THIS JUST IN … Construction Begins on Emergency Drought Barrier in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations June 3, 2021From the Department of Water Resources: In response to worsening drought conditions in California, today the Department of Water Resources...
NOW AVAILABLE: Your Delta, Your Voice Environmental Justice Community Survey Report Department of Water Resources (DWR) ANNOUNCEMENTSDelta Conveyance Project May 29, 2021From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) undertook the Your Delta, Your Voice survey to gather input from...
AG ALERT: State Water Board considers drought-response actions Ag Alert Water project operations May 26, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert More signs of drought and tightening water supplies have arisen, in filings with the State...
CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Investment in Delta tunnel, Sites Reservoir will ensure water supply Cal Matters CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project May 24, 2021Water agencies need to invest in infrastructure and plan for drought to diversify their water supply portfolio and increase reliability....
DELTA WATERMASTER UPDATE: Preparing for a dry year in the Delta; Addressing problems in the South Delta Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management March 10, 2021At the February meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George updated the councilmembers on the efforts underway...
SCIENCE IN SHORT: Wall-to-Wall Sampling Via Remote Sensing Maven Science Podcasts February 12, 2021Invasive plants – the submerged and floating kind – clog nearly a third of the Delta’s waterways today. These alien...
PLANNING & CONSERVATION LEAGUE: The Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan: Where is it at? Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation February 3, 2021Panel at PCL’s Environmental Assembly focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan update and...
DELTA ISB: What we know and don’t know about the Delta food web Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science January 14, 2021The Delta Reform Act of 2009 established the Delta Independent Science Board (or Delta ISB), whose ten members are appointed...
DELTA ADAPTS: Climate change vulnerability assessment looks at climate impacts to Delta as a place, agriculture, recreation, and infrastructure Maven Climate changeNotebook News and Features January 12, 2021Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future is the Delta Stewardship Council’s effort to conduct the first-ever climate change vulnerability...
DELTA WATERMASTER: Preparing for possible dry times ahead in the Delta Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law December 22, 2020At the December meeting of the State Water Board, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave his semi-annual update to the Board. ...
PRESS RELEASE: Delta Counties Urge Metropolitan Water District Board to Save Historic Delta Waterways by Rejecting Funding for Misguided Tunnel Conveyance Project Delta Counties Coalition Delta Conveyance Project December 8, 2020From the Delta Counties Coalition: The Delta Counties Coalition (DCC) warned members of the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Board that...
DELTA ADAPTS: Preliminary findings from the first comprehensive climate change vulnerability assessment for the Delta Maven Climate changeNotebook News and Features December 2, 2020Study assesses climate change risks to the Delta’s vulnerable communities, ecosystems, water supply, and flood management [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Delta Adapts: Creating...
COMMENTARY/REBUTTAL AT CAL MATTERS: Delta tunnel project would secure California’s water future Department of Water Resources (DWR) Commentary November 2, 2020The State Water Project’s 1960-era infrastructure is aging and needs to be upgraded to meet the climate challenges ahead in...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Slammed Over ‘Blank Check’ for Delta Tunnel Project Courthouse News Service Delta Conveyance Project October 29, 2020Lobbing another hurdle at California’s $16 billion plan to tunnel underneath the West Coast’s largest estuary, environmentalists on Thursday sued...
PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit Challenges California’s $16 Billion Move to Fund Delta Tunnel Project Center for Biological Diversity Delta Conveyance Project October 29, 2020Revenue Bonds Would Lock in Funding Before Any Environmental Review From the Center for Biological Diversity: Five environmental groups sued...
