Making conservation a CA way of life Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

URBAN WATER USE OBJECTIVE: Annual and Seasonal Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Data Now Available

November 1, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Urban Retail Water Suppliers: The Annual Weather Data and Seasonal Weather Data tables...

URBAN WATER USE OBJECTIVE: DWR Releases Datasets for Urban Water Use Objective Calculations

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

November 1, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources Dear Urban Retail Water Supplier: The 2018 Legislation (AB 1668 and SB 606) required...

MAKING CONSERVATION A CA WAY OF LIFE: Variance and temporary provision materials and webinar announcement

State Water Board

ANNOUNCEMENTS

July 18, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Urban Retail Water Suppliers intending to request variances or temporary provisions for their...

UC RIVERSIDE: Home water-use app improves water conservation

UC Riverside

Planning and management

May 27, 2025

UC Riverside study finds that access to real-time household water data reduces consumption By David Danelski, UC Riverside A UC...

NOW AVAILABLE: Making Conservation a California Way of Life Regulation FAQs

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

January 9, 2025

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board posted a frequently asked questions (FAQs) document...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Report reveals deficiencies in California plan to boost urban water conservation

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

January 5, 2024

California’s legislative watchdog says new water conservation rules are complicated, costly and barely amount to a drop in the water-saving...

CAL MATTERS: California’s new water conservation rules too stringent and costly, analysts say

Cal Matters

Policy and regulation

January 4, 2024

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C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: Proposed Water Conservation Rule Exempts California’s Most Profligate Users

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Policy and regulation

October 19, 2023

New Mandate Would Crack Down on Cities, Let Corporate Growers Off the Hook – All for Minimal Water Savings A...

CAL MATTERS: California drought: Water providers still predict shortages next year

Cal Matters

Current Conditions Planning and management

December 13, 2022

Despite December storms, water supplies remain low in many areas. Some managers expect to impose severe restrictions on their customers....

ACWA CONFERENCE: Water Board Vice Chair Dorene D’Adamo on climate change, water supplies, conservation, safe and affordable drinking water

Maven

Climate change Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

December 7, 2021

At the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Fall Conference held last week, the keynote speaker at the luncheon was...

CALIFORNIA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Reasonable Use or Waste: A Developing Dichotomy

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation Water rights and water law

May 8, 2019

Panel discussion explores the evolution of the doctrine of reasonable use and considers how the doctrine will, or will not,...

THIS JUST IN … Governor Brown Signs Legislation Establishing Statewide Water Efficiency Goals

Governor Jerry Brown

Policy and regulation

May 31, 2018

From the Office of the Governor: Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed SB 606 by Senator Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys)...

PANEL: Legal issues associated with water conservation mandates

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

January 10, 2018

As the legislature contemplates how to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life”, a panel discusses some of the legal...

Making conservation a California way of life

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

August 16, 2017

Symposium presentation looks at the Brown administration’s proposed framework for water conservation After several years of drought, in May of...

CA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Water Rights in an Era of “Permanent” Conservation Mandates: Are Reports of Their Death Greatly Exaggerated?

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 14, 2017

By complying with a state-directed water budget formula, will agencies be forced to strand their water rights or infrastructure investments?...