Drought

Agriculture Notebook News and Features

March 7, 2014

A bipartisan group of state legislators led by Assemblyman Dan Logue has sent a letter to Felicia Marcus, Chair of...

Feinstein, Boxer, Costa and Garemendi send letter to the State Water Board, asking them to defer ‘far-reaching’ decision on Delta pumping until after March 21st

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

March 5, 2014

Senator Feinstein, Senator Boxer, Congressman Costa and Congressman Garamendi have sent a letter to Tom Howard, Executive Director of the...

DWR’s Mark Cowin updates the California Water Commission on the drought, the water action plan, the BDCP, and groundwater management

Delta Conveyance Project Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

March 5, 2014

At the February 19th meeting of the California Water Commission, Director of the Department of Water Resources Mark Cowin updated...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scheduled to continue special drought-related sampling for Delta smelt; Program providing water managers with real-time information on smelt movement

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

February 27, 2014

From the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed the first phase of...

This just in … Temporary Urgency Change Petition approved for Yuba County Water Agency

Bureau of Reclamation News

February 19, 2014

Yuba County Water Agency has filed a Temporary Urgency Change petition (TUCP) for water right Permit 15026 (Application 5632), proposing...

Reclamation notifies San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Authority that they will only receive 40% of their entitlement, far below their contractual 75% critical year entitlement

Current Conditions

February 17, 2014

The Bureau of Reclamation has notified the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Authority (Exchange Contractors) that due to the exceptionally...

From the White House: President Obama leading Administration-wide drought response

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

February 15, 2014

From the White House Press Office: “As communities across California struggle with the impacts of one of the state’s worst...

DWR and Reclamation file temporary change petition with State Water Board to consolidate places of use

Metropolitan Water District

February 13, 2014

From the Department of Water Resources: In an effort to help alleviate Central Valley water shortages due to extreme drought...

Metropolitan Water District Board declares water supply alert throughout Southern California in response to statewide drought

February 11, 2014

From the Metropolitan Water District: Southern California’s primary supplier of imported water today formally endorsed Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s...

Marty Ralph: Atmospheric rivers, drought, and the new Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes

Hydrology Notebook News and Features

February 10, 2014

Dr. Marty Ralph is the director of the new Center for Western Water and Water Extremes, as well as the...

Temporary Urgency Change Order amended to relax export restriction during significant storms when permit conditions are met

February 7, 2014

From the State Water Resources Control Board: (note: the emphasis added below is Maven’s) “On January 29, 2014, the Department...

State Water Board and FERC ready to assist the State’s hydropower generators as drought conditions persist

February 7, 2014

From the State Water Resources Control Board: With extreme drought conditions persisting throughout California and efforts underway to conserve water...

State Water Resources Control Board posts Temporary Urgency Change Petition for the SWP & CVP; schedules public workshop

January 31, 2014

The State Water Resources Control Board has received and approved a petition for a Temporary Urgency Change for Delta water...

Metropolitan General Manager Jeff Kightlinger meets with Governor Brown, pledges to help out “by all means feasible.”