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    DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Most of California in for warm Christmas and drier than usual; King tides offer a stark preview of future sea levels on California coast; The reservoir headache one desert city can’t leave behind; and more …

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    Daily Digest
    December 7, 2025
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    WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec. 1-5: Trump admin adopts plan to pump more water from the Delta; SoCal wet winter brings La Niña/El Niño confusion; Initial SWP allocation set at 10%; New watershed studies highlight how the San Joaquin Basin can turn floods into opportunities; and more …

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    December 5, 2025
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    DAILY DIGEST, 12/5: Trump administration adopts plan to pump more water from the Delta over state objections; ‘A bit like poker,’ California’s wet winter brings La Niña/El Niño confusion; Research: Californian water suppliers consistently overestimate water demand; and more …

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    December 5, 2025
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    SJV WATER: Settlement wipes out $24 million in groundwater fee debt, removes pipeline opposition in high desert dispute

    SJV Water
    Groundwater News
    December 5, 2025
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water A settlement between a desert mining company and groundwater authority in eastern Kern County will...

    NOAA FISHERIES: Most Threatened and Endangered Pacific Coast Salmon Populations Increased After Listings

    NOAA Fisheries
    Fish and wildlife
    December 5, 2025
    Endangered Species Act protections move salmon toward recovery. From NOAA Fisheries Most Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead listed under the...

    RESEARCH ARTICLE: Water demand projection accuracy and demand management trends in California cities

    American Geophysical Union
    Planning and management
    December 5, 2025
    From Water Resources Research: This study investigates the accuracy of long-term water demand projections and tracks the evolution of water...

    NASA satellite data show decrease in Colorado River Basin aquifers

    NASA/JPL
    Colorado River
    December 5, 2025
    Researchers used data from the GRACE/GRACE-FO platform to estimate that the region has lost a combined 34 cubic kilometers of...

    Reclamation updates long-term operation plan for the Central Valley Project

    Bureau of Reclamation News
    Water project operations
    December 4, 2025
    Operational updates aim to maximize water deliveries across California Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation...

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/4: Supreme Court urged to take up California water rights case; Groundwater ruling sparks fears for Ventura County farmers; The ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theory dogging cloud seeding programs; Why one Tribe has declared the Colorado River a legal person; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    December 4, 2025
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    DAILY DIGEST, 12/3: CA strongly objects to Trump’s plan to pump more Delta water south; State officially takes Kaweah off groundwater “naughty” list; New watershed studies highlight how the San Joaquin Basin can turn floods into opportunities; EPA ‘rightsizing’ key offices in California, Illinois; and more …

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    Daily Digest
    December 3, 2025
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    SJV WATER: State officially takes Kaweah off groundwater “naughty” list

    SJV Water
    Groundwater News
    December 3, 2025
    By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The holiday season in the Kaweah subbasin got a little more jolly thanks to its...

    STATE WATER BOARD: Kaweah Subbasin to exit state intervention after improving SGMA groundwater plans

    SJV Water
    Groundwater News
    December 3, 2025
    Revised plans address subsidence, domestic well impacts Press release from the State Water Board: Following work by the Kaweah Groundwater...

    SJV WATER: Growers eager for “lifeline” being offered by state farmland transition program

    SJV Water
    Groundwater News
    December 3, 2025
    By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley faced with drastic cuts to the amount of groundwater...

    REPORT: A new resource for Counties: Well ordinance guidance to protect California’s streams

    Guest Contributor
    Groundwater News
    December 3, 2025
    From the Nature Conservancy: The California Salmon and Steelhead Coalition (SSC), a partnership between Trout Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, and...

    DWR: New watershed studies highlight how the San Joaquin Basin can turn floods into opportunities

    Department of Water Resources (DWR)
    Planning and management
    December 3, 2025
    From the Department of Water Resources: California’s San Joaquin Basin is at the center of the state’s water challenges, with...
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    DAILY DIGEST, 9/22: Sacramento River has gotten too warm for its salmon; Newsom declares state of emergency to prepare for Super El Niño; Tracking Harmful Algal Blooms in the Delta; Unpacking the latest developments on the Colorado River; and more …

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