DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Risk of catastrophic California ‘megaflood’ has doubled due to global warming, researchers say; Could virtual networks solve drinking water woes for California’s isolated, disadvantaged communities?; Spaghetti sauce is under threat as water crisis slams tomatoes; All bad options’ as Biden administration faces Western water crisis; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 14, 2022[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Climate change and megafloods … If not by drought then by megaflood: Climate change may have doubled risk of...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Aug 7-12: Delta Conveyance Project history and resources; Newsom’s water supply strategy; More join voluntary agreement effort; and all the top water news of the week Maven Weekly Digest August 12, 2022A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/12: Newsom unveils long-term strategy to bolster water supply, Agencies and stakeholders react; New signatories to voluntary agreements; Clock ticks down on Colorado River cuts. What will feds do?; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 12, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board (TOUR) from 9am to 4pm. The Delta ISB...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/11: Seven stats that explain the West’s epic drought; Farmers can save water with wireless technologies, but there are challenges – like transmitting data through mud; How wildfires affect snow in the American West; In a coastal California town, three iconic smokestacks are coming down. A community mourns; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 11, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Regional Water Board beginning at 9am. Agenda items include a...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/10: Meet the man trying to save Delta smelt; Urban water suppliers report water savings progress statewide; DWR launches new tool showing groundwater sustainability projects; Enviros suing Sonoma County, say mismanagement is draining Russian River basin; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 10, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Obi Kaufmann: Understanding water through art, science, and ecology from 9am to...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/9: Will Kings County be the first region sent to state’s groundwater “cop”?; Valadao leads request for water documents from Interior; CA’s water chief steps up to fight historic drought; Droughts in California are a historic certainty; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 9, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … JOINT LEG HEARING: Water is Life: Addressing California Tribal Water Issues beginning at...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/8: In dry CA, salty water creeps into key waterways; Dan Walters: Old issue plagues Newsom’s Delta tunnel project; CA leaking: people, pipes, and prices; Peter Moyle: Fish by fish, bird by bird; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 8, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: SAFER: Overview of Proposed Updates to the Drinking Water Cost Assessment Model...
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: New money vs. old power in San Joaquin Valley; Will a rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña yield another dry winter?; The battle for safe drinking water in the Central Valley; Southern Calif. water districts look at Colorado River cuts; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 7, 2022[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Water wars in a drying California: New money vs. old power in...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 7/31-8/5: Wildfire and plastic water pipes; Environmental Governance in the Delta, Water use dips but still short of Newsom’s goal, plus all the top water news and more … Maven Weekly Digest August 5, 2022A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/5: Court victory for clean water and state regulators in California; CA family creates drinking water out of thin air; Cadiz water to benefit Salton Sea, Torres Martinez Tribe; Arizona, California farmers draft their Colorado River conservation strategy; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 5, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … VIRTUAL TOUR: Orange County’s Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) from 10am to 11am. Join...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/4: The future of desalination; Critically low water levels at Lake Shasta; Burned-out boat pulled from the Delta, what about the other 50?; Drought and old pipes could slow Colorado River to a trickle; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 4, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Draft biological goals for the Lower San Joaquin River from 1pm...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/3: Water use dips, but still short of Newsom’s goal; Desert groundwater agency to pay $8,500 per acre-foot for valley water rights; CA Reps respond to Delta tunnel plan; Cutback in Eel River diversions expected to prompt new curtailments for Russian River water rights; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 3, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: Great Basin Water Summit from 9am to 4pm. The Summit will feature...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/2: Worsening drought drives California water prices to all-time high; Ruling: State can seek enviro safeguards for Oroville Dam beyond federal regulations; San Francisco Estuary Partnership releases 2022 Estuary Blueprint; Beyond PFAS to plastics: The emerging contaminant that lies ahead; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 2, 2022— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: State Water Resources Control Board meets beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include...
DAILY DIGEST, 8/1: Dan Walters: Can Newsom finally win long Delta water conflict?; As our climate permanently changes, how is CA fighting aridification?; What is fossil water? Geology and renewability; and more … Maven Daily Digest August 1, 2022[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Dan Walters: Can Newsom finally win long Delta water conflict? “Will the fifth...
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: With conservation trending in the right direction, Newsom rallies water agencies to do more; Two Sierra fires have very different outcomes. Why?; Two new decisions on the Potter Valley diversion from the Eel River; Beneath L.A. is a sea of water. Can it quench our thirst?; and more … Maven Daily Digest July 31, 2022[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … With conservation trending in the right direction, Governor Newsom rallies local water...
