CAL MATTERS: Delta tunnel: Salmon at risk from massive water project, state report says

Cal Matters

Delta Conveyance Project

July 22, 2022

By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters California’s water agency today released a long-awaited environmental report outlining the details and impacts of...

THIS JUST IN … Public Comment Period Opens for Re-Submitted Groundwater Sustainability Plans with ‘Incomplete’ Determinations

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

July 21, 2022

From the Department of Water Resources: On January 21, 2022, the Department released four Incomplete determinations on groundwater sustainability plans...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Proportionate limits may float Colorado River users through water crisis

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

July 21, 2022

Between the double-decade Millennium Drought and century-old deals overdrafting Colorado River water, the west’s water reserves are drawing dangerously low....

NEVADA CURRENT: Colorado River crisis requires confronting sacred cow

Nevada Current

Colorado River

July 21, 2022

Capping pool size is a drop in the bucket, experts say by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current A cap on the...

ACWA CONFERENCE: Water Law “Update” Or Revolution?

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law

July 21, 2022

Panel discusses recommendations to update California water laws to address drought and climate change California’s prolonged drought and the increasing...

DWR NEWS: Delta Conveyance: A Fresh Look Yields a New Project

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

July 21, 2022

From DWR News: Modernizing how California moves water supplies across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can’t be done by repeating the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Despite more stored water than in 2021, California will keep closing spigots

Courthouse News Service

Water rights and water law

July 20, 2022

The prospect of extreme drought is driving the Golden State’s conservation efforts. By Kevin Winter, Courthouse News Service As drought...

THE CONVERSATION: The westward spread of zebra and quagga mussels shows how tiny invaders can cause big problems

The Conversation

Ecosystems

July 19, 2022

By Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology The zebra mussel has been a poster child for invasive species ever since...

THE CENTER SQUARE: After $100 million Huntington Beach denial, what’s the future of desalination in California?

The Center Square

Policy and regulationWater supply augmentation

July 19, 2022

By Madison Hirneisen and Cole Lauterbach | The Center Square After a high profile, decades-long battle to build a desalination...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Jon Rosenfield, Senior Scientist at the Baykeeper and longtime Delta scientist

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Delta Conveyance ProjectEcosystemsNotebook News and Features

July 19, 2022

After completing degrees from Cornell University, University of Michigan, and the University of New Mexico, Dr. Jon Rosenfield returned to...

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Climate change impacts, Juvenile production estimate, Entrainment of salmonids at the pumps; and more …

Maven

Science

July 18, 2022

SFEWS is the primary applied research publication for the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. In this issue: Climate...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Finding Her Way to Fish

Maven

Science Podcasts

July 18, 2022

Denise Colombano is investigating how climate change could impact future habitat suitability and fish communities in the San Francisco Estuary....

GUEST ARTICLE: Building Blocks – Tools for Creating an Environmental Block of Water

Barry Nelson

Best of the NotebookCommentary

July 18, 2022

Commentary by Barry Nelson, a water policy consultant who has been involved in Bay-Delta issues for more than thirty years...

SJV WATER: Vulnerable domestic wells will be focus of $10 million farmland retirement grant in Madera County

SJV Water

Groundwater News

July 14, 2022

By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Three San Joaquin Valley water agencies are gearing up to spend $10 million each in...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Drivers of and trends in Delta water temperature

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Delta scienceNotebook News and Features

July 14, 2022

At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen’s report focused on the effects of...