OpenET expands satellite-based water use data across 48 states, providing critical information to farmers and water managers across the nation December 17, 2025
ACWA PANEL DISCUSSION: The building blocks of success in the Delta Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation December 18, 2019DeDe 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 FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation December 4, 2019In 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 FeaturesWater project operations November 13, 2019Paul 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 FeaturesPolicy and regulation October 17, 2019Interview 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, 2019Guest commentary from the IRWM Roundtable of Regions: Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) represents a construct for collaborative water resource...
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 Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations August 6, 2019Explainer 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 Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation July 17, 2019At 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 Commentary June 18, 2019Part 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 Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 13, 2019Ms. Tatayon discusses the role of the Delta Stewardship Council, her goals as chair, and the Delta Plan 5 year...
ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation May 22, 2019Climate 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 Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 14, 2019In 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 Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 17, 2019Reclamation Mid-Pacific Regional Director talks about progress made in implementing the directives in the Presidential Memo At the Friant Water...
DR. JAY LUND: Water Supply Reliability Estimation: An overview Maven Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features March 6, 2019Water supply reliability. It’s a term often talked about in the realm of California water, but what does it really...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Upgrading the water grid Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater project operations January 30, 2019In September of 2018, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Managing Drought in a Changing Climate:...
California Water Plan Update 2018: Managing water resources for sustainability Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management December 26, 2018The draft of the update, just under 50 pages, is a much more trimmed down version of its predecessors and...
