This just in … Groups Sue State Water Board to Prevent Fishery Extinctions

State Water Board

Water rights and water law

August 5, 2015

C-WIN, CSPA, and AquAlliance say the regulatory agency refuses to enforce and comply with laws protecting fisheries and water quality...

This just in … CSPA files complaint against State Water Board and Bureau of Reclamation over Sacramento River temperature criteria

CA Sportfishing Protection Alliance

Water project operations

August 3, 2015

Complaint alleges violations of Basin Plan, WR Order 90-05, CWA, ESA and Public Trust The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA)...

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act update: GSP webcast for Batch 1 now available, Batch 2 and Batch 3 meetings scheduled; Groundwater replenishment discussion paper; Draft basin boundary regs

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

August 3, 2015

From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Groundwater Sustainability Plan Draft Regulations Batch 1 Issues Webcast Recording...

Secretary Laird, legislators, and organizations react to Senator Feinstein’s introduction of the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015

Maven

Policy and regulation

July 31, 2015

On Wednesday, Senators Feinstein and Boxer introduced the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015.  Here are reactions from elected...

Adapting to sea level rise and climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area: What can we do?

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Climate changeNotebook News and FeaturesScience

July 31, 2015

Dr. Letitia Grenier and Jeremy Lowe discuss current projects underway to address adapting the San Francisco Bay’s shoreline for sea...

NASA/JPL: California ‘rain debt’ equal to average full year of precipitation

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

July 30, 2015

A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015....

This just in … California Water Use Drops 27.3 Percent, Exceeds 25 Percent Mandate for June

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

July 30, 2015

From the State Water Resources Control Board: With record-breaking heat throughout much of the State in June, Californians continued to...

Landscape-scale planning for ecological resilience in the Bay and Delta

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Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

July 30, 2015

Senior Scientist Robin Grossinger discusses the latest research working to develop tools and to understand how to build landscapes resilient...

Latest PPIC survey finds majority of Californians say global warming contributing to drought, admit they don’t know how much water they should be saving

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Planning and managementReports

July 29, 2015

From the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC): A solid majority of Californians believe that global warming is already having...

This just in … Feinstein, Boxer Introduce California Emergency Drought Relief Act

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

July 29, 2015

From the office of Senator Dianne Fienstein: “Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.) today introduced the California Emergency...

This just in … Reclamation Transmits to Congress Final Report on Proposed Shasta Dam Raise

Bureau of Reclamation News

Water project operations

July 29, 2015

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation transmitted to Congress today the Final Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact...

Tidal marshes: Adapting to sea level rise, carbon sequestration

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Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features

July 29, 2015

Dr. Jim Morris on the mechanisms of how tidal marshes keep pace with sea level rise, and Dr. John Callaway...

Projecting inundation in the San Francisco Bay: Sea level and tides

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Climate changeDelta scienceNotebook News and Features

July 28, 2015

UC Berkeley’s Dr. Mark Stacey with the latest research on the impacts of sea level rise on the Bay Area...

Climate change and the Delta: What do we know about climate driven variability of the Bay-Delta ecosystem?

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Climate changeDelta scienceNotebook News and Features

July 27, 2015

Dr. Jim Cloern briefly reviews what we know and what we don’t know about how climate change will impact the...

Water Rate Making after Capistrano Taxpayers Association v. San Juan Capistrano

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law

July 23, 2015

Attorneys Michael Colantuono, Kelly Salt, and John Bakker discuss the decision and its implication for water conservation pricing in California With the...