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November 28, 2016

Drought Continues Despite Early-Season Rainfall Still early in California’s rainy season, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced its...

CAL MATTERS: To save SF Bay and its dying Delta, state aims to re-plumb California

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

November 26, 2016

By Julie Cart, Cal Matters The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco...

CAL MATTERS: Sierra forests turned to brown

Cal Matters

Ecosystems

November 25, 2016

By Julie Cart, Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s high country...

Stormwater and MS4 Permits in Southern California – Clean It, Conserve It, But How to Pay for It?

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water quality Water supply augmentation

November 17, 2016

If regulatory issues can be solved, stormwater can be a valuable resource, says Monrovia City Manager Oliver Chi Storm water...

STATE WATER BOARD: Stormwater strategy update

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water supply augmentation

November 17, 2016

Implementation has begun on identifying barriers to stormwater capture and use, addressing urban pesticides, and identifying funding opportunities Stormwater runoff...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Water Board Skewered For Failing to Fix Salton Sea

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

November 16, 2016

Residents and officials living near California’s Salton Sea skewered the state water board in Sacramento on Tuesday for dragging their...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Water Year 2016 in review; Overview of Delta levee assessment district feasibility study

Maven

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

November 16, 2016

A retrospective look at water operations during Water Year 2016; plus an overview of the Delta Protection Commission’s Delta Flood...

GUEST COMMENTARY: A New Future Hydrologic Baseline for California

Robert Shibatani

Climate change Commentary

November 15, 2016

What Are The Risks of Continuing Without One? Written by Robert Shibatani A fundamental tenet of applied hydrology has always...

Delta nutrients: Sources, sinks, sags, soups, and sensors

Maven

Delta science Water quality

November 10, 2016

Delta Lead Scientist Cliff Dahm discusses sources and effects of nutrients in the Delta Increasing clarity of waters, the emergence...

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

November 9, 2016

Secretary Karen Ross, Thad Bettner, and Eric Averett discuss how implementation of the state’s historic groundwater legislation is progressing as...

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Environmental impacts, the Endangered Species Act, and extinction

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

November 8, 2016

Phil Isenberg, Jeff Mount, and Kate Poole discuss the Endangered Species Act and the state’s approach to ecosystem restoration Although...

Deconstructing the current California drought

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science

November 3, 2016

Dr. Michael Dettinger takes a data dive into the impacts of the California drought California, currently in its fifth (and...

Reconciliation ecology could end California’s water wars

Maven

Best of the Notebook Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

November 2, 2016

Projects in the Sacramento Valley demonstrate the success of collaboration for the benefit of species This article first appeared in...

THIS JUST IN … Statewide Water Savings Top 18 Percent in September

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

November 1, 2016

Conservation Still Needed Despite Early Rains From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Update on endangered species permits, cost allocation

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

November 1, 2016

Coverage from the October meeting of the Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta At the Metropolitan Water District’s meeting...

THIS JUST IN … Initial State Water Project allocation set at 20%

CAL MATTERS: To save SF Bay and its dying Delta, state aims to re-plumb California

CAL MATTERS: Sierra forests turned to brown

Stormwater and MS4 Permits in Southern California – Clean It, Conserve It, But How to Pay for It?

STATE WATER BOARD: Stormwater strategy update

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Water Board Skewered For Failing to Fix Salton Sea

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Water Year 2016 in review; Overview of Delta levee assessment district feasibility study

GUEST COMMENTARY: A New Future Hydrologic Baseline for California

Delta nutrients: Sources, sinks, sags, soups, and sensors

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Environmental impacts, the Endangered Species Act, and extinction

Deconstructing the current California drought

Reconciliation ecology could end California’s water wars

THIS JUST IN … Statewide Water Savings Top 18 Percent in September

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Update on endangered species permits, cost allocation

DAILY DIGEST, 9/30: Kern County supervisor predicts “death of SGMA” after groundwater bill is tabled; From Fox Canyon to Mid-Kaweah: Insights into groundwater trading; Environmental restoration gets a boost in California; What to expect this water year in CA, Colorado River; and more …