Water supply reliability Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

STANFORD NEWS: Balancing water supply resilience and ecology: The Tuolumne River and the Bay Delta Plan

March 16, 2024 385

As policymakers consider updates to the Bay-Delta Plan, a Stanford analysis outlines challenges and strategies to support future water security...

DAN WALTERS: California needs reliable water supply, but climate change brings more uncertainty

Cal Matters

Commentary

February 27, 2024 150

As California’s precipitation becomes more erratic due to climate change, the state needs more tools, including more storage capacity, to...

DWR: Delta Conveyance Project can help protect water supply reliability looking decades ahead, modeling shows

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Agency News

January 20, 2024 219

From the Department of Water Resources: California’s water delivery infrastructure needs modernization. The system was built in the 20th century...

FEATURE: Delta Conveyance Project update covers updated timeline, reliability of the State Water Project beyond 2040

Maven

Notebook News and Features

January 18, 2024 367

The January meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s One Water and Stewardship Committee included an informational update on the Delta Conveyance...

DELTA COUNCIL: Data shows State Water Project contractors’ contributions to reduced reliance on the Delta and improved regional self-reliance

Maven

Notebook News and Features

December 5, 2023 242

One of the many permitting hoops that the Delta Conveyance Project must jump through on the road to construction should...

NEWS RELEASE: New SoCal water bank improves water supply reliability for millions

Metropolitan Water District

Press Release/Other

October 23, 2023 285

Officials celebrate start of $211 million High Desert Water Bank, Metropolitan’s largest-ever investment in groundwater storage From the Metropolitan Water...

REPORT: Annual Supply Report shows water suppliers well positioned for 2024

Maven

Reports

October 23, 2023 161

The 2023 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Summary Report summarizes the Department of Water Resources’ review of Urban Water...

NEWS RELEASE: Biden-Harris Administration and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority Approve Plan for B.F. Sisk Dam Project, Advancing Water Supply Reliability and Public Safety in California’s Central Valley

US Department of the Interior

Agency News

October 20, 2023 283

As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, investments in B.F. Sisk Dam expansion represent first approval of a...

PRESS RELEASE: Metropolitan improving water supply reliability for 7 million people

Metropolitan Water District

Press Release/Other

September 12, 2023 115

Board advances two projects that will increase access to water supply, storage for communities that faced shortages last year Press...

DWR Commentary: Why Modernizing Infrastructure Will Benefit Our Future Water Supply

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Commentary

September 8, 2023 110

From the Department of Water Resources: The State Water Project (SWP) moves life-sustaining water across the state for 27 million...

GUEST COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: Delta tunnel project won’t provide reliable water supply California needs

Cal Matters

Commentary

March 29, 2023 38

The benefits of a long-sought and controversial project to replumb the Delta and send more water south are speculative at...

DR. JAY LUND: Smarter Gambling with Water – Review of Water Supply Reliability Estimation

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta science Notebook News and Features

June 30, 2022 511

At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Jay Lund, the immediate past chair of the Delta Independent...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Charley Wilson, Southern California Water Coalition

Maven

Notebook News and Features

June 28, 2022 348

The Southern California Water Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, comprised of leaders from a variety of businesses, cities, agricultural...