Water storage Archives ~ Page 7 of 11 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

August 11, 2021

By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Organic farmer Al Courchesne of Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood walks through rows of his...

COMMENTARY: Water: We can go on fighting or we can get to work

May 26, 2021

By Justin Fredrickson, environmental policy analyst for the California Farm Bureau We’re in a drought again—and a bad one—and that...

CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: Investment in Delta tunnel, Sites Reservoir will ensure water supply

Cal Matters

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

May 24, 2021

Water agencies need to invest in infrastructure and plan for drought to diversify their water supply portfolio and increase reliability....

CA WATER COMMISSION: DSOD’s proposed new dam safety regulations

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

May 13, 2021

The Division of Safety of Dams (DSOD), housed within the Department of Water Resources, regulates over 1,240 dams to prevent...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Screening process for eligible water storage projects; Commission continues conveyance conversation

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

January 28, 2021

Screening process for potential new Water Storage Investment Program projects At the December 2020 meeting, the California Water Commission approved...

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Temperance Flat Reservoir Project Status Update

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 26, 2020

Project unlikely to meet program deadlines, putting $171.3 million in Prop 1 storage funds back on the table [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In...

Surface Storage

Maven

Notebook News and Features Water supply augmentation

October 17, 2020

Surface storage offers a mixed bag of benefits and impacts. On the one hand, dams can provide water storage, flood...

THIS JUST IN … Public comment period open for critical Shasta Dam proposal to increase water storage for Californians and fish

Bureau of Reclamation News

Water project operations

August 6, 2020

The Bureau of Reclamation has proposed raising the Shasta Dam and is seeking public input on the Shasta Lake Water...

LETTER sent to Congressional subcommittee requesting funding for California water storage projects under the WIIN Act

Maven

Policy and regulation

June 24, 2020

Funding requested for Shasta Dam enlargement, Friant-Kern Canal, Delta Mendota Canal, and others On Monday, Interior Assistant Secretary for Water...

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS for Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion project

Guest Contributor

Policy and regulation

February 28, 2020

Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion project would increase storage capacity by more than 100K acre-feet, add new conveyance facilities From the...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on the Water Storage Investment Program

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

February 5, 2020

WSIP Program Manager Amy Young updates commissioners on project schedule, progress on the projects, and how the projects will be...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Newsom Wades Into Decades-Long Bid to Wring More Water for California

Courthouse News Service

Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

January 21, 2020

California governors couldn’t complete, leaving environmentalists to wonder whether the state’s blueprint for climate change is legitimate. By Nick Cahill,...

Presidential Memorandum on Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in the West

President Trump

Policy and regulation Water project operations

October 20, 2018

From President Donald Trump: MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY THE...

Metropolitan’s Groundwater Banking Programs

Maven

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

September 5, 2018

Presentation looks at the benefits, challenges, and risks of Metropolitan’s groundwater banking programs Beginning in the early 1990s, Metropolitan Water...

THIS JUST IN … Commission Approves Investing $2.7 Billion in Eight Water Storage Projects (Press Release)

CA Water Commission

Policy and regulation

July 24, 2018

Proposition 1 Funds Conditionally Committed to Add 4.3 Million Acre-Feet of Storage Capacity From the California Water Commission: Eight proposed...