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DAILY DIGEST, 10/28: Farms or fish? State Water Board weighs critical decisions about the Delta; Reclamation boosts CVP allocations from 28% to 31%; Desalination doesn’t pencil out for Western agriculture; CAP seeks to join lawsuit against feds over Colorado River cuts; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 28, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 10/27: CV-SALTS maps a path toward long-term salinity management; Parts of California’s coast are vanishing 70 feet at a time; Voluntary agreements: Yes or no?; As Arizona joins Nevada’s Colorado River lawsuit, Imperial Valley farmers watch the water war intensify; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 27, 2026

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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: CV-SALTS Maps a Path Toward Long-Term Salinity Management

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater quality

October 27, 2026

New modeling identifies areas at risk and lays the groundwork for long-term management solutions Salinity is already affecting the Central...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/26: Healthy Rivers and Landscapes (aka Voluntary Agreements) on the rocks?; CA has a plan for El Niño’s torrential rain: Save it for later; Worrisome chemical found in Bay Area, Santa Cruz creeks; SoCal coast expected to be under siege for days from extreme sea levels; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 26, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Major California water plan faces ‘huge mess’ as deadline looms; Some experts welcome strong El Niño storms; American Canyon considers scaling back stake in Sites Reservoir; Exceptionally high tides will swamp SoCal, ‘likely to get worse before it gets better’; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 25, 2026

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WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Oct. 18-23: CA releases new climate science, projections; Climate change plus a super El Niño could add up to a record-wet winter; Critics blast CA’s $180-million water buy; Voluntary agreements … yes or no?; and more …

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Weekly Digest

October 23, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 10/23: California’s storm door is about to swing wide open; The Kelvin wave has gone — but more are on the way; Critics blast California’s $180-million water buy as ‘extraordinarily expensive’; When rivers run low in the American West; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 23, 2026

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DAILY DIGEST, 10/22: Pacific has become shockingly warm. And strange things are happening; The upside of a potentially historic El Niño; Can pumped-hydro energy storage protect Lake County from wildfires?; Interior Secretary discusses Colorado River plan, calls Arizona’s water cuts ‘completely manageable’; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 22, 2026

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STATE WATER BOARD: California recycled water use rises as state tracks long-term goals

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Water supply augmentation

October 22, 2026

At its October 6 meeting, the State Water Board reviewed the latest statewide data on wastewater and recycled water production....

DAILY DIGEST, 10/21: Rainy season arrives with flood threat, tornado risk and Sierra snow; Climate change plus a super El Niño could add up to a record-wet winter; New report: Fifth Climate Change Assessment: Delta Impacts; Kern County PSPS disrupted water service, triggering a boil notice; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 21, 2026

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REPORT: Fifth Climate Change Assessment: Delta Impacts

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Climate changeReports

October 21, 2026

Report prepared by the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Protection Commission, and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta...

CAL EPA/OEHHA: Report Shows Climate Change Impacts are Accelerating, Demonstrates Importance of Sustained State Action

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Climate changeReports

October 21, 2026

From Cal EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment CalEPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment today released the fifth...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/20: California releases new climate science, projections to prepare for climate change impacts; Getting groundwater recharge ready for Super El Niño—and the wet years beyond; Dairy groups file legal challenge to State Dairy Order; Colorado River is losing groundwater where scientists least expected; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 20, 2026

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WATER COMMISSION: Getting groundwater recharge ready for Super El Niño—and the wet years beyond

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

October 20, 2026

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Groundwater basins can serve as large underground reservoirs, storing water during wet periods for use in drought years. When...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/19: Incoming storm to bring renewed flood risk to California, Southwest; Latest climate report warns of major upheaval to California way of life; Bringing more beavers to watersheds is a powerful drought-fighting tool, experts say; Extreme heat did not cause the Colorado River’s worst drought; and more …

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Daily Digest

October 19, 2026

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