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THE CONVERSATION: In a last-minute rule change, the Trump administration rolls back water-saving standards for showerheads

September 2, 2020

By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona For more than 25 years, Congress has directed U.S. government agencies to set energy...

DELTA COUNCIL: Progress report on implementing AB 1668 and SB 606: Making conservation a California way of life

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

September 2, 2020

The Delta Reform Act expressly defined the state’s water policy priorities as they relate to the Delta, including the express...

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Planning and management Wildfires and watersheds

August 26, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The Governor’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative underscores the need for communities to maintain and diversify water supplies and to...

NOTICE OF PERMIT APPLICATION: Delta Conveyance, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, and Alameda Counties, California

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Delta Conveyance Project

August 26, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has posted Public Notice SPK-2019-00899 to www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/RegulatoryPublicNotices.aspx The California Department of Water...

COMMENTARY/REBUTTAL AT CAL MATTERS: Gov. Newsom must clarify his Delta tunnel plan

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Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

August 25, 2020

What is needed is a “Grand Bargain” between all parties on the Delta tunnel, confirmed in legislation, to apportion water...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: The Delta Independent Science Board discusses the upcoming environmental review

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

August 25, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Back in April of 2020, the Delta Independent Science Board (DISB) submitted a letter to the Department of Water...

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

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Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

August 19, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The groundwater sustainability plans that were submitted to the Department of Water Resources in January of 2020 were the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Climate Change Fueling More Intense Megadroughts in US West

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

August 16, 2020

Hotter temperatures from climate change will likely mean the worst megadrought the region has ever seen. By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse...

FRIDAY MID-DAY UPDATE: Supreme Court lets stand decision upholding Delta Stewardship Council’s authority; Feinstein, Harder introduce water management bill; Reclamation recaps the week’s accomplishments

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Policy and regulation

August 14, 2020

Supreme Court lets stand decision upholding Delta Stewardship Council’s authority for sustainable management of the Delta From the Delta Stewardship...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Protection Commission, Delta Conservancy, and Central Valley Flood Protection Plan updates

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

August 13, 2020

At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, councilmembers heard briefings on the activities of the Delta Protection Commission...

DAM REMOVAL UPDATE: Klamath Dams, Matilija Dam, and the Potter Valley Project

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Best of the Notebook Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

August 12, 2020

The California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout (CAC) was re-established by the Legislature in 1983 in response to...

THIS JUST IN … Public comment period open for critical Shasta Dam proposal to increase water storage for Californians and fish

Bureau of Reclamation News

Water project operations

August 6, 2020

The Bureau of Reclamation has proposed raising the Shasta Dam and is seeking public input on the Shasta Lake Water...

ACWA CONFERENCE: Commissioner Brenda Burman: “We are keeping our promises, and we are doing what we said we would do. And we are not done.”

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

August 6, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) virtual conference last week, one of the keynote speakers was the...

ACWA CONFERENCE: Chair Esquivel and Director Nemeth discuss their plans for 2020

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

August 5, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the ACWA’s virtual conference held last week, the second keynote speaker session featured Joaquin Esquivel, Chair of the...

MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Delta Conveyance update

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

August 5, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the end of July, Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta held a meeting; the main agenda...