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September 18, 2018

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Less than a week after the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) board voted unanimously to...

CAL WATER FIX HEARING: Ruling on procedural matters, updated hearing schedule

State Water Board

Delta Conveyance Project

September 14, 2018

Sur-rebuttal to begin on September 26 From the California Water Fix Hearing Team at the State Water Board: Service List...

THIS JUST IN … Statements from Restore the Delta and Food and Water Watch, Delta Counties Coalition in response to Joint Legislative Budget Committee Hearing

Maven

Policy and regulation

September 11, 2018

DWR Director Karla Nemeth verbally commits to bring back future SWP contract amendments related to the tunnels project back to...

CA AGRICULTURE: Groundwater sustainability in the San Joaquin Valley: Multiple benefits if agricultural lands are retired and restored strategically

UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR)

Groundwater News

September 10, 2018

From California Agriculture: Sustaining the remarkable scale of agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley has required large imports of surface...

THIS JUST IN … Watchdogs Sue Metropolitan Water District Over Delta Tunnel Financing

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

September 10, 2018

MWD’s planned rate hikes to pay for WaterFix Project violate Propositions 26 and 13 From Food and Water Watch: Food...

Joint Legislative Budget Committee hearing on the contract extensions for the State Water Project is on again – and so is the heat …

Maven

Policy and regulation

September 7, 2018

Once again, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee has scheduled a hearing on the State Water Project Contract Extension for 10...

OROVILLE SPILLWAYS: Cost Estimate and Construction Update (with pictures and video)

Maven

Water project operations

September 5, 2018

Current cost estimate now $1.1 billion From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today provided...

Metropolitan’s Groundwater Banking Programs

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

September 5, 2018

Presentation looks at the benefits, challenges, and risks of Metropolitan’s groundwater banking programs Beginning in the early 1990s, Metropolitan Water...

THIS JUST IN … AB 747 Water rights bill heads to Governor’s desk

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

September 1, 2018

The bill would create an Administrative Hearings Office within the SWRCB From the Byron Bethany Irrigation District: In a decisive...

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

USGS

Delta science Science

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...

SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PRGM NEWS: New climate change resources, Update on alternative plans review, Basin Boundary Modifications deadline reminder, and more …

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS

August 31, 2018

Here’s the latest news from the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: NEW: Climate Change Data and Guidance...

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

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook 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

Maven

Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook 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...