CA WATER COMMISSION: Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative Listening Session Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation June 26, 2019On April 29, 2019, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-10-19 that directed the secretaries of the California Natural Resources Agency,...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Why not put your public water outreach program on steroids Stephen Baker Commentary June 25, 2019Guest commentary by Stephen Baker, Operation Unite®: How can the short memory of the public maintain the long-term commitments of...
THIS JUST IN … State Water Project allocations increase to 75 Percent Department of Water Resources (DWR) Current Conditions June 20, 2019From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced it will increase the 2019 State...
DELTA SCIENCE: Lead Scientist Dr. Callaway updates the State Water Board on science efforts in the Delta Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features June 20, 2019At the May 21st meeting of the State Water Board, Lead Scientist Dr. John Callaway updated Board members of ongoing...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Questions of common supply: SGMA requirements for interconnected surface water and groundwater Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 19, 2019The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), passed in 2014, is California’s first statewide law that explicitly reflects the fact that...
June 2019 Issue of ESTUARY News – Water, Environment, Climate, Equity Maven Delta science June 19, 2019The June issue of Estuary News is now available online. This issue explores the rainbow flavors of infrastructure — green,...
ROBERT SHIBATANI: Are California’s Water Operations as Efficient as Claimed? Robert Shibatani Commentary June 18, 2019Part II: How Much Water Was Lost this Spring 2019? This commentary was written by Robert Shibatani. In Part I...
CAL MATTERS: Why fighting for clean water with climate change money worries some California lawmakers Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater quality June 17, 2019Combat climate change, or clean up the water? Legislators chose to dip into a greenhouse gas fund to fight California’s...
SF ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Ten Essential Bay‒Delta Articles; Geospatial tools and water budgets for the Delta; 20th century outflow and salinity intrusion; Management of invasive water hyacinth Maven Delta science June 17, 2019In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science journal: ESSAY Ten Essential Bay‒Delta Articles Ted Sommer, J....
THIS JUST IN … Reclamation updates 2019 Central Valley Project South-of-Delta water allocations Bureau of Reclamation News Current Conditions June 14, 2019South-of-Delta ag allocation now 75% From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation Friday issued updated Central Valley Project...
PERSPECTIVES: Interview with Susan Tatayon, Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council Lisa Beutler Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 13, 2019Ms. Tatayon discusses the role of the Delta Stewardship Council, her goals as chair, and the Delta Plan 5 year...
WOTS Up? An Update Regarding Regulation of Waters of the State and Waters of the United States Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 12, 2019Attorney Mary Lynn Coffee unpacks the new wetland regulations and Waters of the State rule, plus a look at the...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Watermaster Quarterly Update Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 6, 2019Report has good news on Delta water rights and measurement of diversions, but not so good news in the South...
SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Groundwater sustainability goals and challenges Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 5, 2019Groundwater managers working in four critically-overdrafted basins discuss how their planning efforts are going In basins all over California, groundwater...
CA WATER COMMISSION: DWR’s Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Maven Climate changeNotebook News and Features May 30, 2019Assessment looks at six categories of vulnerability: wildfire, extreme heat, sea level rise, long-term persistent hydrologic changes, short-term extreme hydrologic...
