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October 16, 2025

Study findings from Southern California avocado orchards help growers save water and money. From California Agriculture: Perched precariously on the...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/15: Metropolitan board appoints Shivaji Deshmukh as agency’s next general manager; California Forever’s latest plan: Expand existing towns; Newsom signs bill setting water-supply targets. Will it help farmers?; Solar growth cushions Colorado River hydropower declines; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

October 15, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

EDWARD RING: Steps towards water abundance

Edward Ring

Commentary

October 15, 2025

By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Earlier this month a letter was sent to...

SJV WATER: Kaweah subbasin to get early Christmas present with state vote to remove it from enforcement

SJV Water

Groundwater News

October 15, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Growers and water managers in the Kaweah groundwater subbasin were gratified to see a formal...

SJV WATER: Eric R. Quinley: The most hated man in the Tule subbasin?

SJV Water

Groundwater News

October 15, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water He’s either simply telling it like it is, or, he’s a sanctimonious know-it-all stirring the...

CA AGRICULTURE: Adoption patterns of on-farm nutrient management practices and nitrogen application rates in California’s Central Valley

UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR)

Water quality

October 15, 2025

Results from a nutrient management practices study show that most growers are adopting four or more practices in the same...

RESTORE THE DELTA: DWR’s Delta tunnel process undermined by incomplete modeling and contradictory filings

Restore the Delta

Delta Conveyance Project

October 15, 2025

From Restore the Delta: Two new developments this week expose major flaws in the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) rush...

NOTICE of Petition for Temporary Transfer under Yuba County Water Agency Permit 15026

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 15, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: On October 1, 2025, Yuba County Water Agency (YWA) filed a petition for...

State Water Board to consider returning the Kaweah Groundwater Subbasin to the Department of Water Resources’ jurisdiction under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 15, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: At its December 2nd Board meeting, the State Water Board will consider referring...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan board appoints Shivaji Deshmukh as agency’s next general manager

Metropolitan Water District

Planning and management

October 14, 2025

Deshmukh is currently general manager of Metropolitan member agency, Inland Empire Utilities Agency Press release from the Metropolitan Water District:...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/14: First storm of the season just getting started; Subsidence photo op stirs bad feelings in already bitter groundwater clash; Board staff recommend Kaweah Subbasin return to DWR jurisdiction under SGMA; California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

October 14, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

SJV WATER: Subsidence photo op stirs bad feelings in already bitter groundwater clash

SJV Water

Groundwater News

October 14, 2025

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Already heated tensions flared Friday when a southern Tulare County dairy farmer noticed what appeared...

STATE WATER BOARD staff recommend Kaweah Subbasin return to DWR jurisdiction under SGMA

State Water Board

Groundwater News

October 14, 2025

Assessment released today describes substantial progress made in sustainability plans. From the State Water Resources Control Board: State Water Resources...

PUBLIC COMMENTS WANTED: Draft Review of Subsidence in the Delta

Delta Stewardship Council

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 14, 2025

From the Delta Independent Science Board: The Delta Independent Science Board is seeking input from the public on its draft...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/13: California is about to be slammed with rain, thunder and snow; The future of conservation: Indigenous ways meet western science; The long fight to undo a 20th-century mistake in Tahoe; La Niña could mean another dangerously dry winter for SoCal; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

October 13, 2025

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

CA AGRICULTURE: UC Cooperative Extension advisor provides first-of-its-kind avocado irrigation data

EDWARD RING: Steps towards water abundance

SJV WATER: Kaweah subbasin to get early Christmas present with state vote to remove it from enforcement

SJV WATER: Eric R. Quinley: The most hated man in the Tule subbasin?

CA AGRICULTURE: Adoption patterns of on-farm nutrient management practices and nitrogen application rates in California’s Central Valley

RESTORE THE DELTA: DWR’s Delta tunnel process undermined by incomplete modeling and contradictory filings

NOTICE of Petition for Temporary Transfer under Yuba County Water Agency Permit 15026

State Water Board to consider returning the Kaweah Groundwater Subbasin to the Department of Water Resources’ jurisdiction under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan board appoints Shivaji Deshmukh as agency’s next general manager

SJV WATER: Subsidence photo op stirs bad feelings in already bitter groundwater clash

STATE WATER BOARD staff recommend Kaweah Subbasin return to DWR jurisdiction under SGMA

PUBLIC COMMENTS WANTED: Draft Review of Subsidence in the Delta

DAILY DIGEST, 10/13: California is about to be slammed with rain, thunder and snow; The future of conservation: Indigenous ways meet western science; The long fight to undo a 20th-century mistake in Tahoe; La Niña could mean another dangerously dry winter for SoCal; and more …

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Trump administration proposes Colorado River options that could hit CA hard; Why sturgeon grow to be so big in Shasta Lake; Underneath California Forever; Grand Canyon’s water has pharmaceuticals in it; and more …