water management Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

July 29, 2020 283

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The Delta Stewardship Council established the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee (DPIIC) after the adoption of the Delta Plan...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

Maven

Meetings

June 17, 2020 324

In October 2019, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Priorities for California’s Water, which outlined California’s...

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

Maven

News and Features

May 13, 2020 893

With water availability being an important concern, water managers often use water budgets to quantify and manage water resources. A...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on State Water Project operations

Maven

Meetings

January 2, 2020 449

Coodinated Operations Agreement addendum, State Water Project incidental take permit, and the Yuba-Feather Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations program At the December...

ACWA PANEL DISCUSSION: The building blocks of success in the Delta

Maven

Conferences and Seminars

December 18, 2019 511

DeDe D’Adamo, Karla Nemeth, and Susan Tatayon give their thoughts about going forward in the Delta in a panel discussion...

METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: USFWS Regional Director Paul Souza explains the biological opinions

Maven

Meetings

November 13, 2019 930

Paul Souza is the Regional Director of the Pacific Southwest division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which covers...

PERSPECTIVES: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Oroville Dam, the Governor’s water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, the Voluntary Agreements, and more …

Lisa Beutler

News and Features

October 17, 2019 1233

Interview and write-up by Lisa Beutler, Stantec (Sacramento, CA). This article appeared first in The Water Report and is reprinted...

Draft environmental documents for the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, plus an update on the biological opinions

Maven

News and Features

August 6, 2019 715

Explainer post on what these environmental documents are all about and how they interface with the biological opinions, plus an...

MET WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMM: Secretary Crowfoot talks about the water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, and more …

Maven

Meetings

July 17, 2019 560

At the July meeting of Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee meeting, the bulk of the meeting was taken up...

ROBERT SHIBATANI: Are California’s Water Operations as Efficient as Claimed?

Robert Shibatani

Guest blogger

June 18, 2019 429

Part II: How Much Water Was Lost this Spring 2019? This commentary was written by Robert Shibatani. In Part I...

PERSPECTIVES: Interview with Susan Tatayon, Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council

Lisa Beutler

Speeches and profiles

June 13, 2019 407

Ms. Tatayon discusses the role of the Delta Stewardship Council, her goals as chair, and the Delta Plan 5 year...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Are California’s Water Operations as Efficient as Claimed?

Robert Shibatani

Guest blogger

June 4, 2019 460

Part I: How Much Water Was Lost this Winter 2019? This post was written by Robert Shibatani. California water users...

ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms

Maven

Conferences and Seminars

May 22, 2019 690

Climate change is having a profound impact on California’s water resources, as evidenced by greater weather extremes, reduced snowpack, higher...

Interview with Wade Crowfoot: Implementing Newsom’s “One California” portfolio approach for water

Lisa Beutler

Guest blogger

May 14, 2019 2632

In perhaps the most in-depth interview for water wonks yet, Lisa Beutler, Senior Principal with Stantec, sits down with Secretary...

ERNEST CONANT: Federal priorities for Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region for 2019

Maven

Meetings

April 17, 2019 523

Reclamation Mid-Pacific Regional Director talks about progress made in implementing the directives in the Presidential Memo At the Friant Water...

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MEETING: Delta Watermaster breaks down water use in the Delta, addresses implementation of reduced reliance on the Delta

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

WATER QUALITY: A basic primer on water quality regulation

ACWA CONFERENCE: Adapting to Flood, Fire, and Drought: A Case Study of the American River

GSA SUMMIT: Addressing environment, disadvantaged communities, and domestic wells in the 2022 Groundwater Sustainability Plans

DAM REMOVAL UPDATE: Klamath Dams, Matilija Dam, and the Potter Valley Project

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DPIIC: The CVPIA and the state’s Incidental Take Permit: Ecosystem-based Management in the Delta

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on State Water Project operations

ACWA PANEL DISCUSSION: The building blocks of success in the Delta

METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: USFWS Regional Director Paul Souza explains the biological opinions

PERSPECTIVES: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Oroville Dam, the Governor’s water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, the Voluntary Agreements, and more …

Draft environmental documents for the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, plus an update on the biological opinions

MET WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMM: Secretary Crowfoot talks about the water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, and more …

ROBERT SHIBATANI: Are California’s Water Operations as Efficient as Claimed?

PERSPECTIVES: Interview with Susan Tatayon, Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council

GUEST COMMENTARY: Are California’s Water Operations as Efficient as Claimed?

ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms

Interview with Wade Crowfoot: Implementing Newsom’s “One California” portfolio approach for water

ERNEST CONANT: Federal priorities for Reclamation Mid-Pacific Region for 2019