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SGMO News: Submitting your GSP to DWR; InSAR Subsidence Dataset Update releasing soon; 2021 Year End Review of DWR Sustainable Groundwater Management Activities; and more …

January 9, 2022

From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office: NEW: Submitting Your Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSP) to the Department...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Four charts show why recent rains won’t end drought; Potter Valley license lapse sets stage for plans to dam removal; Thousands still without power in Nevada County; Ridgecrest reacts to water district adjudication mass mailing ; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 9, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California’s recent rains won’t end our stubborn drought. These charts show why...

NOTICE: Drought Conservation Emergency Regulation – January 2022

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

January 8, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: On January 4, 2022, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted an emergency...

DWR: 25 Years After Deadly 1997 New Year’s Floods, Here’s How California is More Prepared

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Planning and management

January 7, 2022

By the Department of Water Resources: California is no stranger to devastating floods. With the most variable weather conditions in...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan 2-7: The potential of deep carbon capture and storage in the Delta and Central Valley; Applying winter-run salmon life cycle model to pressing hydromanagement questions; plus all the top California water news of the week

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Weekly Digest

January 7, 2022

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

DAILY DIGEST, 1/7: Cost to rebuild key Bay Area dam nearly doubles to $1.2 billion; New climate report outlines challenges and opportunities facing the San Joaquin Valley; Climate change will dramatically increase flood risks facing Stockton, San Joaquin River; For first time in months, CA isn’t totally in drought’; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 7, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Anderson Dam: Cost to rebuild key Bay Area dam nearly doubles to...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/6: CA’s water systems are failing communities; Sen. Dodd introduces remote water monitoring bill; Petition against Sites Reservoir reaches 50,000 signatures; Four drought metrics paint bleak picture for Southwest; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 6, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … EVENT: Yolo Flyway Nights: Current Status of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (Virtual)...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Applying the winter-run life cycle model to pressing hydromanagement questions in the Central Valley

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Delta science Fish and wildlife

January 6, 2022

Successful management of California’s freshwater resources requires balancing consumptive and non-consumptive water use with fish species that depend critically on...

COMMENTARY: Despite heavy snow, we must seek a new water path

Ag Alert

Commentary Planning and management

January 5, 2022

By Justin Fredrickson, Ag Alert California is facing an indisputable fact: We need, in a big way, to get busy...

USBR: For the first time, hatchery-raised Delta smelt released into the wild to help prevent species extinction

Bureau of Reclamation News

Fish and wildlife

January 5, 2022

Experimental release paves the way for multiyear supplementation program By Gary Pitzer, US Bureau of Reclamation Federal and state agencies...

CAL MATTERS: No, California’s drought isn’t over. Here’s why.

Cal Matters

Current Conditions Policy and regulation

January 5, 2022

California today issued emergency drought rules aimed at wasteful water use. Although snowpack is 150% of average today, climatologists predict...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/5: Parched California warns water-wasters to stop or face $500 fines; Lake Oroville power plant resumes operation; FDA seeks to simplify farm water use regulations; Federal report IDs new carcinogens; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

January 5, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: TUCPs for DWR, Reclamation beginning at 9am. The State Water Board will...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: The potential of deep carbon capture and storage in the Delta and Central Valley

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features

January 5, 2022

As California works towards reducing greenhouse gases to address climate change, carbon capture and storage have been presented as options...

NOTICE: Posting of Supplementary Hydrological Modeling Information Related to 2022 Temporary Urgency Change Petition to Modify D-1641

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

January 5, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) requested supplementary modeling information...

AG ALERT: FDA seeks to simplify farm water use regulations

Ag Alert

Agriculture Water quality

January 5, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Growing food safely has always been a priority on farms and ranches across California, as...