SCIENCE IN SHORT: Wall-to-Wall Sampling Via Remote Sensing

Maven

Science Podcasts

February 12, 2021

Invasive plants – the submerged and floating kind – clog nearly a third of the Delta’s waterways today. These alien...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: How fish interact with wetland topography

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EcosystemsScience Podcasts

February 12, 2021

In this podcast, reporter Alastair Bland and UC Davis PhD student and fish researcher David Ayers discuss the Sacramento-San Joaquin...

CA WATER COMMISSION increases potential funding amounts for projects in the Water Storage Investment Program

CA Water Commission

Policy and regulation

February 11, 2021

From the California Water Commission: The California Water Commission has increased the potential funding amounts for two groundwater storage projects...

AG ALERT: Diversifying water supplies includes aquifer recharge

Ag Alert

Planning and management

February 10, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Bracing for potentially a second consecutive year of dry conditions, California water officials, farmers and...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: How different genetically are fall-run and spring-run chinook salmon?; Social science in the Delta; and activities of the Delta Science Program

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Delta scienceFish and wildlife

February 4, 2021

At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed the recent science publication,...

AG ALERT: Central Coast water regulation raises concerns

Ag Alert

AgricultureWater quality

February 3, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Farm groups say a proposed regulatory permit known as the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program for...

THIS JUST IN … Dry Conditions Continue Even as Recent Winter Storms Bring Much-Needed Snow

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Current Conditions

February 3, 2021

Statewide average snow water equivalent (SWE) is 12.5 inches, or 70 percent of the February 3 average From the Department...

NEVADA IRRIGATION DISTRICT considers joining voluntary agreement efforts in the Delta watershed

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Policy and regulation

February 3, 2021

Presentation at NID’s January board meeting focuses on the benefits of water supplier’s participation in the voluntary agreement process At...

PLANNING & CONSERVATION LEAGUE: The Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan: Where is it at?

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

February 3, 2021

Panel at PCL’s Environmental Assembly focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan update and...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: As climate warms, summer monsoons to produce less streamflow

Desert Research Institute

Colorado River

February 1, 2021

New study holds implications for future water supply in the Colorado River Basin From the Desert Research Institute: In the...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for February 1st

Robert Shibatani

Current Conditions

February 1, 2021

Prepared exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani The first major storm of the season passed through last week providing...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Screening process for eligible water storage projects; Commission continues conveyance conversation

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

January 28, 2021

Screening process for potential new Water Storage Investment Program projects At the December 2020 meeting, the California Water Commission approved...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Last-Minute Bid to Ditch Science by Trump EPA Blocked by Federal Judge

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

January 28, 2021

A federal judge in Montana said Donald Trump’s EPA failed to demonstrate why an eleventh-hour rule barring the use of...

AG ALERT: State water board imposes new rules on most wineries

Ag Alert

AgriculturePolicy and regulation

January 27, 2021

By Christina Souza, Ag Alert Despite pleas from winery owners and their representatives—one of whom described the wine sector as...

FEATURE: The What, Why, and How of Groundwater Modeling

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

January 27, 2021

Abishek Singh, Ph.D., is Vice President of Intera’s Western Region based out of Los Angeles.  His professional experience has focused...