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DAILY DIGEST, 4/21: Extreme ‘thirstwaves’ an emerging risk in California; Trump administration mulls intervention in Potter Dam removal; Water infrastructure engineers confront an uncertain, changing climate; Huffman ‘blasts’ decades-long ‘water theft’ by Panoche Water District; and more …

April 21, 2025

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THE CONVERSATION: Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy

The Conversation

Policy and regulation

April 21, 2025

By Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced their intent...

CA AGRICULTURE: A case study of evapotranspiration at five almond orchards on a spectrum of conventional to regenerative management

UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR)

Agriculture

April 21, 2025

From California Agriculture: In an increasingly unstable climate, it is critical to optimize water needed for crop irrigation to secure...

PRESS RELEASE: Indian Wells Valley Water District adjudication allows Meadowbrook Dairy and Searles Valley Minerals to challenge Navy water rights

Press Release/Notice

Groundwater News

April 21, 2025

Press release from the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority: Through its adjudication efforts filed in 2021 against all water users...

GRIST: The ‘king of poisons’ is building up in rice

Grist

Agriculture

April 21, 2025

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a...

LAist: The LA fires left behind millions of tons of debris, some of it toxic. Where does it all go?

LAist

Water quality

April 21, 2025

By Jacob Margolis, LAist This article was originally published by LAist on April 18, 2025. For more than two months,...

WATER SHELF PODCAST: “Too Good to Be True” by Paul Brown

Justin Scott-Coe

Author Podcasts WATER SHELF

April 18, 2025

Visit the Water Shelf main page ⁠Paul Brown⁠ joins the Water Shelf Podcast to discuss his unique, trailblazing, and entertaining...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for April 13-18: Making recharge a “win-win”; SGMA update; Salmon season shutdown for 3rd year; CDFW takes action to halt golden mussel invasion; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

April 18, 2025

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Looking to the Pacific, scientists improve forecasts of atmospheric rivers; Modeling the past, present, and future of drought; The LA fires left behind millions of tons of debris. Where does it all go?; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

April 18, 2025

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CAL MATTERS: Salmon fishing shutdown marks a grim milestone. Why California shouldn’t give up hope

Cal Matters

Commentary Fish and wildlife

April 18, 2025

By Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign...

UCAR: Looking to the Pacific, scientists improve forecasts of atmospheric rivers

Guest Contributor

Planning and management

April 18, 2025

Targeted observations of Pacific conditions benefit weather forecasts nationally, save millions in reservoir costs By David Hosansky, UCAR As atmospheric...