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August 19, 2015

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has made preliminary identification of 21 groundwater basins...

This just in … NASA Groundwater Subsidence Report: Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

August 19, 2015

Maven note: Headline is the one issued with the press release. It should perhaps more properly be: “Groundwater Subsidence Causing...

Delta Stewardship Council looks at conveyance, storage, and water project operations, part 2: Environmental and Water Supplier Perspectives

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

August 19, 2015

PPIC’s Dr. Jeff Mount, The Bay Institute’s Gary Bobker, and water resources consultant Maurice Hall give environmental perspectives; ACWA’s Tim...

This just in … UC Davis: Drought costs California agriculture $1.84B and 10,100 jobs in 2015

UC Davis

Agriculture

August 18, 2015

From the UC Davis Newsroom: The drought is tightening its grip on California agriculture, squeezing about 30 percent more workers...

Delta Stewardship Council looks at conveyance, storage, and water project operations, part 1: Policy Perspectives

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

August 18, 2015

Public policy professor Dr. John Kirlin, scientist Dr. Sam Luoma, and Deputy Secretary of Water Policy Karla Nemeth advise the...

This just in … Restore the Delta: Delta Tunnels “Confidential” Documents Reveal State Plans to Take Delta Farms – Includes AP Story Link

Restore the Delta

Delta Conveyance Project

August 17, 2015

From Restore the Delta: Newly released documents gained through Public Records Actions show that water exporters and the Delta Design...

Sustainable Groundwater Management Update: Draft List of Critically Overdrafted Basins Available for Comment *** UPDATED with actual list

Maven

Groundwater News

August 17, 2015

From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) directs DWR to identify...

NASA/JPL: California drought causing San Joaquin Valley land to sink

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News

August 9, 2015

A new NASA report shows land in California’s San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever as Californians continue pumping...

Photoblog post: Road trip: Drought in the San Joaquin Valley: A farmer’s perspective

Maven

Hydrology Notebook News and Features

August 7, 2015

What does drought look like? I tried this once before last year. Optimistically, I engaged some of my readers and...

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 Project Notebook News and Features

August 5, 2015

Metropolitan 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, 2015

C-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, 2015

Complaint 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 News Notebook News and Features

August 3, 2015

From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Groundwater Sustainability Plan Draft Regulations Batch 1 Issues Webcast Recording...