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    THIS JUST IN … State Water Project allocation increased to 30%

    Department of Water Resources (DWR)
    Current Conditions
    January 26, 2023
    Recent Storms Allow State Water Project to Increase Expected 2023 Deliveries to 1.27 Million Acre-Feet of Water From the Department...

    DAILY DIGEST, 1/26: California’s Delta water dilemma; Central Valley water leaders call for improved infrastructure; When the rain and snow could return to Northern California; The Colorado River is overused and shrinking; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    January 26, 2023
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Stewardship Council beginning at 9am. Agenda items include updates from the Delta...

    AG ALERT: Groups sue over legality of new ‘waters of the U.S.’ law

    Ag Alert
    AgriculturePolicy and regulation
    January 25, 2023
    By Ag Alert The American Farm Bureau Federation and other agricultural and business groups are suing federal agencies, challenging the...

    AG ALERT: Farmer demonstrations help promote cover crops

    Ag Alert
    Agriculture
    January 25, 2023
    By Vicky Boyd Rich Gemperle likes to describe his family’s crop production style as “soft farming,” in which they try...

    DAILY DIGEST, 1/25: Storm deluge stirs hope for water supply; Calif. Water company shifts TCP cleanup costs to polluters; Madera Co. ditches plan to tinker with groundwater penalties; Water crisis not registering as a priority with Californians; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    January 25, 2023
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Conservancy Board from 9am to 1pm. Agenda items include updates on the...

    METROPOLITAN ONE WATER COMMITTEE: Potential of increased water efficiency, reuse, stormwater capture; $100 million for water transfers; SoCal water update, and more …

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesWater supply augmentation
    January 25, 2023
    With the installation of Adán Ortega as the Chair of the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors, there have been...

    DAILY DIGEST, 1/24: NASA measures underground water flowing from Sierra to Central Valley; Lake Oroville spillway work expected between May and October; Making the Friant-Kern Canal whole again; L.A. County flood-control dams at risk of overflowing after Jan. storms; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    January 24, 2023
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: January 2023 Southwest Drought Briefing from 12pm to 12:35pm. Winter is the season...

    DELTA WATERMASTER: Michael George retires, recounts the progress made in his two terms

    Maven
    Website announcements
    January 24, 2023
    Delta Watermaster Michael George was appointed in 2015, the second to serve in the position created in 2009 by the...

    GRIST: A California town’s wastewater is helping it battle drought

    Grist
    Water supply augmentation
    January 23, 2023
    By Naoki Nitta, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story...

    NASA/JPL: NASA measures underground water flowing from Sierra to Central Valley

    NASA/JPL
    Groundwater News
    January 23, 2023
    This source accounts for about 10% of all the water that enters this highly productive farmland, including rivers and rain....

    USBR NEWS: Making the Friant-Kern Canal Whole Again

    Bureau of Reclamation News
    Planning and management
    January 23, 2023
    Project Aims to Restore the Venerable Asset’s Ability to Convey Water By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation When a key...

    NEVADA CURRENT: More snow in the mountains may not lead to more water, study finds

    Nevada Current
    Hydrology
    January 23, 2023
    by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Mountains in the southwestern U.S. are welcoming record-breaking snowpacks this year, but new research shows...

    DAILY DIGEST, 1/23: La Niña shows signs of ending. Is El Niño next?; Conservation groups criticize Water Board’s side deals for Delta water; Oil wells guzzle CA water while nearby residents can’t use tap; Folsom Lake expected to fill this summer; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    January 23, 2023
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar from 11am to 12pm.  The California-Nevada Drought...

    DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Snowpack is robust, but experts worry hot, dry weather coming; No Delta smelt found in fall fish survey; Water district roiled by bitter infighting, criminal charges against GM; Constituents want McCarthy to do more on water; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    January 22, 2023
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … The West’s snow boom could ease the water crisis. But experts worry...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Unlocking ‘nature’s storm drains’ to harness floods and combat California’s drought

    Courthouse News Service
    Groundwater News
    January 21, 2023
    What if valleys — carved by glaciers during the last ice age and filled over millennia with highly permeable sand...
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    Today’s Daily Digest

    DAILY DIGEST, 11/10: National Academies releases report on Delta water project operations; Stronger, wetter storm to hit California this week; New ballot measure push aims to overhaul California’s landmark environmental law; Stockton waterfront faces annual invasion of fast-growing hyacinth; and more …

    Top Posts

    • DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Trump administration presses Western states to find consensus on shrinking Colorado River; Kings County Farm Bureau vows to take groundwater case to state Supreme Court; Study finds California drought triples water prices. Could groundwater storage be answer?; and more ...
      DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Trump administration presses Western states to find consensus on shrinking Colorado River; Kings County Farm Bureau vows to take groundwater case to state Supreme Court; Study finds California drought triples water prices. Could groundwater storage be answer?; and more ...
    • DAILY DIGEST, 11/10: National Academies releases report on Delta water project operations; Stronger, wetter storm to hit California this week; New ballot measure push aims to overhaul California’s landmark environmental law; Stockton waterfront faces annual invasion of fast-growing hyacinth; and more ...
      DAILY DIGEST, 11/10: National Academies releases report on Delta water project operations; Stronger, wetter storm to hit California this week; New ballot measure push aims to overhaul California’s landmark environmental law; Stockton waterfront faces annual invasion of fast-growing hyacinth; and more ...
    • SJV WATER: “We’re not stopping.” Kings County Farm Bureau vows to take groundwater case to state Supreme Court
      SJV WATER: “We’re not stopping.” Kings County Farm Bureau vows to take groundwater case to state Supreme Court
    • NEW REPORT: Review of the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project
      NEW REPORT: Review of the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project
    • DAILY DIGEST, 11/7: Major storm could drench CA — or miss much of the state. Here are the odds; With the rise of AI, CA’s data centers require more water, energy. But by how much?; California projected to achieve lowest Colorado River use since 1949; and more ...
      DAILY DIGEST, 11/7: Major storm could drench CA — or miss much of the state. Here are the odds; With the rise of AI, CA’s data centers require more water, energy. But by how much?; California projected to achieve lowest Colorado River use since 1949; and more ...

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