METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on California Water Fix, Tule Red Tidal Restoration Project Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features October 11, 2016At the September meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Delta, committee members were given an update...
CAL WATER FIX: DWR files Incidental Take Permit application; State Water Board issues ruling on multiple objections to submitted testimony Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features October 10, 2016Department of Water Resources files Incidental Take Permit Application for California Water Fix From the California Water Fix website: The...
THIS JUST IN … Central Valley Project begins water year 2017 with 4.9 million acre-feet of storage Bureau of Reclamation News Current Conditions October 7, 2016From the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project (CVP) began water year 2017, which...
NEW PPIC REPORT: California’s Water Maven Planning and managementReports October 6, 2016From the PPIC: Managing water remains one of the great challenges for California. Population growth, a shifting climate, and declining...
THIS JUST IN … Friant Division Contractors file claim for damages over lack of water deliveries in 2014 Friant Water Authority Water rights and water law October 5, 2016Today, 17 Central Valley water agencies and the City of Fresno filed a claim for damages from the federal Bureau...
THIS JUST IN … Northern California Members of Congress Urge Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Water Resources to Provide Transparency about Proposed California Water Fix (Link corrected) Elected Official Delta Conveyance ProjectPolicy and regulation October 5, 2016Letter from Reps. Garamendi, Matsui, Thompson and McNerney asks agencies to provide detailed information about supposed benefits and costs From...
THIS JUST IN … Statewide Water Conservation Drops Below 18 Percent in August State Water Board Policy and regulation October 5, 2016Water Suppliers Urged to Maintain Conservation Message From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board...
CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Delta legislators voice their ‘strong opposition’ to State Water Board; hearing materials posted Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features October 5, 2016A group of twelve Delta representatives led by Senator Lois Wolk has filed a letter with the State Water Resources...
DR. PETER MOYLE & DR JASON BAUMSTEIGER: Assessing extinction in freshwater fishes Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation September 29, 2016Drs. Moyle and Baumsteiger lay out a proposal for determining when to declare a species extinct The extinction of a...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Water agency officials discuss the California Water Fix Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 28, 2016Can the conflict over the Delta tunnels be solved? Officials from Northern, Central, and Southern California discuss the tunnels and...
CALIFORNIA WATER COMMISSION: September update on the Water Storage Investment Program Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation September 28, 2016Public comment period closes on October 3rd; Another round of public comment expected At the California Water Commission’s September 16th...
GUEST COMMENTARY: New proposed instream flows: Are these supportable by a changing upstream hydrologic regime…? Robert Shibatani Climate changeCommentary September 28, 2016Guest commentary written by Robert Shibatani In the often volatile arena that is California water, the focus on river flows...
California Water Fix hearings: Motion filed to exclude Westlands testimony from the hearing Maven Delta Conveyance Project September 22, 2016Westlands submitted case-in-chief is irrelevant to Part 1B of the hearing, Protestants say As the California Water Fix hearings resume...
ANNE CASTLE: Our worn out water security blankets Maven Colorado RiverNotebook News and Features September 21, 2016The Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior cautions we can no longer rely...
This just in … State Water Board Releases Draft Flow Objectives for San Joaquin River; Salinity Objectives for the Southern Delta State Water Board Policy and regulation September 15, 2016From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) staff today released a...
