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DAILY DIGEST, 4/5: Water trading can help struggling freshwater ecosystems; Judge’s order stops a Kings County pipeline; Central CA lawmaker pushes new legislation to ‘modernize’ state’s water management; Developers are flooding Arizona with homes even as historic Western drought intensifies; and more …

April 5, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife will hold a hearing...

NOTICE: Order Conditionally Approving a Temporary Urgency Change Petition Filed by the DWR and Reclamation

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

April 5, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: On April 4, 2022, the State Water Resources Control Board issued an order...

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM: Restoration Flows to be reduced and halted

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

April 5, 2022

From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: On April 1, Reclamation started deliveries to the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors...

NOW AVAILABLE: Oil and Gas Groundwater Monitoring: 2021 Model Criteria Performance Report

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

April 5, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The “2021 Annual Performance Report: Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring in Areas of...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Dam fight pits city water against fish habitat

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

April 4, 2022

Operators of a dam on California’s Central Coast told a Ninth Circuit panel it has no authority to release water...

DAN WALTERS: California water war peace treaty? Not quite

Cal Matters

Commentary Planning and management

April 4, 2022

Gov. Gavin Newsom claims progress on settling California’s decades-long conflict over water allocation but it’s a partial deal at best...

DAILY DIGEST, 4/4: ‘The truth is California does not have enough water’; CA Groundwater Conditions Report Water Year 2021; A small and unpretentious fish is sending a warning message; Feds slash water supplies for Valley communities; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 4, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Office Hours: Proactive groundwater management strategies from 12pm to 1pm. On April...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Snowpack virtually nonexistent in last survey of water year; Judge in pipeline battle says she can’t “stretch” laws to keep groundwater from leaving Kings County; Gov. Newsom’s drought order aims to slow ag well drilling; Dan Walters: California water war peace treaty? Not quite; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 3, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] April 1 snow survey … California snowpack virtually nonexistent in last survey of water year “Most Californians understand the...

NOTICE: State Water Board proposes new drought emergency regulation for Russian River watershed

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

April 2, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: With California experiencing a third consecutive year of drought, the State Water Resources...

CAL MATTERS: Sierra snowpack worsens, falls to lowest level in 7 years

Cal Matters

Current Conditions

April 1, 2022

The April snowpack, key to how much water flows into reservoirs, is 38% of average statewide, proving that drought hasn’t...

NOW AVAILABLE: A Comprehensive Review of the Delta Monitoring Enterprise

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta science

April 1, 2022

The Delta Independent Science Board has published its Review of the monitoring enterprise, which covers the suite of scientific monitoring programs in...