RESEARCH ARTICLE: Political sentiment explains regional perception of water system performance in the Los Angeles wildfires July 28, 2026
DWR unveils new vision to strengthen water management and climate resilience in San Joaquin Valley May 2, 2026
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...
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Agreement reached on Coordinated Operation Agreement for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, cost sharing; Water agencies respond Maven Water project operations December 14, 2018Agreement reached on Coordinated Operation Agreement for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, cost sharing From the...
ACWA CONFERENCE: Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth on the Department’s efforts to confront the challenges ahead Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation December 5, 2018Karla Nemeth was appointed Director of the California Department of Water Resources by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on January...
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, 2018In recent years, media reports and editorials have suggested that environmental regulations have made Delta outflows increasingly large, project water...
California Water Plan Update 2018: Envisioning Statewide Water Sustainability Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management November 29, 2017The update to the California Water Plan will be a much shorter and more succinct document than it’s predecessors –...
DR. SARAH YARNELL: Ecological Response to the Unregulated Spring Flow Regime in the Sierra Nevada Maven Science July 16, 2017Dr. Sarah Yarnell is Associate Project Scientist at the Center for Watershed Sciences, and her presentation was drawn from research...
WATER SMART INNOVATIONS: Speeding up innovation in the water industry Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management October 18, 2016Paul Brown says three things are necessary to spur technological innovation: avoiding the optimization trap, removing standardization as a barrier,...
NEW PPIC REPORT: California’s Water Maven Planning and managementReports October 6, 2016From the PPIC: Managing water remains one of the great challenges for California. Population growth, a shifting climate, and declining...
Israel-California Water Conference: The challenge of thinking one drop ahead Maven AgricultureNotebook News and Features September 13, 2016State Water Board Chair Felicia Marcus and Israeli Water Authority Senior Deputy Director Tamar Shor discuss water management in California...
Drought, climate change, and California water management Maven Best of the NotebookClimate changeNotebook News and Features August 31, 2016Climate change will stress all aspects of our water management system, particularly the Delta; however, multiple strategies do exist to...
Webinar: Managing Drought: Lessons from Australia Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management August 24, 2016A look at Australia’s strategies and programs that cut urban water use in half Australia and California, despite being on...
