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April 6, 2022

A sudden stay in the case led four Supreme Court justices to fiercely criticize how their colleagues are using the...

AG ALERT: Water plan announced for habitat, farms

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

April 6, 2022

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A $2.6 billion plan to improve water quality for salmon and native fish in the...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: New study shows robust increases in atmospheric thirst across much of U.S. during past 40 years

Desert Research Institute

Colorado River

April 6, 2022

Largest changes centered over Rio Grande region of Southwestern U.S. By the Desert Research Institute In arid Western states, the...

NASA/JPL: NASA Finds New Way to Monitor Underground Water Loss

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News

April 5, 2022

By NASA/JPL Researchers have untangled puzzling patterns of sinking and rising land to pin down the underground locations where water...

CAL MATTERS: Report to California Legislature: Prepare for sweeping effects of climate change

Cal Matters

Climate change Policy and regulation

April 5, 2022

By Rachel Becker and Julie Cart, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Painting...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Dam fight pits city water against fish habitat

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

April 4, 2022

Operators of a dam on California’s Central Coast told a Ninth Circuit panel it has no authority to release water...

DAN WALTERS: California water war peace treaty? Not quite

Cal Matters

Commentary Planning and management

April 4, 2022

Gov. Gavin Newsom claims progress on settling California’s decades-long conflict over water allocation but it’s a partial deal at best...

CAL MATTERS: Sierra snowpack worsens, falls to lowest level in 7 years

Cal Matters

Current Conditions

April 1, 2022

The April snowpack, key to how much water flows into reservoirs, is 38% of average statewide, proving that drought hasn’t...

NOW AVAILABLE: A Comprehensive Review of the Delta Monitoring Enterprise

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta science Reports

April 1, 2022

The Delta Independent Science Board has published its Review of the monitoring enterprise, which covers the suite of scientific monitoring programs in...

THIS JUST IN … Survey Finds Little Snow as Statewide Snowpack Drops to 38 Percent Following Record Dry Months

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

April 1, 2022

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the fourth snow survey of the...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for April 1st

Robert Shibatani

Current Conditions

April 1, 2022

Prepared exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani The “Miracle March” everyone was hoping for, unfortunately did not materialize. Across...