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    COURTHOUSE NEWS: No harm, no foul, no suit in fight over Sacramento River pollution

    Courthouse News Service
    Water qualityWater rights and water law
    January 5, 2024
    Environmentalists must offer concrete examples of harm in their suit against a modular home builder over river contamination. By Alan...

    CAL MATTERS: California’s new water conservation rules too stringent and costly, analysts say

    Cal Matters
    Policy and regulation
    January 4, 2024
    By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters...

    NOW IN EFFECT: New flood-related regulation for prioritizing levee investments in California’s Delta

    Delta Stewardship Council
    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    January 4, 2024
    From the Delta Stewardship Council: The new year has brought new flood protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta...

    DAILY DIGEST, 1/4: How AI can help protect California streams and fish; A Stanford economist says we should think of water like radio waves; Delta Conveyance Project not the only plan in town; Cuyama water lawsuit moves forward as Bolthouse, Grimmway drop out; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    January 4, 2024
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How AI can help protect California streams and fish “Rivers in...

    NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How AI can help protect California streams and fish

    Robin Meadows
    Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features
    January 4, 2024
    by Robin Meadows  Rivers in California once swelled and ebbed as the seasons changed and as wet years gave way...

    SJV WATER: Delano water bottling plant prompts concerns over exporting native groundwater

    SJV Water
    Groundwater News
    January 3, 2024
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water News of the new Niagara Bottling plant going up in Delano hit the local groundwater...

    DAILY DIGEST, 1/3: Sierra Nevada snowpack at lowest level in 10 years as ‘snow drought’ grips CA, western US; Two more storm systems bringing snow, rain; Salinity management in the Central Valley; New Year brings new laws, policies; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    January 3, 2024
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … VIRTUAL MEETING: State Board of Food and Ag (Virtual) from 4pm to 5pm.  The...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: ‘We’re dry:’ First 2024 snow survey dismal in California

    Courthouse News Service
    Current Conditions
    January 3, 2024
    Only time will tell if the Golden State will see a big jump in precipitation like in 2023, but so...

    DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: First dive survey of Lake Tahoe’s lakebed finds high amounts of plastic and other litter

    Desert Research Institute
    Water quality
    January 3, 2024
    Scientists teamed up with nonprofit Clean Up the Lake to collect and analyze litter found on the bottom of Lake...

    AG ALERT: New Year brings new laws, policies affecting farmers

    Ag Alert
    Policy and regulation
    January 3, 2024
    By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert With the New Year comes a slew of new state and federal policies designed to...

    AG ALERT: State readopts curtailment for Scott, Shasta tributaries

    Ag Alert
    Agriculture
    January 3, 2024
    By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Even though the clock doesn’t run out on winter for another eight weeks, state water...

    THIS JUST IN … First Snow Survey of the Season Finds Below Average Conditions for California

    Department of Water Resources (DWR)
    Current Conditions
    January 2, 2024
    With Above Average Reservoir Levels, El Niño Conditions, and a Dry Start to the Water Year, California is Preparing for...

    DAILY DIGEST, 1/2: Parade of cross-country storms to hammer the West Coast into mid-January; What will become of rice?; Believing in the power of beavers; Researchers, tribes, residents prepare for a century of sediment released from the Klamath dams; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    January 2, 2024
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Parade of cross-country storms to hammer the West Coast into mid-January “The weather...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: Snow on California’s 2024 wish list

    Courthouse News Service
    Current Conditions
    December 29, 2023
    By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News The drive to the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains...

    SJV WATER: Judge limits Bakersfield’s take of Kern River water and orders all sides to the drawing board over fish flows

    SJV Water
    Water rights and water law
    December 29, 2023
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp issued a modified injunction on Kern River flows...
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    DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: El Niño emergency begins now as beaches erode; Where rivers meet the sea: How estuaries protect our water; State-funded stormwater project will help protect Lake Tahoe clarity; Lithium-ion batteries heat up again at La Verne water facility, prolonging evacuations; and more …

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