Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta hears an overview of the Cal Water Fix documents and an update on drought operations in the Delta Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features August 5, 2015Metropolitan staff review what’s in the documents and explore what the project might yield; Drought operations update includes the effect...
This just in … Groups Sue State Water Board to Prevent Fishery Extinctions State Water Board Water rights and water law August 5, 2015C-WIN, CSPA, and AquAlliance say the regulatory agency refuses to enforce and comply with laws protecting fisheries and water quality...
This just in … CSPA files complaint against State Water Board and Bureau of Reclamation over Sacramento River temperature criteria CA Sportfishing Protection Alliance Planning and management August 3, 2015Complaint alleges violations of Basin Plan, WR Order 90-05, CWA, ESA and Public Trust The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA)...
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act update: GSP webcast for Batch 1 now available, Batch 2 and Batch 3 meetings scheduled; Groundwater replenishment discussion paper; Draft basin boundary regs Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features August 3, 2015From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Groundwater Sustainability Plan Draft Regulations Batch 1 Issues Webcast Recording...
Secretary Laird, legislators, and organizations react to Senator Feinstein’s introduction of the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015 Maven Policy and regulation July 31, 2015On Wednesday, Senators Feinstein and Boxer introduced the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015. Here are reactions from elected...
Adapting to sea level rise and climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area: What can we do? Maven Climate changeNotebook News and FeaturesScience July 31, 2015Dr. Letitia Grenier and Jeremy Lowe discuss current projects underway to address adapting the San Francisco Bay’s shoreline for sea...
NASA/JPL: California ‘rain debt’ equal to average full year of precipitation NASA/JPL Hydrology July 30, 2015A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015....
This just in … California Water Use Drops 27.3 Percent, Exceeds 25 Percent Mandate for June State Water Board Policy and regulation July 30, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: With record-breaking heat throughout much of the State in June, Californians continued to...
Landscape-scale planning for ecological resilience in the Bay and Delta Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management July 30, 2015Senior Scientist Robin Grossinger discusses the latest research working to develop tools and to understand how to build landscapes resilient...
Latest PPIC survey finds majority of Californians say global warming contributing to drought, admit they don’t know how much water they should be saving Maven Planning and managementReports July 29, 2015From the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC): A solid majority of Californians believe that global warming is already having...
This just in … Feinstein, Boxer Introduce California Emergency Drought Relief Act Legislator/Elected Official Policy and regulation July 29, 2015From the office of Senator Dianne Fienstein: “Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.) today introduced the California Emergency...
This just in … Reclamation Transmits to Congress Final Report on Proposed Shasta Dam Raise Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations July 29, 2015From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation transmitted to Congress today the Final Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact...
Tidal marshes: Adapting to sea level rise, carbon sequestration Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features July 29, 2015Dr. Jim Morris on the mechanisms of how tidal marshes keep pace with sea level rise, and Dr. John Callaway...
Projecting inundation in the San Francisco Bay: Sea level and tides Maven Climate changeDelta scienceNotebook News and Features July 28, 2015UC Berkeley’s Dr. Mark Stacey with the latest research on the impacts of sea level rise on the Bay Area...
Climate change and the Delta: What do we know about climate driven variability of the Bay-Delta ecosystem? Maven Climate changeDelta scienceNotebook News and Features July 27, 2015Dr. Jim Cloern briefly reviews what we know and what we don’t know about how climate change will impact the...
