From JPL: As of June 2026, El Niño has officially arrived. This naturally recurring phenomenon is characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures...
Combining flood mitigation with wetland habitat restoration, “horizontal levees” could protect coastal cities and wildlife from rising seas. By Charlotte...
A nonprofit coalition is suing the California Department of Fish & Wildlife for stalling the state Endangered Species Act process for San Francisco Bay’s imperiled White Sturgeon From the San Francisco Baykeeper: Today, San Francisco Baykeeper, Restore the Delta, the...
From the USGS: Joint trend analysis of streamflow and groundwater on a national scale is a critical step toward understanding how national water budget components respond concurrently and interactively to environmental drivers. A new USGS study shows that groundwater and streamflow...
From the Department of Water Resources: Managed aquifer recharge can do more than replenish groundwater. This new brochure explores how thoughtfully designed recharge projects can also support flood risk reduction, ecosystem enhancement, water quality, climate resilience, working lands, and drought...
Curious how groundwater recharge efforts are progressing across California? This new Annual Groundwater Recharge Round-Up provides a statewide snapshot of...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board’s Supply and Demand Assessment Program has published several additional interactive surface...
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is pleased to announce the release of the 2026 Draft Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program Guidelines. The guideline’s focus is to administer a 2025 legislative directive of $3.5...
A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service and you will receive notification of this post on Friday mornings. Readers on daily email service can add weekly email...