BAY DELTA PLAN UPDATE: A deep dive into the staff report for the for the Sacramento Delta update: How do the voluntary agreements stack up? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and Features November 14, 2023 1555On Friday, the State Water Resources Control Board will hold the first day of a three day public hearing on...
GUEST COMMENTARY (REBUTTAL): Ecologists see little difference between unimpaired and (truly) functional approaches to flow Guest Contributor Commentary February 4, 2020 958This guest commentary was written by Julie Zimmerman, Jeanette Howard, Jon Rosenfield, and Rene Henery in response to The Final...
ROBERT SHIBATANI COMMENTARY: The Final Demise of Unimpaired Flows Robert Shibatani Commentary January 28, 2020 945We can Thank Climate Change… Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani Some ideas have the uncanny ability of persevering! Like a...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Checking assertions with data: Untangling factors that constrain water exports from the San Francisco Bay estuary Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features November 7, 2018 769In recent years, media reports and editorials have suggested that environmental regulations have made Delta outflows increasingly large, project water...
PANEL DISCUSSION: The Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Update: Now What Happens? Maven Notebook News and Features May 24, 2018 865Panel at ACWA Conference discusses unimpaired versus functional flows and the potential for voluntary settlements The State Water Board is...
CHRIS ENRIGHT: What Do We Mean by “Natural Functional Delta Inflow” in a Regulated and Modified System? Maven Science July 16, 2017 2“The issue here for the day is really what do we mean by natural functional flows,” began Chris Enright, Senior...
THE SCIENCE OF NATURAL FUNCTIONAL FLOWS TO THE DELTA Maven Delta science July 16, 2017 4In January of 2013, a symposium hosted by Delta Science Program and the UC Davis Center for Aquatic Biology and...
THIS JUST IN … ACWA, California Farm Water Coalition say State Water Board’s San Joaquin River flow proposal is the wrong approach Maven Press Release/Other March 17, 2017 495The organizations advocate a ‘functional flows’ approach Today was the deadline for comments to be submitted to the State Water...
Broad group of farmers express concerns over State Water Board’s approach to flows Maven Notebook News and Features February 23, 2017 291The State Water Board should focus on functional flows, not unimpaired flows, they say In a letter to the State...
CAL MATTERS: To save SF Bay and its dying Delta, state aims to re-plumb California Cal Matters News November 26, 2016By Julie Cart, Cal Matters The report’s findings were unequivocal: Given the current pace of water diversions, the San Francisco...
State Water Board’s use of unimpaired flows in the Delta’s Water Quality Control Plan update disputed Maven Notebook News and Features October 27, 2015 981Water agencies say it’s infeasible; interest groups say it’s the most fairest and equitable approach A broad coalition of environmental,...
State Water Resources Control Board releases draft San Joaquin River flow and southern Delta salinity objectives for public comment Maven Press Release/Other January 2, 2013 304As part of the update to the 2006 Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, the State Water Resources Control Board (State...
