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DELTA CONVEYANCE: Metropolitan Committee discusses funding planning costs, how to account for project benefits, and who is in and who is out

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

November 4, 2020

At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, staff continued preparing the committee members for the upcoming decision on funding...

COMMENTARY/REBUTTAL AT CAL MATTERS: Delta tunnel project would secure California’s water future

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Commentary

November 2, 2020

The State Water Project’s 1960-era infrastructure is aging and needs to be upgraded to meet the climate challenges ahead in...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for November 1st

Robert Shibatani

Current Conditions

November 2, 2020

Prepared Exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani October 31, 2020 The first month of the new 2020-2021 water-year (WY)...

More on the Delta tunnel validation lawsuit: Coverage, commentary, and legal documents

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

October 31, 2020

Press release: Delta Counties Coalition joins coalition of water stakeholders united to oppose state water agency attempt to green light...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Slammed Over ‘Blank Check’ for Delta Tunnel Project

Courthouse News Service

Delta Conveyance Project

October 29, 2020

Lobbing another hurdle at California’s $16 billion plan to tunnel underneath the West Coast’s largest estuary, environmentalists on Thursday sued...

PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit Challenges California’s $16 Billion Move to Fund Delta Tunnel Project

Center for Biological Diversity

Delta Conveyance Project

October 29, 2020

Revenue Bonds Would Lock in Funding Before Any Environmental Review From the Center for Biological Diversity: Five environmental groups sued...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon aren’t as different as they seem

UC Santa Cruz

Ecosystems Science

October 29, 2020

Genetic analysis of Klamath River Chinook salmon finds a simple genetic variant determines the timing of migration, and seasonal runs...

DWR: Q/A: Atmospheric rivers and their impact on California’s reservoirs

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Hydrology

October 28, 2020

By the Department of Water Resources: “Pineapple Express” or “Atmospheric River” are terms you may hear often. But what do...

MEETING: Delta Watermaster breaks down water use in the Delta, addresses implementation of reduced reliance on the Delta

Maven

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 28, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the October 22nd meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave a detailed presentation on...

MEETING: State Water Board grants petition for statutory adjudication of the Fresno River watershed

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

October 27, 2020

At the October 20 meeting of the State Water Board, one of the agenda items was the consideration of a...

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Temperance Flat Reservoir Project Status Update

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 26, 2020

Project unlikely to meet program deadlines, putting $171.3 million in Prop 1 storage funds back on the table [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Dispute Resolution Processes and Multi-Agency Groundwater Management

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 25, 2020

At the Western Groundwater Congress held in September of 2020, Dr. William Blomquist gave the following presentation on a study...

NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY: California’s Rising and Sinking Coast

NASA/JPL

Science

October 23, 2020

By NASA’s Earth Observatory Global sea level has been rising at a rate of 0.1 inches (3.3 millimeters) per year...

US FWS: 700 winter-run Chinook salmon return to Battle Creek

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

October 22, 2020

At least 700 sub-adult and adult winter-run Chinook salmon (winter Chinook) returned this year to Battle Creek. Although monitoring efforts...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: California Water Transfer Price Forecast

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 22, 2020

At the Western Groundwater Congress hosted online by the Groundwater Resources Association, Audrey Arnao, an associate with WestWater Research, gave...