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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Numerous appeals filed for DWR’s consistency determination for the Delta Conveyance Project geotechnical activities

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

November 10, 2024

The appeals allege numerous inconsistencies with Delta Plan policies and say piecemealing the project is inconsistent with CEQA Last Friday,...

SJV WATER: Madera County project aims to curb groundwater pull by paying farmers to find new uses for land

SJV Water

Groundwater News

November 9, 2024

By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Residents and advocates in the small community of Fairmead have been working for years to...

NIDIS: New research finds rising heat driving Western droughts

NIDIS

Hydrology

November 9, 2024

Higher temperatures can cause droughts even with normal precipitation Higher temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change made an ordinary drought...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Appeals Filed for 2024-2026 Delta Conveyance Project Proposed Geotechnical Activities

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta Conveyance Project

November 8, 2024

From the Delta Stewardship Council: The following parties have appealed the California Department of Water Resources Certification of Consistency (C20242)...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Nov. 4-8: CA prepares to battle Trump over environmental policies; New SWP permit seeks to balance water delivery with environmental protections; Managing reservoirs for environmental and human uses; Why future droughts will not be about rain; and more …

Maven

Weekly Digest

November 8, 2024

A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

DAILY DIGEST, Veteran’s Day weekend edition: CA prepares to battle Trump over environmental policies; An SF judge has already ruled on removing fluoride; Atmospheric rivers are shifting toward the poles; Post-fire study finds snowpack melts earlier; and more …

Maven

Daily Digest

November 8, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

CAL MATTERS: Here we go again: California prepares to battle Trump over environmental policies

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

November 8, 2024

A lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air,...

WATER DESK: Post-fire study finds snowpack melts earlier

The Water Desk

Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

November 8, 2024

Loss of forest canopy and deposition of ash alter forest hydrology By Mitch Tobin, Water Desk As the American West...

THE CURRENT: Atmospheric rivers are shifting toward the poles, possibly following a long-term cycle

UC Santa Barbara

Hydrology

November 8, 2024

By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara Against the backdrop of global warming, sea level rise and extreme weather, it’s reassuring...

ESSAY: Water wasted to sea?

Guest Contributor

Commentary

November 8, 2024

By James E. Cloern, Jane Kay, Wim Kimmerer, Jeffrey Mount, Peter B. Moyle, and Anke Müeller–Solger If we farmed the...

COMMENTARY: Sites Reservoir: A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity 

Sites Project Authority

Commentary

November 8, 2024

By Fritz Durst, Chair, Sites Project Authority Water is a precious resource in California—and like any smart investment strategy, we...

EPA: How EPA scientists use fish eDNA to assess estuarine health

US Environmental Protection Agency

Fish and wildlife Science

November 8, 2024

By Sarah Whichello, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Research Participant with EPA. Estuaries are waterbodies where freshwater from the uplands mixes...