DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: B.F. Sisk dam safety project breaks ground; Should the state ban grass to save water?; CDFW trucks salmon smolts around adverse river conditions; Lake Oroville reaches peak for the year; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 19, 2022[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … B.F. Sisk dam safety project breaks ground “The US Bureau of Reclamation...
NOTICE: Update on CWSRF and DWSRF 2022/23 Intended Use Plans State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS June 18, 2022From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is planning to release...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 12-17: Legal and operational responses to the ongoing drought; Newsom’s drought strategy not working; Stubborn La Niña may stick around a 3rd year; and more … Maven Weekly Digest June 17, 2022A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
DAILY DIGEST, 6/17: Gavin Newsom’s drought strategy is a major departure from Jerry Brown’s mandatory water cuts. It’s not working; The new ways California is working to change where and how we store water; Interior Dept. invests $100 million in Dam Safety Project at San Luis Reservoir; Poseidon desal plant in Carlsbad needs $159M upgrade. Ratepayers will foot the bill; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 17, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Riverine Stewardship Program Final Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package – Calabasas...
DAILY DIGEST, 6/16: Bulk of money in state’s plan to buy water rights directed at NorCal; Enviro groups sue feds over Shasta River permits; Stubborn La Niña may stick around for a rare third year; These five people could make or break the Colorado River Maven Daily Digest June 16, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EPA, Army Corps Virtual Regional WOTUS Roundtable from 11am to 1:30pm. The virtual...
ACWA CONFERENCE: The tale of curtailments: Legal and operational responses to the ongoing drought Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 16, 2022Panel discusses temporary urgency change petitions, transfers, and drought litigation As California enters the second year of dry conditions, many...
AG ALERT: Drought picture grows more bleak for agriculture Ag Alert Agriculture June 15, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As California toils through a third consecutive drought year, many Sacramento Valley farmers, well known...
AG ALERT: Klamath dust storms harm farmlands, erode soils Ag Alert Agriculture June 15, 2022By Kathy Coatney, Ag Alert Growers in the Klamath Basin have struggled with water-supply shortages for years, but this spring...
STATELINE: Feds Will Cut States’ Access to Colorado River Water Stateline Colorado River June 15, 2022by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Top federal water officials are warning Western states that there will be cuts to their access...
DAILY DIGEST, 6/15: How does more rain in NorCal equal less flows in the San Joaquin River?; Did CA learn anything from the last drought?; Drought picture grows more bleak for agriculture; Major cutbacks loom for the Colorado River; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 15, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … CUAHSI WEBINAR: Hydrologic Science and Indigenous Voices from 9am to 10am. This series...
NOTICE: June 14 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS June 15, 2022This notice contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and claims of right within the Sacramento-San Joaquin...
NOW IN EFFECT: Second Water Conservation Emergency Regulation of 2022 State Water Board ANNOUNCEMENTS June 15, 2022From the State Water Resources Control Board: The second State Water Board water conservation emergency regulation of 2022 is now...
ESTUARY NEWS: Living with a Novel Landscape: Suisun Evolves Estuary News Group Science June 14, 2022by Michael Hunter Adamson, Estuary News Group Morning at Suisun Marsh is a living watercolor with a soundtrack. Miles of...
DAILY DIGEST, 6/14: Toxic algae blooms on the rise and expected to worsen; Why water use varies so widely across California; Land fallowing could reach more than 690,000 acres due to drought; Farmers worry water-rights proposal could affect food supply; and more … Maven Daily Digest June 14, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife at 9am. Full agenda...
NEVADA CURRENT: Federal agency warns Colorado River Basin water usage could be cut as drought worsens Nevada Current Colorado River June 14, 2022by Jennifer Shutt, Nevada Current The federal agency in charge of managing much of the West’s water warned Tuesday that...