Posts

September 21, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources: To help Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) address the depletion of interconnected surface water (ISW)...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California judges call for continuing education in face of climate-related litigation

Courthouse News Service

Climate change

September 21, 2024

The judiciary’s role in resolving conflicts related to climate change is expected to become only greater as global warming will...

DWR: Lake Oroville update: Routine spillway inspections scheduled; Geotechnical investigation; Feather River floating classrooms; Current lake operations; and more …

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 21, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources: Routine Spillway Inspections Scheduled Following another wet winter requiring flood control releases from Oroville...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Celebrating Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Week 2024

Delta Conservancy

ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 21, 2024

From the Delta Conservancy: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Week, taking place this year from September 22 through 28, is a celebration...

PRESS RELEASE: Sites Reservoir project clears legal hurdle thanks to streamlining law

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Policy and regulation

September 20, 2024

From the Office of the Governor: The Sites Reservoir project just cleared another major hurdle after Governor Gavin Newsom had...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 9/15-9/20: Sites Reservoir permitting process hits a snag; Kings County judge rules against state Water Board in SGMA case; Tule groundwater basin put on probation, with two exceptions; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

September 20, 2024

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

DAILY DIGEST, 9/20: CA already drier than a year ago as La Niña risk looms; Trump’s big vendetta against the tiny delta smelt; Ten years after SGMA, what’s next?; Tiny threat, big impact: Invasive snails thrive in Lake Tahoe; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

September 20, 2024

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SJV WATER: Ten years after the law known as SGMA changed California’s water world, what’s next?

SJV Water

Groundwater News

September 20, 2024

By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Monday marked the 10-year anniversary of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, (SGMA) which aims to...

GRIST: What scientists have learned from 20 years of microplastics research

Grist

Water quality

September 20, 2024

By Joseph Winters, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Twenty years...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/19: AT&T agrees to settle case over abandoned lead cables beneath Lake Tahoe; Delta’s largest-ever tidal wetland restoration project completed; Is ‘weather whiplash’ our new normal?; Controversial landfill in wine country expected to close; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

September 19, 2024

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COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: AT&T agrees to settle case over abandoned lead cables beneath Lake Tahoe

Courthouse News Service

Water quality

September 19, 2024

The communications giant said it had agreed in 2021 to remove the cables, but paused that process to have further...

PRESS RELEASE: California Sportfishing Protection Alliance secures AT&T’s removal of toxic lead-containing phone cables from Lake Tahoe

CA Sportfishing Protection Alliance

Water quality

September 19, 2024

Press release from the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance: Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California. September 18, 2024 – California Sportfishing Protection...