

From the U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles: The U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles (USGBC-LA) today is releasing a...

NOW AVAILABLE: Water Temperature Modeling Platform Peer Review Final Report

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 25, 2023

From the Delta Science Program: In September 2023, the Delta Science Program hosted a three-day hybrid meeting for an independent...

NEWS RELEASE: Delta Conservancy Board Approves $13 Million for Nature-Based Solutions: Wetland Restoration Projects

Delta Conservancy

Policy and regulation

October 25, 2023

From the Delta Conservancy: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy Board on Wednesday approved awarding up to $13.3 million for three...

CAL MATTERS: Western States’ planned water cuts are enough to avert a Colorado River crisis, for now

Cal Matters

Colorado River

October 25, 2023

Wet weather and planned cuts by California, Arizona and Nevada averted declines that could have threatened water deliveries and power...

NEWS RELEASE: Reclamation releases draft SEIS for Colorado River operations through 2026

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

October 25, 2023

Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and voluntary water conservation commitments will save 3-million-acre feet of water through...

EOS: Dust Is Melting Snow—And Current Models Can’t Keep Up

American Geophysical Union

Hydrology

October 25, 2023

Mountain snowpack melts quicker when coated in dust. This cyclical problem is forcing water forecasts to evolve. By Kara West,...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/25: First measurable, widespread snow expected in Sierra; As weather gets less predictable, hydropower dams look to new forecasting techniques; Dust is melting snow—and current models can’t keep up; Update on the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

October 25, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Conservancy Board beginning at 9am at the Big Break Center in Oakley. ...

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Update on the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 25, 2023

In 2014, voters approved Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act, which allocated $2.6 billion for the...

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition urges the Newsom administration to reject the Sites Project Authority’s rushed application for regulatory streamlining

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

October 25, 2023

Today, Friends of the River, Defenders of Wildlife, and a coalition of conservation organizations submitted a letter to the Governor’s...

AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers

Ag Alert

Agriculture

October 25, 2023

By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...

UC DAVIS: Adding crushed rock to farmland pulls carbon out of the air

UC Davis

Agriculture Climate change

October 25, 2023

Field test finds carbon stored in soils even in dry climates By Amy Quinton, UC Davis Adding crushed volcanic rock...

AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Farmers fight to fix a river channel before next flood

Ag Alert

Commentary

October 25, 2023

By Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau During atmospheric river storms that hit California in January...

NEVADA CURRENT: Feds say water cuts to 3 states are enough to protect Colorado River – for now

DWR: State Continues to Advance Sustainable Groundwater Management with Release of 17 Basin Determinations

DAILY DIGEST, 10/26: Reclamation releases draft SEIS for Colorado River operations through 2026; First snow of the season in the Sierra; Fears of sewage-infested waters spread as Isleton pleas for help; White paper on the nexus between water, energy & carbon in SoCal; and more …

WHITE PAPER: U.S. Green Building Council-L.A. Releases White Paper on the Nexus between Water, Energy & Carbon

NOW AVAILABLE: Water Temperature Modeling Platform Peer Review Final Report

NEWS RELEASE: Delta Conservancy Board Approves $13 Million for Nature-Based Solutions: Wetland Restoration Projects

CAL MATTERS: Western States’ planned water cuts are enough to avert a Colorado River crisis, for now

NEWS RELEASE: Reclamation releases draft SEIS for Colorado River operations through 2026

EOS: Dust Is Melting Snow—And Current Models Can’t Keep Up

DAILY DIGEST, 10/25: First measurable, widespread snow expected in Sierra; As weather gets less predictable, hydropower dams look to new forecasting techniques; Dust is melting snow—and current models can’t keep up; Update on the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project; and more …

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Update on the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition urges the Newsom administration to reject the Sites Project Authority’s rushed application for regulatory streamlining

AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers

UC DAVIS: Adding crushed rock to farmland pulls carbon out of the air

AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Farmers fight to fix a river channel before next flood

DAILY DIGEST, 10/3: GIS, data central to water agencies in a changing world; Tahoe could see first snow of season; Study shows the impact of upstream dynamics on the health of Lake Tahoe; Report takes aim at Colorado River water managers’ inaction; and more …