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March 8, 2024

Biologists expect higher, turbid spring waters to jump-start recovery By NOAA Fisheries The Klamath River is making the most of...

PRESS RELEASE: Board sets probationary hearing for critically overdrafted Tule groundwater subbasin

State Water Board

Groundwater News

March 8, 2024

Groundwater depletion causing dry well impacts and subsidence that threatens critical infrastructure, including the Friant-Kern Canal From the State Water...

PRESS RELEASE: Groups call out conservation as equitable, affordable and the most reliable option for meeting the state’s demand for water in light of the West’s unpredictable water future

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Policy and regulation

March 8, 2024

Groups call out conservation as equitable, affordable and the most reliable option for meeting the state’s demand for water in...

NEVADA CURRENT: Colorado River basin states pitch two alternative plans

Nevada Current

Colorado River

March 7, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current After months of tense discussion over the future of the Colorado River, western states that...

DAILY DIGEST, 3/7: Lower basin states propose new approach for post-2026 Colorado River operations, upper basin says no way; Nutrients from wastewater treatment plants may threaten coastal marine life―should California regulate them?; DWR Releases Groundwater Well Permitting Report; Marin water managers gain edge in weather science; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

March 7, 2024

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

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Nutrients from wastewater treatment plants may threaten coastal marine life―should California regulate them?

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Ecosystems Notebook News and Features Science

March 7, 2024

Nutrients from human waste boost ocean acidification & hypoxia in CA―wastewater treatment agencies say regulation is premature, environmentalists say it’s...

CAL MATTERS: California agrees to long-term cuts of Colorado River water

Cal Matters

Colorado River

March 7, 2024

California, Arizona and Nevada would cut their allocations about 20% when reservoir levels drop. But other states have their own...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Lower basin calls for upper basin cuts; upper basin says ‘no way’

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

March 7, 2024

Colorado River basin states submit competing proposals for reservoir operations post-2026 By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism This article was first...

DWR NEWS: Understanding the Underground: DWR Completes First Phase of Innovative Groundwater Mapping Program

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

March 7, 2024

State-of-the-art helicopter-based technology and local coordination improve management of our underground water supply From the Department of Water Resources: National...