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    CIRCLE OF BLUE: U.S. homes show three-decade decline in indoor water use

    Circle of Blue
    Planning and management
    June 22, 2026
    Long-term drop in residential use is a federal policy success story. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Decades ago, before...

    DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Environmental groups sue California State Parks over plan they say endangers protected wildlife; Newsom’s stance on controversial data centers about to be tested. Again.; Understanding juvenile salmon mortality in the Klamath River; Congressman urges federal review of controversial Mojave Desert groundwater project; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    June 21, 2026
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmental groups sue California State Parks over plan they say endangers protected wildlife

    Courthouse News Service
    Policy and regulation
    June 20, 2026
    The plaintiffs ask a Sacramento County judge to disallow any further project approvals unless the state complies with the California...

    CDFW: Understanding juvenile salmon mortality in the Klamath River

    Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Fish and wildlife
    June 20, 2026
    The Klamath River is back in the news as juvenile salmon are turning up dead, and there are questions about...

    ANALYSIS: The Colorado River water supply crisis in a few graphs: Part 1

    Guest Contributor
    Colorado River
    June 20, 2026
    By Jack Schmidt, Anne Castle, Eric Kuhn, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara In 2026 and for only the third time in...

    NOTICE of hearing to consider modification of California American Water Company Cease and Desist order (State Water Board Orders WR 2016-0016 and WR 2009-0060)

    State Water Board
    ANNOUNCEMENTSPolicy and regulation
    June 20, 2026
    From State Water Board: The State Water Board or Board, Division of Water Rights (Division) in coordination with the Administrative Hearings Office...

    WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 14-19: Is climate change supercharging El Niño?; California’s shifting snowpack and the growing water gap; Water Commission increases potential funding for Sites Project; A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields; and more …

    Maven
    Weekly Digest
    June 19, 2026
    A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

    DAILY DIGEST, 6/19: Is climate change supercharging El Niño? Scientists don’t agree; Price-tagging nature: Inside mitigation banking; Data centers get pulled into California’s water wars; Showdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rush; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    June 19, 2026
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    BOOK REVIEW: Safe Drinking Water Act: The Next Fifty Years

    Jim Lauria
    WATER SHELF
    June 18, 2026
    Visit the Water Shelf main page First published on the To Know Water Is To Love Water blog February 24,...

    DAILY DIGEST, 6/18: Governor Newsom announces nearly $269 million to advance Sites Reservoir; A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields; Rural communities with contaminated water push for state funding and long-term solutions; Ninth Circuit sides with Yurok Tribe over Klamath Irrigation Project; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    June 18, 2026
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    GRIST: A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields.

    Grist
    Planning and management
    June 18, 2026
    A new project in California’s oil country could dodge national controversies over energy and water usage. By Jake Bittle, Grist...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit sides with Yurok Tribe over Klamath Irrigation Project

    Courthouse News Service
    Fish and wildlife
    June 18, 2026
    An appeals panel affirmed a lower court’s finding that the federal government must comply with the Endangered Species Act when...

    EDWARD RING: How much flow preserves the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta?

    Edward Ring
    CommentaryWater project operations
    June 18, 2026
    By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center When choosing what policies and projects...

    THE CONVERSATION: Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how much, and it’s not a small number

    The Conversation
    Wildfires and watersheds
    June 18, 2026
    By: Dmitri Kalashnikov, University of California, Merced; Cong Yin, University of California, Merced; Madhulika Gurazada, University of California, Merced, and...

    DELTA SCIENCE: Managing salinity in a changing Delta: Insights from collaborative workshops

    Delta Stewardship Council
    Delta scienceReports
    June 18, 2026
    From the Delta Science Program: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is California’s most significant freshwater hub, supplying water to more than...
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    DAILY DIGEST, 9/22: Sacramento River has gotten too warm for its salmon; Newsom declares state of emergency to prepare for Super El Niño; Tracking Harmful Algal Blooms in the Delta; Unpacking the latest developments on the Colorado River; and more …

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