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    CAL MATTERS: A pivot on desalination plants: California approves project in Orange County

    Cal Matters
    Water supply augmentation
    October 13, 2022
    After rejecting a controversial proposal in Huntington Beach, the state Coastal Commission greenlights another in Dana Point. While environmentalists raised...

    DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Climate change impacts on species, Harmful algal blooms, and activities of the Delta Science Program

    Maven
    Climate changeScience
    October 12, 2022
    How habitats used by chinook salmon and Sacramento splittail would be impacted by climate change, harmful algal blooms in San...

    GUEST COMMENTARY: Do Water Rights Have a Future? … Not as Currently Configured

    Robert Shibatani
    Best of the NotebookClimate changeCommentaryWater rights and water law
    October 11, 2022
    Written  by Robert Shibatani Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through...

    DELTA BREEZE: 2022 Delta Science Fellows, rapid-response funding to investigate Chinook salmon; peer review of the Bureau of Reclamation’s new Water Temperature Modeling Platform, upcoming Delta Science Tracker, and more …

    Maven
    Delta science
    October 8, 2022
    The Delta Science Program has published a new issue of its Delta Breeze newsletter. This edition features a message from...

    INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Amid Punishing Drought, California Is Set to Adopt Rules to Reduce Water Leaks. The Process has Lagged

    Inside Climate News
    Policy and regulation
    October 6, 2022
    The state expects to soon establish standards for urban water losses. Fixing them is cheaper than other solutions like recycling...

    STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Central Valley Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation
    October 6, 2022
    At the September 20 meeting of the State Water Board, Central Valley Regional Board staff provided the State Water Board...

    CAL MATTERS: California offers to reduce imports of Colorado River water

    Cal Matters
    Colorado River
    October 5, 2022
    Imperial Valley farmers and Southern California cities would get 9% less water from the Colorado River than the amount allocated...

    AG ALERT: State Water Board approves hikes in water program fees

    Ag Alert
    Policy and regulation
    October 5, 2022
    By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The State Water Resources Control Board has approved a rate increase for water-quality and water-rights...

    AG ALERT: Researchers turn to drones, satellites to track water use

    Ag Alert
    Agriculture
    October 5, 2022
    Like many other researchers, environmental engineering professors Erin Hestir and Joshua Viers of the University of California, Merced, are trying...

    DWR NEWS: DWR’s Groundwater Program Key to Long-Term Water Resilience

    Department of Water Resources (DWR)
    Groundwater News
    October 5, 2022
    From DWR News California’s new water year started on October 1 and with continued warm and dry weather in the...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: California offers allocation cut to save the Colorado River

    Courthouse News Service
    Colorado River
    October 5, 2022
    The voluntary cut amounts to a tenth of its annual allocation. By Madalyn Wright, Courthouse News Service Following federal pressure...

    CAL MATTERS: Four in a row: California drought likely to continue

    Cal Matters
    Current Conditions
    September 28, 2022
    After its driest three-year stretch on record, California braces for another year with below-average snow and rain. Conditions are shaping...

    AG ALERT: Drought impacts hurt farm communities

    Ag Alert
    Agriculture
    September 28, 2022
    By Ching Lee, Ag Alert With rice harvest underway in the Sacramento Valley, Colusa County farmer Don Bransford should be...

    AG ALERT: Bleak water year ending, with hope for future elusive

    Ag Alert
    Current Conditions
    September 28, 2022
    By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Nearing the end of the water year on Sept. 30, California farmers and water officials...

    DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: An overview of the San Francisco Estuary Blueprint

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management
    September 28, 2022
    The document is a collaborative five-year roadmap that outlines 25 actions to address chemical, physical, biological, and social-ecological processes in...
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    DAILY DIGEST, 9/25: Nearly 70% of California is ‘abnormally dry’ as drought, El Niño strengthens; Solano County Supervisors put spotlight on Delta, its diversity; Report shows major progress in California on preparing for wildfire; America’s water systems face a growing cybersecurity threat; and more …

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