AG ALERT: Judge reviews biological opinions in water dispute Ag Alert Water project operations December 8, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert A federal judge is reviewing a proposed order requesting approval of an interim operations plan...
MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on interim operations plan for SWP/CVP, voluntary agreements Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations December 1, 2021At the November meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, Bay-Delta Initiatives Manager Steven Arakawa briefed the committee members on recent communications...
CA WATER COMMISSION: State Water Project drought operations Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations November 17, 2021DWR prepares for another dry year At the September 2021 meeting, John Yarbrough, Assistant Deputy Director of the SWP, briefed...
AG ALERT: La Niña looms in Pacific as new water year begins Ag Alert Agriculture October 20, 2021By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California’s water bucket is not even half full as the state enters the 2022 water...
THIS JUST IN … Feinstein, Costa, Garamendi, Harder: Revise Interim Operating Plan for California Water Projects in Consultation with Key Stakeholders Legislator/Elected Official Water project operations October 20, 2021From Senator Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representatives Jim Costa, John Garamendi and Josh Harder (all D-Calif.) today called...
CAL MATTERS: Water shortages: Why some Californians are running out in 2021 and others aren’t Cal Matters Current ConditionsPlanning and management June 23, 2021Drought resilience depends on location but also extraordinary engineering — determining which California places are running out of water this...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio Initiative Listening Session Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation June 26, 2019On April 29, 2019, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-10-19 that directed the secretaries of the California Natural Resources Agency,...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Upgrading the water grid Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater project operations January 30, 2019In September of 2018, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Managing Drought in a Changing Climate:...
DR. JEFF MOUNT: Making groundwater a centerpiece of managing the droughts of the future Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 24, 2018Four essential policy reforms are needed to reduce the social, economic, and environmental costs of future droughts, says Dr. Mount...
Panel discussion: The state of the state’s water system Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations June 22, 2016Panel members review the year’s hydrology, discuss ongoing state initiatives At last month’s ACWA conference, a panel of agency officials...
The 2016 Drought Contingency Plan for CVP & SWP operations State Water Board Planning and managementWater project operations January 15, 2016From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board has posted the February through October 2016...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Water Woes Force LA’s Hunt for Liquid Gold Courthouse News Service Planning and management January 6, 2016By Sean Duffy, Courthouse News Service California’s order to cut urban water use by 25 percent after four years of...
Media call: State and federal officials discuss the 2015 Drought Operations Plan Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations January 15, 2015Officials from the water projects, fish agencies, and the State Water Board review how they responded last year, and outline...
