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    BOOK REVIEW: Troubled Water: What’s Wrong with What We Drink

    Jim Lauria
    WATER SHELF
    May 28, 2026
    Visit the Water Shelf main page First published on the To Know Water Is To Love Water blog December 2,...

    NEW BOOK: Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin

    Press Release/Notice
    WATER SHELF
    May 28, 2026
    Visit the Water Shelf main page Available From UC Press Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin: Nature and History...

    DAILY DIGEST, 5/28: A new bill could bypass water rights review to advance the Delta tunnel; More on the Water Renaissance plan for California; DWR updates Water Commission on SGMA implementation; Los Angeles is reimagining parks as water infrastructure; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    May 28, 2026
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: DWR updates Water Commission on Bulletin 118, the latest groundwater conditions report, the groundwater trading workplan and the new subsidence BMP

    Maven
    Groundwater News
    May 28, 2026
    At its May 20 meeting, the California Water Commission received an update on implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act,...

    EDWARD RING: Fine tuning the “Water Renaissance” Plan

    Edward Ring
    CommentaryPlanning and management
    May 28, 2026
    By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center The recently released “Water Renaissance” plan,...

    ASU-led study sharpens Colorado River forecasts as Arizona faces deepening water cuts

    Arizona State University
    Colorado River
    May 28, 2026
    Satellite data tracks hidden water dynamics across the basin, improving predictions critical for drought planning By Faith Kearns, Arizona State...

    DAILY DIGEST, 5/27: ‘Forever chemicals’ found in CA waterways in 10 counties, study says; Committee meets to advise DWR on state water plan; New Dutch Slough study highlights early success of tidal wetland restoration using low-impact monitoring and AI; Bureau of Reclamation faces partisan blame over water crisis; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    May 27, 2026
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    AG ALERT: Committee meets to advise DWR on state water plan

    Ag Alert
    Planning and management
    May 27, 2026
    By Ag Alert An advisory committee to the California Department of Water Resources held its first meeting last week to...

    NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Suisun Marsh feeds baby salmon in the winter―can it also feed Delta smelt in the summer?

    Robin Meadows
    Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features
    May 27, 2026
    By Robin Meadows About a decade ago, researchers at the University of California, Davis made a surprising discovery while teaching...

    New Dutch Slough study highlights early success of tidal wetland restoration using low-impact monitoring and AI

    Guest Contributor
    Ecosystems
    May 27, 2026
    Press release from Cramer Fish Sciences: A newly published study from the Dutch Slough Restoration Project in the San Francisco...

    REPORT: Higher summer outflow and food supply are linked to better Delta smelt outcomes

    Maven
    Delta scienceReportsWater project operations
    May 27, 2026
    Findings from a weight-of-evidence review of summer-fall habitat actions in the San Francisco Estuary Delta smelt are a small open-water...

    DAILY DIGEST, 5/26: Sites Project Authority urges revisions to draft water rights permit; Southern California could get 85% of its water locally and avoid Delta tunnel, groups say; California’s salmon fishery is reopening after a population crash and 3‑year closure, but that doesn’t mean all is well; West prepares for extreme measures to relieve pressure on Colorado River; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    May 26, 2026
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    PRESS RELEASE: Sites Project Authority urges revisions to draft water rights permit

    Sites Project Authority
    Water project operations
    May 26, 2026
    Press release from the Sites Project Authority: Today, the Sites Project Authority released the following statement related to its comments...

    THE CONVERSATION: California’s salmon fishery is reopening after a population crash and 3‑year closure, but that doesn’t mean all is well

    The Conversation
    Fish and wildlife
    May 26, 2026
    By Eric Palkovacs, University of California, Santa Cruz and Steven T. Lindley, University of California, Santa Cruz Along the California...

    KNEE DEEP TIMES: Saving two marshes from the squeeze

    Knee Deep Times
    Ecosystems
    May 26, 2026
    By Cariad Hayes Thronson, Knee Deep Times The ribbons of marsh squeezed between the Bay and the highways that skirt...
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    DAILY DIGEST, 9/22: Sacramento River has gotten too warm for its salmon; Newsom declares state of emergency to prepare for Super El Niño; Tracking Harmful Algal Blooms in the Delta; Unpacking the latest developments on the Colorado River; and more …

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