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COURTHOUSE NEWS: If not by drought then by megaflood: Climate change may have doubled risk of disastrous flooding in California

August 12, 2022

Already crippled by years of megadrought, California may have another climate change-induced worry on the horizon: economy-busting megafloods. By Madalyn...

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Newsom unveils $8 billion plan to boost water supply

Courthouse News Service

Climate change Policy and regulation

August 11, 2022

The first thing California needs to do, Newsom said, is to reform permit processes that take “years and years and...

CAL MATTERS: Newsom unveils long-term strategy to bolster California water supply

Cal Matters

Climate change Policy and regulation

August 11, 2022

Warning that the supply will shrink by 10% due to climate change, Newsom sets targets for recycled water and increased...

THIS JUST IN … State, Federal Agencies Announce New Signatories to Agreement to Improve the Health of Rivers and Landscapes (aka Voluntary Agreements)

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

August 11, 2022

Five Local Water Agencies Join Years-Long Effort to Help Recover Salmon While Protecting Water Reliability From the Natural Resources Agency:...

THIS JUST IN … With California expected to lose 10% of its water within 20 years, Newsom calls for urgent action

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Climate change Policy and regulation

August 11, 2022

With California expected to lose 10% of its water within 20 years, Newsom calls for urgent action “With California enduring...

PRESS RELEASE: Delta Counties Respond to Governor’s Water Supply Strategy to Prepare for Long‐Term Climate Change Impacts

Delta Counties Coalition

Delta Conveyance Project

August 11, 2022

From the Delta Counties Coalition: Today, Don Nottoli, Chair of the Delta Counties Coalition (DCC), which is comprised of Contra...

NOW AT THE CALIFORNIA WATER LIBRARY: A Century of Delta Conveyance Plans

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

August 10, 2022

Gavin Newsom’s Delta tunnel plan is out, rekindling a century-old debate about the diversion of Sacramento River water to the...

RISING VOICES: Dam Removal and the Future of Algal Blooms

The Water Hub

Commentary

August 10, 2022

Each month, the Water Hub checks in with advocates in California to talk about water issues impacting local communities. In...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Groundwater beneath Sacramento Valley offers hope in dry times

Sacramento Regional Water Authority

Commentary

August 9, 2022

Commentary by Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority, and David Guy, President of the Northern California Water...

GUEST COMMENTARY: California’s water debt crisis needs a long-term fix

Guest Contributor

Commentary Policy and regulation

August 8, 2022

Commentary by Ileana Miranda, resident of San Jerardo in Monterey County and general manager of the San Jerardo Cooperative From...

DAN WALTERS: Old issue plagues Newsom’s Delta tunnel project

Cal Matters

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

August 7, 2022

An old conflict plagues Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to bore a tunnel to carry water under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta...

WEBINAR SUMMARY: Environmental governance in the Delta

Maven

Delta science Science

August 4, 2022

In the spring of 2022, the Delta Science Program hosted a series of lunchtime webinars focused on governance in the...

DWR NEWS: Going with the Flow: How Aquifer Recharge Reduces Flood Risk

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

August 3, 2022

By DWR News On a small scale, aquifers — subsurface natural basins — have benefitted from man-made recharge for decades....

AG ALERT: Alternatives sought for farm fallowing amid dust worries

Ag Alert

Agriculture Groundwater News

August 3, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As local groundwater sustainability agencies bring groundwater basins into balance under the Sustainable Groundwater Management...

FEATURE: How Wildfire-damaged Plastic Pipes Contaminate Drinking water – and What We Can Do About It

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water quality Wildfires and watersheds

August 3, 2022

Written for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The first time a reporter asked public health researcher Gina Solomon if wildfires...