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STATE WATER BOARD: Since launch of landmark state program, 900,000 more Californians have access to safe, affordable drinking water

July 23, 2024

Since 2019, State Water Board has distributed over $1 billion in grants for drinking water projects in disadvantaged communities Five...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/22: Californians’ water usage is down 9%; More inland heat before late July reprieve; Harder introduces bill to keep nutria out of Central Valley; Wave goodbye to 19 feet of water as Lake Mead begins 6-month drop; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 22, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: How on-site water recycling can boost conservation; Newsom vetoes bill on coastal water regulation during droughts; Nevada County emergency water shortage is real; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 21, 2024

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 15-19: Inland cities face the steepest water cuts with new conservation regs; In an era of dam removal, CA is building more; From litigation to collaboration: How environmentalists and water agencies went from fighting over fish to helping them; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

July 19, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 7/19: Hot, inland California cities face the steepest water cuts with new conservation mandate; Lithium critical to the energy transition is coming at the expense of water; The science that transformed a dry streambed into an oasis; Is drought returning to California?; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 19, 2024

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CAL MATTERS: Hot, inland California cities face the steepest water cuts with new conservation mandate

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

July 19, 2024

Urban water agencies serving a third of Californians won’t need to cut use, while Central Valley and desert cities face...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition is Coming at the Expense of Water

Inside Climate News

Ecosystems

July 19, 2024

By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that...

USGS: The science that transformed a dry streambed into an oasis

USGS

Ecosystems

July 19, 2024

Nature-based solutions may seem too-good-to-be-true, but USGS is studying how these simple solutions provide benefits for people and the environment....

DWR: Upper Sacramento River restoration project provides habitat for juvenile salmon

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Ecosystems

July 19, 2024

By the Department of Water Resources: About 60 miles north of Chico, CA is Anderson River Park which sits along...

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Central Valley Project Conservation Program and Central Valley Project Improvement Act Habitat Restoration Program now available

Bureau of Reclamation News

ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 19, 2024

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a funding...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/18: Survey: Californians identify climate change, wildfires, and water supply as top concerns; Another heat wave coming; Repeat of massive sturgeon die-offs likely; Unpacking the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the “Chevron Doctrine”; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 18, 2024

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C-WIN: On the Brink: Repeat of Massive Sturgeon Die-Offs Likely

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Water quality

July 18, 2024

Warm Water in Delta Setting Stage for Another Catastrophe, Organization Warns Press release from the California Water Impact Network Huge...

PRESS RELEASE: The missing piece: Protecting California’s struggling native fish

SJV water agencies

Fish and wildlife

July 18, 2024

New study reveals significant impact of predation on native fish populations Press release from the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District A groundbreaking...

KNEE DEEP TIMES: Marshes could save Bay Area half a billion dollars in floods

Jacoba Charles

Delta science

July 18, 2024

By Jacoba Charles, Knee Deep Times What, precisely, is the value of habitat restoration? While answers tend to aim for...

UC RIVERSIDE: Microbes found to destroy certain ‘forever chemicals’

UC Riverside

Water quality

July 18, 2024

Bacteria can cleave stubborn fluorine-to-carbon bonds in insidious water pollutants By David Danelski, UC Riverside A UC Riverside environmental engineering...