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CA FARM WATER COALITION: Unified Water Plan charts a path to keep the San Joaquin Valley growing

September 10, 2026

WATER BLUEPRINT: Unified Water Plan for the San Joaquin Valley released: Congressionally authorized report gives decision-makers a roadmap for Valley water investment

September 4, 2026

DWR: California begins a new era of water planning

August 7, 2026

RESEARCH ARTICLE: Political sentiment explains regional perception of water system performance in the Los Angeles wildfires

July 28, 2026

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Newsom Lays Out Big Dreams for California’s Water Future

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

July 28, 2020

Touting ways to shield California’s most precious resource from climate change, Governor Gavin Newsom released strategies Tuesday to improve drinking...

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

Maven

Best of the Notebook Climate change Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 17, 2020

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

THIS JUST IN … Feinstein Introduces Bill to Restore San Joaquin Valley Canals, Improve Water Supply

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

May 21, 2020

From Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced the Restoration of Essential Conveyance Act, a bill to...

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

Maven

Best of the Notebook Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

May 13, 2020

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

KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: The magic water wand

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

April 1, 2020

If you had a magic wand that could give you unlimited funding, could change any law, write any new law,...

THIS JUST IN … New economic report seeks to highlight significant water challenges for California communities

Maven

Policy and regulation

March 3, 2020

This is the report mentioned in today’s top story on the Daily Digest From the Water Blueprint for the San...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on State Water Project operations

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

January 2, 2020

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

Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

December 18, 2019

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

FELICIA MARCUS: One Delta, one estuary–Connecting California through water

Maven

Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

December 4, 2019

In her address to the State of the Estuary conference, Felicia Marcus spoke about the connections of the Delta to...

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

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

November 13, 2019

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

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 17, 2019

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

GUEST COMMENTARY: Integrated Regional Water Management – Helping Create a Balanced Portfolio for our Water Future

Guest Contributor

Commentary

September 5, 2019

Guest commentary from the IRWM Roundtable of Regions: Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) represents a construct for collaborative water resource...