QUESTION: Delta Stewardship Council endorses Delta Plan amendment on conveyance, storage, and operations, but what does that mean? Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation July 26, 2017What is the effect of the amendment on the California Water Fix project? Randy Fiorini and Osha Meserve weigh in...
SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Water wasted to sea?; Is extinction inevitable for Delta and longfin smelt?; Adaptive management in the Delta; and more … Maven Delta science July 24, 2017The July 2017 issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science is now available online. In this month’s edition:...
CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Metropolitan Water District posts second white paper on project operations Maven Delta Conveyance Project July 23, 2017Metropolitan Water District has posted its second white paper on the California Water Fix, Modernizing the System: California Water Fix...
REACTIONS: Water agencies and stakeholder groups react to certification of the California Water Fix environmental documents Maven Delta Conveyance Project July 21, 2017Water agencies praise the move; Restore the Delta vows litigation Earlier today, the Department of Water Resources held a press...
THIS JUST IN … California WaterFix Reaches Key Milestone as State Environmental Review Is Certified Department of Water Resources (DWR) Delta Conveyance Project July 21, 2017From the Department of Water Resources: Clearing another major milestone toward the modernization of the state’s water delivery system, the...
USGS: Electromagnetic surveys in the sky and on land give a view of what’s below earth’s surface USGS Groundwater News July 20, 2017Electromagnectic surveying is helping the California Water Science Center to study geology and groundwater throught California. From the USGS: It’s...
FLOWS SYMPOSIUM, Part 4: Examples of Managed Flow Regimes – Possible Models for the Delta?; Panel Discussion Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features July 20, 2017In January of 2013, a symposium hosted by Delta Science Program and the UC Davis Center for Aquatic Biology and...
THIS JUST IN … Governor Brown appoints new Director of the Department of Water Resources Governor Jerry Brown Policy and regulation July 19, 2017From the Office of the Governor: Grant Davis, 54, of Petaluma, has been appointed director of the California Department of...
FLOWS SYMPOSIUM, PART 3: Hydrographs and Ecological Functions in the Present-day Landscape of the Sacramento River; Ecological Response to the Unregulated Spring Flow Regime in the Sierra Nevada Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features July 19, 2017In January of 2013, a symposium hosted by Delta Science Program and the UC Davis Center for Aquatic Biology and...
FLOWS SYMPOSIUM, PART 2: What Do We Mean by “Natural Functional Delta Inflow” in a Regulated and Modified System?; Delta Inflows of the Past: Lessons for Connecting Landscape Elements Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features July 18, 2017In January of 2013, a symposium hosted by Delta Science Program and the UC Davis Center for Aquatic Biology and...
CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Santa Clara Valley Water District starts preparations for making a decision Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features July 17, 2017The Santa Clara Valley Water District provides wholesale water supply, flood protection and stream stewardship for the Silicon Valley covering...
FLOWS SYMPOSIUM, PART 1: The science of natural functional flows to the Delta: In-stream flow science for sustainable river management Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features July 17, 2017In January of 2013, a symposium hosted by Delta Science Program and the UC Davis Center for Aquatic Biology and...
CHRIS ENRIGHT: What Do We Mean by “Natural Functional Delta Inflow” in a Regulated and Modified System? Maven Science July 16, 2017“The issue here for the day is really what do we mean by natural functional flows,” began Chris Enright, Senior...
DR. GEOFFREY PETTS: In-stream Flow Science for Sustainable River Management Maven Science July 16, 2017The plenary lecture was given by Dr. Geoffrey Petts, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Westminster, a position he has held...
THE SCIENCE OF NATURAL FUNCTIONAL FLOWS TO THE DELTA Maven Delta science July 16, 2017In January of 2013, a symposium hosted by Delta Science Program and the UC Davis Center for Aquatic Biology and...
