Posts

March 15, 2023

As storms get warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up. By Jake Bittle, Grist...

CAL MATTERS: No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year

March 15, 2023

The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Making it snow: A brief history and review of the science behind cloud-seeding

Desert Research Institute

Water supply augmentation

March 15, 2023

By the Desert Research Institute: Clouds – those enigmatic formations of condensed water vapor which drift above our heads, forming...

DFW NEWS: CDFW Using Winter Storms to Help Increase Survival of Hatchery Released Chinook Salmon

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Science

March 15, 2023

By CDFW News Anticipating good conditions for the survival of hatchery-produced Chinook salmon throughout the Sacramento River and tributaries, the...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan board rescinds emergency conservation mandate imposed on dozens of communities

Metropolitan Water District

Policy and regulation

March 15, 2023

Southern Californians asked to continue using water efficiently to prepare for uncertainty of Colorado River water supplies, by increasing storage...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/15: CA faces a big snowmelt this spring; Dan Walters: Tulare Lake will be revived this year; DWR releases semi-annual groundwater report; US forecaster says El Nino could arrive by summer 2023; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

March 15, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: California Water Commission will meet beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include Resolutions of...

DR. JEFFREY MOUNT: California Drought: What will it take to protect species?

Maven

Best of the Notebook Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

March 15, 2023

The key is to treat the environment like a priority, not a constraint, says Dr. Jeffrey Mount Freshwater-dependent species in...

NOW AVAILABLE: California Stream Gaging Prioritization Plan

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS Policy and regulation

March 15, 2023

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The final California Stream Gaging Prioritization Plan is now available. The state recognizes...

SJV WATER: Damage from “severe breach” of Friant-Kern Canal construction at Deer Creek difficult to assess

SJV Water

Water project operations

March 14, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water An unfinished section of the new Friant-Kern Canal suffered a “severe breach” at Deer Creek...

SJV WATER: Kern River outflow from Lake Isabella is ramping up but, no, it is not a “flood release”

SJV Water

Current Conditions

March 14, 2023

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Outflow from Lake Isabella into the Kern River increased on Tuesday but only because downriver...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/14: New AR brings heavy snow, rain; Will Shasta Dam spill?; An epic snowpack may test water management in the San Joaquin Valley; The Hodge approach is the best solution to California’s water disputes; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

March 14, 2023

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife beginning at 9:00am. Among the...

DELTA INDEPENDENT SCIENCE BOARD reacts positively to the scientific basis report for the voluntary agreements

Maven

Notebook News and Features Science

March 14, 2023

DISB Board Chair Lisa Wainger: “This is worth doing. Just make sure you learn from it.” The Delta Independent Science...

THE CONVERSATION: Why rain on snow in the California mountains worries scientists

The Conversation

Climate change Hydrology

March 14, 2023

By Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation Another round of powerful atmospheric rivers is hitting California, following storms...