USGS: Are invasive plants trapping sediment that a healthy estuary needs? Sweating the small stuff in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

USGS

Delta scienceScience

August 31, 2018

In recent years, invasive aquatic plants have increased exponentially in the shallow waters of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, clogging...

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Salt marsh harvest mouse recovery, Salmon resilience and survival, Submerged aquatic vegetation, DSM-2 evaluation

Maven

Delta science

August 31, 2018

The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available. In this month’s issue: ESSAY...

THIS JUST IN … Nine appeals filed regarding California WaterFix certification of consistency with the Delta Plan

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

August 29, 2018

The Delta Stewardship Council reports that nine appeals have been filed for the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) July 27,...

CORNELL CHRONICLE: Groundwater loss prompts more California land sinking

Cornell University

Groundwater News

August 29, 2018

By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University Despite higher-than-normal amounts of rain in early 2017, the large agricultural and metropolitan communities that...

Managed Aquifer Recharge in California

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

August 29, 2018

Timothy Parker and Graham Fogg discuss the benefits and the challenges of Managed Aquifer Recharge, and how MAR can be...

Secretary Zinke issues call to action for Central Valley Project

Maven

Policy and regulationWater project operations

August 19, 2018

On Friday, Secretary Zinke issued a memo calling for specific actions to be taken within 15 days to maximize Central...

USGS: Land Subsidence Along the California Aqueduct in West-Central San Joaquin Valley, California, 2003–10

USGS

ReportsWater project operations

August 10, 2018

By the USGS Extensive groundwater withdrawal from the unconsolidated deposits in the San Joaquin Valley caused widespread aquifer-system compaction and...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds offer to put water on California wildfires

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulationWildfires and watersheds

August 8, 2018

Despite repeated assurances California has enough water to fight the currently 18 major fires raging throughout the state, the Trump...

FloodMAR: Using floodwaters for groundwater recharge

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

August 8, 2018

Kamyar Guivetchi on the importance of the Flood MAR concept and what DWR and other state agencies are doing to...

CAL WATER FIX HEARING: Response to San Joaquin Tributaries letter regarding July 27 ruling

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

August 8, 2018

From the California Water Fix Hearing Team at the State Water Board, the latest ruling letter: “This letter responds to...

DWR: Researchers Test New Approach to Improve Fish Habitat in Suisun Marsh

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Ecosystems

August 1, 2018

By Allen Young, Department of Water Resources The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has embarked on a novel approach to...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: California Water Fix update, State Water Board’s Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan update

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

August 1, 2018

At the July meeting of the Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members received an update on the...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Ruling letter on Rebuttal Testimony and Outstanding Subpoenas

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

July 30, 2018

From the California Water Fix Hearing Team, the latest ruling letter on the California Water Fix hearing for the change...

THIS JUST IN … California Department of Water Resources Finds Proposed WaterFix Project Consistent with the Delta Plan

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta Conveyance Project

July 27, 2018

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following certification of consistency with the Delta Plan for a covered action has been...

THIS JUST IN … Commission Approves Investing $2.7 Billion in Eight Water Storage Projects (Press Release)

CA Water Commission

Policy and regulation

July 24, 2018

Proposition 1 Funds Conditionally Committed to Add 4.3 Million Acre-Feet of Storage Capacity From the California Water Commission: Eight proposed...