Posts

June 23, 2021

Emerging methods that improve precipitation forecasting over weeks to months could support more informed resource management and increase lead times...

WEBINAR: Collaborating Across IRWM and SGMA – Groundwater Recharge

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Webinars

June 22, 2021

This webinar featured a panel discussion to explore opportunities for collaboration on groundwater recharge across the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Pricey Rock Barriers and Desalination Plants: The Latest in California’s Drought War

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

June 21, 2021

With a key water source for farmers and cities threatened, state officials are banking on a $30 million pile of...

ESTUARY NEWS: Thinking like a beaver; Scanning for ancient channels; Cooking fish food in a ship channel? and more …

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Delta science

June 18, 2021

Estuary News is a publication of the San Francisco Estuary Partnership. In the June edition of Estuary News: Thinking like...

WHITE PAPER: A State Role in Financing Conveyance to Meet Climate Change Needs: Findings and Conclusions

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Planning and management

June 18, 2021

The California Water Commission has released its White Paper – A State Role in Financing Conveyance to Meet Climate Change Needs:...

CAL MATTERS: Why fighting for clean water with climate change money worries some California lawmakers

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

June 17, 2021

Combat climate change, or clean up the water? Legislators chose to dip into a greenhouse gas fund to fight California’s...

DELTA ISB: 21st Century Science For 21st Century Environmental Decision Making: The Challenges And Opportunities Of Near-term Iterative Ecological Forecasting

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Best of the Notebook Delta science

June 17, 2021

What if we could predict changes to ecosystems in the same way we can predict the weather? An emerging field...

AG ALERT: Drought exposes need to upgrade water facilities

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

June 16, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Severe drought highlights the need for greater investment to improve aging California water facilities, and...

CAL MATTERS: As drought intensifies, state warns users to stop pumping water from major rivers

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

June 16, 2021

About 4,300 users were issued notices to halt diversions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Some growers and municipalities will have...

FEATURE: Salinity Management: Putting Southern California’s water supply on a low sodium diet

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Water quality

June 16, 2021

While the saying, “too much of a good thing,” sounds pleasant at its core, water managers take that very seriously...

CV-SALTS NEWSLETTER: Safe Drinking Water and Pathway Choice

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Policy and regulation

June 16, 2021

In the second quarter of 2021, both the Salt Control Program and the Nitrate Control Program are well underway. Permitted...

THIS JUST IN … Drought conditions prompt restrictions for some Delta water right holders

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

June 15, 2021

From the State Water Resources Control Board: With extremely dry conditions continuing throughout the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the State Water Resources...

REPORT: The Science of Non-native Species in a Dynamic Delta

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Delta science Reports

June 10, 2021

The Delta Independent Science Board (Delta ISB), which provides scientific oversight of programs that support adaptive management, has finished its...

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Preparing for a fast-forward future; Salinity variation in the estuary; Juvenile salmon entrainment; Use of the SmeltCam for surveys; and more …

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Delta science

June 10, 2021

San Francisco Estuary and Watershed ScienceVolume 19, Issue 2 | June 2021 NOTE In Honor of Dr. Larry R. BrownBruce Herbold, Peter B....

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Biden EPA pulls plug on Trump-era water rule

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

June 9, 2021

The latest bend in a decades-long battle has the federal government working to restore protections undone by the Trump administration...