A brief report from the State Water Board’s workshop on Central and Southern Delta Water Availability and Use Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations October 7, 2014Cody Phillips, a legal intern with the Delta Stewardship Council, attended the September 24th workshop at the State Water Board,...
Retiring Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson gives his last report to the Delta Protection Commission Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law October 7, 2014On September 25th, the Delta Protection Commission met in Discovery Bay. On the agenda, an update from retiring Delta Watermaster...
State Water Board issues final order on the reconsideration of Delta Temporary Urgency Change Petitions (TUCPs) Maven Policy and regulation October 6, 2014The State Water Resources Control Board has issued the final order adopted by the Board on September 24, 2014, denying...
Delta Levee Investment Strategy update: Presentation and discussion of the Levee Investment Issue Paper Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 6, 2014At the September meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Deputy Executive Officer Cindy Messer updated the council on the progress...
This just in … State Water Board To Allow Limited Collection of Early Rainfall by Curtailed Water Right Holders State Water Board Policy and regulationWater rights and water law October 3, 2014From the State Water Resources Control Board: As the 2015 water year begins, the State Water Resources Control Board announced...
This just in … Court Strikes Down Environmental Review of Kern Water Bank: California Officials Failed to Consider Environmental Impacts of Bank Operation (includes court documents) Center for Biological Diversity Water rights and water law October 3, 2014Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: A California judge has struck down the environmental review of the Kern...
Metropolitan’s Jeff Kightlinger speaks to Los Angeles business community at Townhall LA Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 2, 2014The September 22nd luncheon meeting of TownHall Los Angeles featured Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager and CEO of the Metropolitan Water...
Divvying up the costs of the twin tunnels: Metropolitan Committee is updated on the BDCP’s cost allocation discussions Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features October 1, 2014At the September 23rd meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Metropolitan Manager Steve Arakawa updated the...
Early morning news flash … Request for Temporary Modification to San Joaquin River Flows during October State Water Board Current Conditions September 30, 2014From the State Water Resources Control Board: “Please find attached a request from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to temporarily...
Capitol Weekly: DWR: Progress on the tunnels Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 30, 2014From yours truly at Capitol Weekly: “California’s top water official told a key gathering of south state water representatives that...
Director Mark Cowin updates Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and addresses EPA’s comments, plus Randy Fiorini of the Delta Stewardship Council on the Council’s five priorities Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 29, 2014The latest information on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan took center stage at the September 23rd meeting of Metropolitan Water...
Jerry Meral and Jonas Minton debate the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 26, 2014At the September 18th meeting of the Harry S. Truman Democratic Club in Sacramento, the program featured former Deputy Secretary...
Delta smelt, Alameda song sparrows, and the climate change vulnerability of Bay Area’s freshwater fish species in the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science journal Maven Delta science September 25, 2014In this issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science: Diet, Prey Selection, and Body Condition of Age-0 Delta...
Groundwater pumping and subsidence in the Central Valley Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features September 24, 2014It’s been called the largest alteration of the earth’s surface. In the San Joaquin Valley, since the 1920s, farmers have...
Groundwater and surface water interactions under water shortage Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features September 17, 2014The exceptionally dry conditions along with the recent passage of groundwater legislation has focused the state’s attention on its groundwater...
