California water news

DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Atmospheric river poised to bring more rain; Harder leads Delta region colleagues in effort to block federal resources for Delta tunnel; Network celebrates five years of advancing Flood-MAR; Unsettled Pacific Ocean offers few clear indicators for salmon success; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 12, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Atmospheric river poised to bring more rain to California “Meteorologists are closely...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/11: Solano County ready to sue state over Delta tunnel EIR; Zone 7 mulls Sites Reservoir share; Climate change is shrinking snowpack in many places; Arizona’s plan to fix the Colorado River; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 11, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Solano County ready to sue state over Delta tunnel EIR “Solano County will...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/10: Biggest winter storm so far is on its way; Healthy reservoir levels offset scant snowpack depths; State Water Board acknowledges “paper water”; Understanding water supply forecast error on the Colorado River; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 10, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … GRA SF Bay: 2024 Darcy Lecture: Fiber Optic Distributed Sensing as a Window on...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/9: Project aims to develop new tools to allocate limited water supplies; Court rejects challenges to DWR’s SWP contract extension EIR; Thousands of nanoplastic bits found in bottled water; Cleanup nightmare: Styrofoam spill at Tahoe; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 9, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … LEG HEARING: Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife beginning at 9am.  Click here...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/8: Seawall lawsuit could reshape CA coast; Some farmers pay for groundwater. Is that workable?; A Functional Flows approach to implementing Flood-MAR; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 8, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … State officials wouldn’t let these homeowners build a sea wall. Their lawsuit could...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: With snowpack below average, approaching storms bring hope; Delta tunnel project raises questions over Napa water supply; Colorado River states are racing to agree on cuts before inauguration day; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 7, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … With California snowpack below average, approaching storms bring hope “On Saturday, stormy,...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Jan. 2-5: Rain, snow this weekend; First snow survey ‘dismal’; LAO: Urban water conservation regs too stringent, costly; How AI can help protect CA streams and fish; and more …

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Weekly Digest

January 5, 2024

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DAILY DIGEST, 1/5: Rain, snow and chilly air take aim on West Coast this weekend; California’s new water conservation rules too stringent and costly, analysts say; No harm, no foul, no suit in fight over Sacramento River pollution; Will Arizona close a loophole that lets developers build without water?; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 5, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Rain, snow and chilly air take aim on West Coast this weekend “The...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/4: How AI can help protect California streams and fish; A Stanford economist says we should think of water like radio waves; Delta Conveyance Project not the only plan in town; Cuyama water lawsuit moves forward as Bolthouse, Grimmway drop out; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 4, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How AI can help protect California streams and fish “Rivers in...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/3: Sierra Nevada snowpack at lowest level in 10 years as ‘snow drought’ grips CA, western US; Two more storm systems bringing snow, rain; Salinity management in the Central Valley; New Year brings new laws, policies; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 3, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … VIRTUAL MEETING: State Board of Food and Ag (Virtual) from 4pm to 5pm.  The...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/2: Parade of cross-country storms to hammer the West Coast into mid-January; What will become of rice?; Believing in the power of beavers; Researchers, tribes, residents prepare for a century of sediment released from the Klamath dams; and more …

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Daily Digest

January 2, 2024

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Parade of cross-country storms to hammer the West Coast into mid-January “The weather...

THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom Announces $5.1 Billion Package for Water Infrastructure and Drought Response as Part of $100 Billion California Comeback Plan

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Policy and regulation

May 10, 2021

Package includes billions for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, with a focus on small and disadvantaged communities From the Office of...

This just in … Mark Cowin, Director of the California Department of Water Resources, and David Murillo, Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, issue statement on the close of the Cal Water Fix comment period

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Delta Conveyance Project

October 30, 2015

Statement on close of public comment period from Mark Cowin, Director of the California Department of Water Resources, and David...

This just in … 30,000 Californians Speak Out Against the Delta Tunnels

Restore the Delta

Delta Conveyance Project

October 30, 2015

From Restore the Delta: At a press conference held on the steps of the State Capitol today, a coalition of...

Emergency Drought Barrier Removal Underway in Delta

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Water project operations

October 2, 2015

From the Department of Water Resources: Work by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to dismantle an emergency drought barrier...