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DAILY DIGEST, 7/13: Lake Tahoe has an alarmingly high concentration of microplastics, study finds; Water rights bill moves forward; Millerton Lake reaches full capacity, spills over the top; State Water Board releases draft report on expediting permitting for seawater desalination plants; and more …

July 13, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Clean Water, Complicated Laws: Funding Stormwater and Wastewater Programs from 10am to 10:30am....

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: California’s unnatural river flows threaten aquatic life—here’s a (partial) fix

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Science

July 13, 2023

By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...

PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board releases draft report on expediting permitting for seawater desalination plants

State Water Board

Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

July 13, 2023

Draft siting and streamlining criteria developed as part of state’s multipronged Water Supply Strategy From the State Water Resources Control...

COMMENTARY: Ending Mono Lake diversions to Los Angeles would help the environment but hurt the climate

Cal Matters

Climate change Commentary Water rights and water law

July 13, 2023

The environmental costs of ending water diversions from Mono Lake to Los Angeles would be mixed: It might help a...

SJV WATER: New groundwater fee aims to create “equity” among South San Joaquin Valley farmers but some say it will unfairly devalue their farms

SJV Water

Groundwater News

July 12, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water A new groundwater fee intended to create “financial equity” between farmers who pay for imported...

SJV WATER: Irrigators want to slow the flow of Kern River to bring Lake Isabella to its brim

SJV Water

Water project operations

July 12, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water The question of whether Lake Isabella might “spill” has now turned to whether it will...

CENTER SQUARE: California Democrats move forward bill to chip away historic water rights

The Center Square

Policy and regulation

July 12, 2023

By Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square The California Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife today passed a bill...

CA COURTS NEWSROOM: Courts Prepare for Rise in Climate and Water Law Cases

California Courts Newsroom

Climate change

July 12, 2023

Environmental Summit focuses on how rapidly changing environment is expected to increase litigation and present thorny legal issues By Blaine...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/12: Klamath Dam removal begins, but new concerns arise; Direct Potable Reuse rulemaking begins; Q&A with California’s “Water Renaissance Man” Justice Ronald Robie; Lake Tahoe has high concentration of microplastics, global research shows; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 12, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Senate Committee on Environmental Quality beginning at 9am. Click here for the...

CA COURTS NEWSROOM: Diving into Water Law: Q&A with California’s “Water Renaissance Man” Justice Ronald Robie

California Courts Newsroom

Water rights and water law

July 12, 2023

By Merrill Balassone, California Courts Newsroom He’s been called a “water renaissance man.” Justice Ronald Robie has dived into the...

THE CONVERSATION: Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California

The Conversation

Ecosystems

July 12, 2023

By Beth Rose Middleton Manning, University of California, Davis and Robert Lusardi, University of California, Davis The Klamath River runs...

CAL MATTERS: Drones, satellites and AI: How California fights its unpredictable wildfires with analytics

Cal Matters

Wildfires and watersheds

July 12, 2023

By Julie Cart, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

DELTA COUNCIL: Certification of Consistency filed for the Ulatis Creek Habitat Restoration Project

Delta Stewardship Council

ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 11, 2023

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The Solano Resource Conservation District has submitted a certification of consistency to the Delta Stewardship...

PRESS RELEASE: Next phase of recycled water begins for California *UPDATED with advance copy of the regulations

State Water Board

Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

July 11, 2023

State advances nation-leading proposed regulations to convert wastewater to high-quality drinking water From the State Water Resources Control Board Achieving...

PNNL: Adding snow to estimates of spring flooding

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Planning and management

July 11, 2023

A PNNL scheme to improve small-scale hydrologic infrastructure helps pinpoint local flood risks By Corydon Ireland, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...