Infrastructure Archives ~ Page 5 of 7 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

May 4, 2022

Exploratory modeling in California’s Central Valley indicates that evaluating the costs, benefits, and risks to individual providers is necessary to...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Rush is on to drought-proof California’s archaic water system

Courthouse News Service

Planning and management

November 20, 2021

Suddenly flush with cash, drought-riddled California has a golden opportunity to update its 20th century water infrastructure and retrofit it...

CAL MATTERS EXPLAINER: Water is life. It’s also a battle. So what does the future hold for California?

Cal Matters

Planning and management

August 4, 2021

By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters Water plays a lead role in the state’s political theater, with Democrats and Republicans polarized,...

CAL MATTERS: Water shortages: Why some Californians are running out in 2021 and others aren’t

Cal Matters

Current Conditions Planning and management

June 23, 2021

Drought resilience depends on location but also extraordinary engineering — determining which California places are running out of water this...

AG ALERT: Drought exposes need to upgrade water facilities

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

June 16, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Severe drought highlights the need for greater investment to improve aging California water facilities, and...

COMMENTARY: Water: We can go on fighting or we can get to work

Ag Alert

Agriculture Commentary

May 26, 2021

By Justin Fredrickson, environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau We’re in a drought again—and a bad one—and that...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Congress seeks long-term solutions for drought crippling western US

Courthouse News Service

Hydrology

May 25, 2021

More than 70 million people are affected by a historic drought in the West. Lawmakers and administration officials are scrambling...

CA WATER COMMISSION: DSOD’s proposed new dam safety regulations

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

May 13, 2021

The Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), housed within the Department of Water Resources, regulates over 1,240 dams to prevent...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Ensuring the reliability of the State Water Project, part 2: Assessing climate change vulnerabilities and addressing aging infrastructure

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

April 7, 2021

One of the California Water Commission‘s statutory responsibilities is to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Ensuring the reliability of the State Water Project, part 1: Strategic priorities and programs

Maven

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

April 6, 2021

One of the California Water Commission’s statutory responsibilities is to conduct an annual review of the construction and operation of...

BERKELEY LAB: Impacts of climate change on our water and energy systems: it’s complicated

Berkeley Lab

Climate change

January 11, 2021

A team of researchers from Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Barbara propose a framework for evaluating climate change...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Addressing California Aqueduct subsidence; State Water Project Operations and Maintenance

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

November 24, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the November meeeting of the California Water Commission, Commissioners were briefed on subsidence issues with the California Aqueduct...

ENVIRO DOCS: A look at the Friant Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

May 27, 2020

On May 8, the Bureau of Reclamation and Friant Water Authority released a draft environmental impact statement/environmental impact report for...

CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION BOARD: Update on the San Joaquin River Restoration Program

Maven

Notebook News and Features Planning and management

January 21, 2020

Historically, the San Joaquin River has supported large chinook salmon populations. However, since the Bureau of Reclamation’s Friant Dam on...

NEW REPORTS: Innovation in action: 21st century water infrastructure solutions; Funding a future for water in the San Joaquin Valley; Water Smart housing development; Closing the water access gap in the United States

Maven

Reports Water project operations

November 23, 2019

Innovation in Action: 21st Century Water Infrastructure Solutions From the Water Now Alliance: “Innovation in Action: 21st Century Water Infrastructure...