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DAILY DIGEST, 5/5: April showers may bring May flowers, but winter snow is water in the bank; Dairy farmers concerned over water scarcity; Webinar recap: A restored California is a resilient California; AP analysis finds growing number of poor, high-hazard dams; and more …

May 5, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: SAFER: 2022 Drinking Water Needs Assessment Results from 9am to 12pm. This workshop...

FEATURE: Wetland Responses to Restoration and Management

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science Ecosystems

May 5, 2022

Dr. John Durand is a research scientist at UC Davis, where he studies estuarine food webs and fishes. He has...

COMMENTARY: Balanced approach to water needed for farms, fish

Ag Alert

Commentary Ecosystems

May 4, 2022

By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert Project operators recently explained unprecedented emergency plans for cold-water temperature management to support endangered salmon...

THE CONVERSATION: Western river compacts were innovative in the 1920s but couldn’t foresee today’s water challenges

The Conversation

Colorado River

May 4, 2022

By Patricia J. Rettig, Colorado State University The Western U.S. is in a water crisis, from California to Nebraska. An ongoing...

CORNELL CHRONICLE: Western municipal water restraints rise as reservoirs fall

Cornell University

Colorado River

May 4, 2022

By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University As water restrictions tighten in Southern California in anticipation of summer, the Southwestern United States...

DAILY DIGEST, 5/4: Are CA’s drought rules enough to halt the ‘alarming challenges’ ahead?; No relief from drought thanks to La Niña; Reclamation takes further action to help Lake Powell; Desal report from state Coastal Commission is nonsensical, says the OC Register; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

May 4, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: California Water Plan Policy Advisory Committee Meeting from 9am to 12pm. The...

NOTICE: May 3 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

May 4, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: This post contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and...

EOS: Assessing Water Infrastructure Investments in California

American Geophysical Union

Policy and regulation

May 4, 2022

Exploratory modeling in California’s Central Valley indicates that evaluating the costs, benefits, and risks to individual providers is necessary to...