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California Water Commission adopts regulation for modifying basin boundaries, the first of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 23, 2015

The new regulation outlines the procedure for requesting groundwater basin boundary changes, as well as the methodology and criteria for...

This just in … California Water Commission adopts Groundwater Basin Boundary Regulation

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Groundwater News

October 21, 2015

The regulation now heads to the Office of Administrative Law for processing From the Department of Water Resources: Implementation of...

Water management, economy, and the environment: How is California doing after four years of drought?

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Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features Planning and management

October 21, 2015

Dr. Jay Lund, Dr. Jeffrey Michael, and Dr. Peter Moyle discuss the drought impacts at the State of the Estuary...

Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 4: The buyers and sellers’ perspective

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 15, 2015

A panel of buyers and sellers discusses the time frames, procedural considerations, and the overall complexity of water transfers Water...

Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 3: The environmental perspective

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management

October 14, 2015

Dr. Bruce Herbold and Sandi Matsumoto discuss the potential impacts of single-year transfers on the Delta’s ecosystem and wildlife During...

Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 2: The agency view

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 13, 2015

DWR’s Bill Croyle and State Water Board’s Tom Howard discuss the water transfers: streamlining the process, recurring single-year transfers, and...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Gov. Brown Signs Law to Protect Salton Sea

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems Policy and regulation

October 12, 2015

By Rebekah Kearn, Courthouse News Service Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law a bill to protect the shrinking...

Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 1: The basics

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 12, 2015

As the Delta Stewardship Council prepares to revisit the issue of single-year transfers, staff review the basics: the types of...

This just in … Governor Brown Signs Water Legislation

Governor Jerry Brown

Policy and regulation

October 9, 2015

From the Office of the Governor: As California’s historic drought continues, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he...

This just in … DWR Releases Proposed Rules for Modifying Groundwater Basin Boundaries

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

October 8, 2015

Public input helps refine Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Basin Boundary Emergency Regulations From the Department of Water Resources: “The Department...

This just in … Feinstein Testifies in Support of Drought-Relief Bill

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

October 8, 2015

From Senator Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the...

House Democrats from California and other Western states send letter opposing HR 2898

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 8, 2015

House Democrats from California, Oregon, Arizona, and Washington – 27 in all – have signed on to a letter opposing...

Shasta Dam Fish Passage Evaluation: Winter-run Chinook may swim above Shasta Dam once again

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Best of the Notebook Delta science Notebook News and Features

October 8, 2015

Agency scientists discuss the winter-run captive broodstock program at Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery, the conceptual designs for the juvenile...

California Water Commission: SGMA Implementation – Summary of Comments on Basin Boundary Regulation; Update on State Water Project Issues

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 7, 2015

Presentation includes summary of comments received and planned revisions, as well as a new online tool; brief update on SWP...

Rep. McNerney Blasts “WaterFix” Tunnels Plan that would Devastate the Delta Region

Elected Official

Delta Conveyance Project

October 6, 2015

From Representative Jerry McNerney’s office: Today, standing in the heart of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-09)...