Posts

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

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

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook 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...

DWR SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT UPDATES for July 27

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 28, 2018

From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Basin Boundary Modifications Submission Period Extended to September The Department...

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...

OROVILLE DAM SPILLWAYS CONSTRUCTION: Update for July 25 (with photos and videos)

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 25, 2018

From the Department of Water Resources: Today the Department of Water Resources (DWR) provided an update on construction-related activities for...

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...

THIS JUST IN … Wetlands Preservation Foundation announces lawsuit against Department of Water Resources and The Nature Conservancy

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Water project operations

July 24, 2018

Lawsuit Seeks to Address Fiscal and Environmental Mismanagement of Staten Island in the Delta From the Wetlands Preservation Foundation: “Wetlands...

STANFORD NEWS: Natural chromium sources threaten California groundwater, Stanford scientists find

Stanford University

Groundwater News Water quality

July 23, 2018

Natural sources of the toxic form of chromium appear in wells that provide drinking water to a large population in...

The unintended consequences of water conservation

Maven

Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Planning and management

July 18, 2018

Dr. Kurt Schwabe discusses the impact of water conservation on recycled water; Yorba Linda Water District GM discusses effects of...

THIS JUST IN … Secretary Laird sends letter opposing riders to exempt Cal Water Fix and other water projects from judicial review

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

July 17, 2018

“Any proposal to exempt water projects from judicial review would violate due process and undermine public confidence,” he writes. Secretary...

THIS JUST IN … Reps. McNerney and Garamendi offer amendments to protect California water rights and ensure tunnels comply with environmental laws

Elected Official

Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

July 17, 2018

Amendments to H.R. 6147 would strike language prohibiting lawsuits against California water projects including WaterFix Today, Congressmen Jerry McNerney (CA-09),...

THIS JUST IN … California Water Fix: Draft Delta Plan Certificate of Consistency posted

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta Conveyance Project

July 17, 2018

The Delta Reform Act, as implemented by the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC), requires a project proponent to certify through a Consistency Determination that proposed covered...