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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Delta tunnel’s cost estimated at $15.9B; Wildfires, record heat ravage Golden State; IWVGA passes basin replenishment fee; and more …

August 23, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California’s Delta tunnel project inches forward – and just got a $15.9...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/21: Proposed single delta tunnel could cost $15.9 billion; No California money for Friant-Kern Canal fix; CA’s war against nutria is getting bloodier; IWVGA wrestles 7,000-percent cost increase or state takeover; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 21, 2020

Good morning! [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Proposed single delta tunnel could cost $15.9 billion “A single tunnel...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/20: State Water Board and conservationists sue FERC over Clean Water Act waivers; The winners and losers with Klamath Dams removal; CA still hasn’t found analyst to study Salton Sea water import proposals; Water contaminant could have neurotoxic effects on children; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 20, 2020

Good morning! [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … ONLINE MEETING: Residential Landscape Area Measurement Study 3rd Quarter Technical Work Group...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/19: North Coast reps grill PacifiCorp on Klamath dams removal; Odds improve for La Nina by fall; CA’s cap-and-trade program pays for clean water fund; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 19, 2020

Good morning! [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … STATE WATER BOARD WORKSHOP: Phase 1 of the Salton Sea Management Program...

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

Maven

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...

NOTICE: DWR Sustainable Groundwater Management Office announces updates for translation services

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

August 19, 2020

From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Office: DWR’s Written Translation Service is available to help groundwater sustainability...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/18: Meet the water baron you (likely) haven’t heard of; This Madera County community is running out of water — and the only well might fail; New research on Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations; Wild weather fans forest fires across California; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 18, 2020

Good morning! [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … The State Water Resources Control Board meets beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items...

DAILY DIGEST, 8/17: Some CA cities think they’re safe from sea level rise. They’re not, new data show; Fish surveys in the estuary: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; California wildfire spawns a rare firenado; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 17, 2020

Good morning! [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Some California cities think they’re safe from sea level rise. They’re...

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...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: DFW drone program provides a bird’s eye view for scientists; Harder, Feinstein collaborate to keep snowpack readings accurate; Supreme Court lets stand decision upholding Delta Council’s authority; American River forest project before and after thinning; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

August 16, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Department of Fish and Wildlife drone program provides a bird’s eye view...

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

Maven

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...