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July 30, 2015

A 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, 2015

From 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

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Delta science Notebook News and Features Planning and management

July 30, 2015

Senior 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

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Planning and management Reports

July 29, 2015

From 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, 2015

From 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, 2015

From 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

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Delta science Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

July 29, 2015

Dr. 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

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Climate change Delta science Notebook News and Features

July 28, 2015

UC 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?

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Climate change Delta science Notebook News and Features

July 27, 2015

Dr. Jim Cloern briefly reviews what we know and what we don’t know about how climate change will impact the...

Water Rate Making after Capistrano Taxpayers Association v. San Juan Capistrano

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Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

July 23, 2015

Attorneys Michael Colantuono, Kelly Salt, and John Bakker discuss the decision and its implication for water conservation pricing in California With the...

This just in … CSPA files complaint, says State Water Board, Reclamation, and DWR are violating the Bay Delta Plan, D1641 requirements, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and more …

CA Sportfishing Protection Alliance

Water project operations Water quality

July 22, 2015

The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) has filed a complaint with the State Water Board alleging the State Water Board...

Media call: State Water Board officials discuss recent enforcement actions

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

July 20, 2015

Earlier today, State Water Board officials held a media call to discuss the recent water right enforcement actions, and to...

This just in … Byron-Bethany Irrigation District Served with Draft Administrative Civil Liability, $1.5 Million Penalty

State Water Board

Water rights and water law

July 20, 2015

From the State Water Resources Control Board: “ The State Water Resources Control Board today issued a draft Administrative Civil...

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Implementation: An overview of the basin boundary regulation

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

July 20, 2015

Last Friday, the Department of Water Resources released the draft basin boundary regulations for public review and comment, the first...

First meeting for development of groundwater sustainability plan regulations to be held Monday at 2 pm

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 20, 2015

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) defined several roles for the Department of Water Resources, including developing regulations that define...