FIVE QUESTIONS: Jerry Meral, director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute, and former Deputy Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency (among other things) Maven Climate changeDelta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features July 12, 2022Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Meral is the director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute. He works on...
THIS JUST IN … DWR Releases Draft Environmental Impact Report for Future Drought Salinity Barriers Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations July 11, 2022From the Department of Water Resources: In an effort to better prepare for future drought conditions in the face of...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: New guidance on ‘forever chemicals’ spurs mixed reaction from industry, activists Courthouse News Service Water quality July 8, 2022A government advisory lowered acceptable amounts of certain PFAS chemicals to levels so low they can’t be tested by any...
USFWS: Tag and follow: Tracking sturgeon in the San Joaquin River US Fish and Wildlife Service Delta science July 8, 2022Written by Brandon Honig When Austin Demarest and his team started looking for white sturgeon to tag in the San...
SJV WATER: Will $10 million “make a dent” in Tulare County groundwater use? SJV Water Groundwater News July 7, 2022By Lois Henry, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in...
FEATURE: Good News on Nutria Robin Meadows EcosystemsNotebook News and Features July 7, 2022Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows When California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Greg Gerstenberg saw the...
FEATURE: Knocking Out Yellow Starthistle Can Boost Groundwater Supplies Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features July 6, 2022Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The litany of harms from yellow starthistle, California’s most aggressive invasive weed...
DWR: Q/A: Going With the Flow: Modern Intake Design Goes Easy on the Fish Department of Water Resources (DWR) Delta Conveyance ProjectWater project operations July 6, 2022From DWR News: The Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series has explored a wide range of topics including climate change,...
USBR: Reclamation, DWR break ground on second phase of “Big Notch” Fish Passage Project Bureau of Reclamation News EcosystemsWater project operations July 5, 2022Improved floodplain access aims to boost habitat and migratory routes for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon From the Bureau of Reclamation:...
FIVE QUESTIONS: Hydrologist Robert Shibatani Maven Climate changeNotebook News and Features July 5, 2022Robert Shibatani is a hydrologist with 38 years of collective experience in physical hydrology, watershed resource management, and operational water...
Happy 4th of July! Maven Website announcements July 4, 2022Wishing you and yours a safe and enjoyable holiday. Maven ‘s Notebook is taking the day off.I’ll be back tomorrow...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit reverses itself, upholds dismissal of lawsuit over tainted water Courthouse News Service Groundwater News July 1, 2022The appellate panel changed its mind whether there was a triable issue that a Northern California city was transporting hazardous...
AG ALERT: Urban water use is latest target for drought cutbacks Ag Alert Current ConditionsPolicy and regulation July 1, 2022By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert With farmers across California already facing severe cuts in irrigation supplies, state officials are now...
Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Criteria Expert Panel – draft panel preliminary findings posted State Water Board Policy and regulationReportsWater supply augmentation July 1, 2022From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board Division of Drinking Water (DDW) has posted the draft...
THE CONVERSATION: A water strategy for the parched West: Have cities pay farmers to install more efficient irrigation systems The Conversation Planning and management June 30, 2022By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona “Are you going to run out of water?” is the first question people ask...
