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SJV WATER: Water district between two counties and two subbasins forges its own groundwater sustainability path

February 14, 2024

By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The small Kern-Tulare Water District moved forward recently in breaking away from two other groundwater...

AG ALERT: Farmers regroup after storms batter state

Ag Alert

Agriculture

February 14, 2024

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert With a respite from stormy weather, farmers say they are surveying for any damage and...

EOS: Groundwater levels are dropping around the world

American Geophysical Union

Groundwater News

February 14, 2024

Well data from around the world show declines driven by water use and climate change. by Katherine Bourzac Farmers rely...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/13: Wet weather on tap this weekend; Atmospheric rivers boosts CA’s hydropower supplies; Train carrying over 100 tons of coal derails & spills into Feather River; Dam removal project ‘going exactly according to plan’; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

February 13, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … HYBRID MEETING: SAFER Drinking Water Program from 9:30 am to 5pm. The SAFER Advisory...

SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Managing a Cyanobacteria Harmful Algae Bloom “hotspot” in the Upper San Francisco Estuary

Maven

Delta science Notebook News and Features Water quality

February 13, 2024

At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, interim Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers highlighted recent research on...

USGS: New study demonstrates how climate and irrigation influence salinity of waters in the Upper Colorado Basin

USGS

Colorado River

February 13, 2024

From the USGS: A newly published study from the U.S. Geological Survey explains how salinity in the Upper Colorado River...

DAILY DIGEST, 2/12: The race to understand atmospheric rivers; Our El Niño winter could make way for a La Niña summer; How irrigation harms (or helps) streamflows in the west; Unlicensed cannabis grows use more water than licensed grows; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

February 12, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: California Water Culture: An overview of how California’s unique waterways have been transformed,...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: California isn’t ready for a megaflood. Or the loss of Daniel Swain.

Inside Climate News

Hydrology

February 12, 2024

The state’s legendary and beloved “climate scientist-communicator” finds his public outreach isn’t valued by the institutions in America that fund...

EOS: The escalating impact of global warming on atmospheric rivers

American Geophysical Union

Climate change Science

February 12, 2024

by Saima May Sidik Ribbons of water vapor called atmospheric rivers wind through the troposphere, moving the planet’s moisture from...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: More storms at the end of the week; CA’s flood defenses held this time, but they are weakening; La Niña on the horizon? California’s wild weather year could get even weirder; Long-term Colorado River rescue plan at an impasse? It’s north vs. south in the West; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

February 11, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California faces renewed ‘significant flooding risk’ as more atmospheric river storms loom...