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METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: Coordinated Operations Agreement for the SWP/CVP, Voluntary settlement agreements

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

January 10, 2019

At the January meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee, Bay Delta Initiatives Manager Steve Arakawa updated...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Water District begins drawing down stored water in Lake Mead

Maven

Colorado River Notebook News and Features

January 7, 2019

“If there is no Drought Contingency Plan, we don’t want to leave potentially half a million acre-feet or more locked...

COLORADO RIVER: Metropolitan Committee hears more details on the Drought Contingency Plan

Maven

Colorado River Notebook News and Features

November 14, 2018

Metropolitan Board of Directors expected to vote in December At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee,...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay Delta discusses the Water Fix economic analysis

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

October 31, 2018

In September of 2018, the Department of Water Resources released the latest economic analysis for the California Water Fix which...

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT: Update on Southern California regional groundwater conditions

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 16, 2018

Data shows groundwater recharge in the region has declined by 1.1 MAF since 2000; storage remains at unhealthy levels At...

The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan agreement and what it means to Metropolitan

Maven

Colorado River Notebook News and Features

October 11, 2018

Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee discusses the drought contingency plan for the Colorado River On Wednesday, the major headline...

THIS JUST IN … Watchdogs Sue Metropolitan Water District Over Delta Tunnel Financing

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

September 10, 2018

MWD’s planned rate hikes to pay for WaterFix Project violate Propositions 26 and 13 From Food and Water Watch: Food...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: California Water Fix update, State Water Board’s Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan update

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

August 1, 2018

At the July meeting of the Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members received an update on the...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Board agrees to fund two-tunnel California Water Fix (again)

Metropolitan Water District

Delta Conveyance Project

July 10, 2018

Board authorizes $10.8 billion for project to modernize state water delivery system From the Metropolitan Water District: The board of...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: California Water Fix update; Delta science efforts

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

July 3, 2018

The June meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta included an update on the Cal Water Fix project,...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Water District to vote again on whether to authorize increased funding of WaterFix

Metropolitan Water District

Delta Conveyance Project

June 7, 2018

Re-vote scheduled for July 10 board meeting The following is the text of a memo sent to the Metropolitan Board...

METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on California Water Fix and the Design and Construction Authority and the Collaborative Science and Adaptive Management Program

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

May 30, 2018

At the May meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members received an update on...

REACTIONS to Metropolitan Water District vote to support full California Water Fix project

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

April 11, 2018

Yesterday, the Metropolitan Water District Board of Directors voted to support full construction of the California Water Fix, although nowhere...

THIS JUST IN … Governor Brown sends letter to Metropolitan Board of Directors, urging their support of the full Cal Water Fix project

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

April 9, 2018

Governor Jerry Brown has sent a letter to the Metropolitan Board of Directors, urging their support for the full California...

METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Committee members discuss financing construction of entire Cal Water Fix project

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

February 28, 2018

At yesterday’s meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, the entirety of the meeting was devoted to discussion of...