Assemblymember Marc Levine on California Water: The state legislature’s perspective Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 12, 2015The Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee talks about the current drought, Prop 1 funds, and what...
Governor Brown addresses ACWA Convention: “All the things that I do here are because they are problems and we need to deal with them. And if I don’t deal with it, somebody else will have to.” Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 10, 2015Governor Brown addresses ACWA convention, calling on California’s brain power and innovation to solve the state’s water issues, and touching...
Delta Stewardship Council Drought Update: Delta perspectives on drought management Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 7, 2015CCWD’s Leah Orloff and Delta farmer Steve Mello discuss how the drought is affecting operations within the Delta The April...
Delta Stewardship Council Drought Update: Water management actions and the status of Delta fisheries Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features May 6, 2015DWR Drought Manager Jeanine Jones with an update on hydrologic conditions; DWR Lead Scientist Ted Sommer with an update on...
Delta Stewardship Council Drought Update: Policy actions and priorities for addressing the ongoing drought Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation May 5, 2015Karla Nemeth from the Natural Resources Agency and Ellen Hanak from the PPIC discuss the state’s response to the drought:...
Weekend reading: DWR Issues Draft 2015 State Water Project Delivery Capability Report Maven ReportsWater project operations May 1, 2015From the Department of Water Resources: The draft State Water Project Delivery Capability Report 2015 and Appendices have been released. This...
Reactions: Metropolitan, Kern County, other water interests and stakeholder groups react to announcement of revised approach to Bay Delta fix Maven Delta Conveyance Project April 30, 2015Today, Governor Brown and other officials today announced a revised approach to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, which is now...
Bay Delta Conservation Plan Update: A comparison of regulatory approaches Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features April 30, 2015Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta is updated on the substantive differences between the change in the Bay Delta Conservation...
Western Governor’s Association: Tip of the spear: The horizon for drought data and technology Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management April 29, 2015Panel discusses drought monitoring, including the Soil and Climate Analysis Network, the Drought Monitor, and the federal Open Data Initiative,...
Delta challenges workshop, part 4: Fish, birds, and habitat Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features April 24, 2015Panel of experts looks at historical ecology and critical ecological functions of the Delta, the complexities of fish management, and...
Delta challenges workshop, part 3: The Delta ecosystem: Hydrodynamics, water quality, salinity, nutrients, and the food web Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality April 23, 2015Panel of experts discuss the Delta’s complex hydrodynamics and how flow interacts with salinity, nutrients, contaminants, and the food web...
Delta challenges workshop, part 2: Water supply reliability and its challenges Maven Delta scienceEcosystemsNotebook News and Features April 22, 2015Panelists discuss water operations and supply, climate change, the regulatory environment, water conservation, and water supply economics Earlier this year, ...
Delta Challenges Workshop, part 1: Delta land use, levees, and agricultural economics Maven AgricultureDelta science April 21, 2015Four former Delta lead scientists take on a challenge: Describe the Delta’s challenges, complexities, and controversies in just 20 pages...
California Water Commission: Groundwater Basin Boundary Regulations Update Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 20, 2015Update to commission includes background, an overview of existing groundwater basins, and summary of boundary issues; Public listening sessions to...
Groundwater Problems and Prospects #6: The role of the state in implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 16, 2015DWR’s David Gutierrez and the State Water Board’s Michael Lauffer discuss the carrot and stick role of the state in...
