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DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Farmers challenged as water supply dwindles; Hoover Dam reservoir at record low water levels; Visualizing basis in the water futures market: An example; Farming California’s Delta with nature in mind; and more …

July 4, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California drought news this weekend … Dealing with drought: Farmers challenged as water supply dwindles “The drought is...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/2: Water is disappearing in the West — and not just during the summer; Scientists issue urgent plea to ‘skip the fireworks’; Bills addressing CA water crisis advance in Sacramento; The hidden costs of letting your landscape go dry; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 2, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Water is disappearing in the West — and not just during the...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for July 1, 2021

Robert Shibatani

Current Conditions

July 2, 2021

Written by hydrologist Robert Shibatani Summer is here and while temperatures across much of the State have returned to “normal”...

NOTICE: Russian River Emergency Regulation submitted to the Office of Administrative Law

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 2, 2021

From the State Water Board: On June 30, 2021, the State Water Resources Control Board submitted the emergency regulation for...

THE CONVERSATION: ‘Megadrought’ along border strains US-Mexico water relations

The Conversation

Colorado River

July 1, 2021

By Robert Gabriel Varady, University of Arizona; Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona, and Stephen Paul Mumme, Colorado State University...

THIS JUST IN … California Coastkeeper Alliance lawsuit challenges the County of Sonoma to protect public trust resources

California Coastkeeper Alliance

Groundwater News

July 1, 2021

From the California Coastkeeper Alliance: Today, California Coastkeeper Alliance filed a lawsuit in Superior Court to compel the County of...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/1: CA’s yearly rainfall totals portend trouble; Drought, worst in 1200 years, might be here to stay; Will Porterville drought crisis repeat?; U.S. weather extremes a ‘flashing red light’ for water lawyers; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

July 1, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: The Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife meets 30 minutes...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Governing multiple forms of connectivity in the Bay-Delta

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science Ecosystems

July 1, 2021

Governance of cross-scale dependent systems such as estuaries requires integrating knowledge about biophysical and ecological connectivity in its multiple forms...