Happy holidays from Maven’s Notebook! Maven Website announcements December 25, 2018Happy holidays to you and yours! As I reflect back on the past year, I am truly grateful for your...
SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY AND WATERSHED SCIENCE JOURNAL: Analyses of large storms and atmospheric rivers; Evaluations of fish surveys; Impacts of predator species on juvenile salmon; Alternative juvenile salmon production estimate approaches Maven Delta science December 21, 2018RESEARCH Hourly Analyses of the Large Storms and Atmospheric Rivers that Provide Most of California’s Precipitation in Only 10 to...
CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION: City of Stockton Finds Envision Stockton 2040 General Plan Consistent with Delta Plan Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS December 20, 2018From the Delta Stewardship Council: Envision Stockton 2040 General Plan (C201811) The following certification of consistency with the Delta Plan...
THIS JUST IN … RESTORE THE DELTA: DWR’S No Harm Agreement & Letter Of Dismissal To Water Agencies: A “Surrender Dorothy” Effort To Save WaterFix By The Brown Administration Restore the Delta Delta Conveyance Project December 19, 2018From Restore the Delta: Documents released to the Planning and Conservation League via a public records act request this week...
WEBSITE MILESTONE: Maven’s Notebook serves up its 3,000,000th page view! Maven Website announcements December 19, 2018Dear readers, This morning around 8am, Maven’s Notebook served up its 3,000,000th page view since its inception in 2012! A...
WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Multiple perspectives on groundwater-surface water interactions under SGMA Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features December 19, 2018Panel discussion looks at groundwater-surface water interactions under SGMA from a regulatory, environmental, academic, and policy perspective The Sustainable Groundwater...
CAL WATER FIX HEARINGS: Protestors write State Water Board, say hearing cannot be finalized Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 18, 2018Recent developments propose significant changes to project operations that are not reflected in the modeling, they say Several letters were...
MOUNTAIN COUNTIES SYMPOSIUM: Delta Watermaster Michael George and Jason Peltier discuss moving forward in the Delta *UPDATED with comments from Restore the Delta* Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 18, 2018This post has been updated with Restore the Delta’s comments added after Michael George’s presentation. Click to go there. In...
SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: New Climate Change Data Tools Available Maven ANNOUNCEMENTSClimate changeGroundwater News December 18, 2018From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office: Three, new climate change tools are now available on the...
DWR: Dutch Slough Project Creates Richer Habitat for Delta Fish and Wildlife Department of Water Resources (DWR) Ecosystems December 14, 2018By DWR The Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently broke ground on the Dutch Slough Tidal Restoration Project, the largest...
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Agreement reached on Coordinated Operation Agreement for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, cost sharing; Water agencies respond Maven Water project operations December 14, 2018Agreement reached on Coordinated Operation Agreement for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, cost sharing From the...
MORE REACTIONS: Reclamation, Feinstein, Costa, Gray, and MID react to voluntary agreements and State Water Board vote on San Joaquin River tributary flow standards Maven Policy and regulation December 14, 2018From the Bureau of Reclamation: Statement from Brenda Burman, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation: I am very proud of...
THIS JUST IN … State and Federal Government Collaborate to Manage California’s Water Supply Under New Challenges; Brenda Burman comments on yesterday’s SWB vote Maven Water project operations December 13, 2018Note: Updated information available: See: UPDATE: Agreement reached on Coordinated Operation Agreement for the State Water Project and the Central...
REACTIONS: Water agencies and organizations react to voluntary settlements and the State Water Board vote to adopt new flow standards for San Joaquin River tributaries Maven Policy and regulation December 13, 2018In a meeting yesterday that began at 9:30am and went into the evening, the State Water Board voted 4-1 to...
STATE WATER PROJECT CONTRACT EXTENSTION: DWR Approves Water Supply Contract Extension Project Maven ANNOUNCEMENTS December 13, 2018From the Department of Water Resources: The Director of the Department of Water Resources on December 11, 2018 approved the...
