COURTHOUSE NEWS: L.A. Renews Water War Against CA Courthouse News Service Planning and management December 21, 2012By Matt Reynolds, Courthouse News Service In the latest blow in a decades-old saga, Los Angeles claims the state did...
Developing the Delta Science Plan: Defining the problems, proposing solutions Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 21, 2012Discussion of the development of the Delta Science Plan continued at the December 13th meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council...
Report Summary: Term 91 and Delta flow requirements Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality December 20, 2012The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is required by law to establish flow and water quality objectives...
The Delta Stewardship Council discusses next steps for the Delta Plan, the Rulemaking Process, near term actions and the Lower Yolo Ranch Habitat Restoration Project Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation December 19, 2012As the Delta Stewardship Council and staff shift their focus from building and developing the Delta Plan to implementing the...
Revised draft of Chapter 7 of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan now available Maven Delta Conveyance Project December 13, 2012A revised version of Chapter 7, Implementation Structure, has been posted at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website. Chapter 7...
The visual guide to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 9, 2012Do you get lost wandering around the Bay Delta Conservation Plan planning documents? Well, I sure do. With literally thousands...
At the BDCP Nov 29 public meeting, a glimpse of the BDCP's operating criteria, a cost benefit analysis to be conducted, stakeholders discuss participation and more Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 5, 2012“We don’t have what all of you want, which is the proposed project,” began Jerry Meral. “We’re not there yet.”...
Developing the Delta Science Plan: How can ‘best available science’, adaptive management, and scientific monks inform policymakers? Maven Notebook News and FeaturesScience November 25, 2012With the Delta Plan calling for a comprehensive Delta Science Plan to be in place by December of 2013, development...
The Delta Stewardship Council discusses near-term strategies and implementing the Delta Plan as the final documents are prepared for release, and the Delta Science Board proposes an engineering review of the BDCP Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation November 19, 2012The final Delta Plan and related documents are on track to be posted at the end of the month, the...
Reclamation’s Terry Fulp and a new agreement with Mexico that has environmental benefits for the Colorado Delta discussed at Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee meeting Maven Colorado RiverNotebook News and Features November 7, 2012At the November 5th meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Stewardship and Planning Committee, Regional Director for Reclamation’s Lower Colorado...
The Delta Stewardship Council discusses near term strategies, levee issues, and an update on the Delta Plan Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation November 1, 2012Strategies for near-term actions in the Delta, implications of Army Corps policies regarding Delta levees, and an update on the...
Delta Science Plan takes center stage at the Delta Stewardship Council: How should science inform policymaking? Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 29, 2012How should science inform policymaking and how should that be outlined in the Delta Science Plan? These questions as well...
The PPIC Plan: Making the Delta a place where the wild things want to be Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features October 23, 2012Note: The following is a summary of the PPIC report, “Where the Wild Things Aren’t: Making the Delta a Better...
Maven’s Minutes: The Senate Select Committee hearing: The Next Decade in the Delta Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 19, 2012On Monday, October 15th, Senator Lois Wolk, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Delta Stewardship and Sustainability, held a...
State Water Board looks to reduce costs of compliance for dischargers Maven Policy and regulation October 17, 2012Reducing the costs of compliance for dischargers subject to Water Board regulation and oversight will be the focus of a...
