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What is Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM)?

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Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

February 17, 2021

Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) is an initiative led by the Department of Water Resources that seeks to support collaborative...

WEBINAR: IRWM SGMA Collaboration across project development

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Groundwater NewsWebinars

February 12, 2021

Listen to real stories of how Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSA) work with Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) regions to develop...

WEBINAR: Regulating groundwater quality across SGMA, CV-SALTS, and ILRP

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Groundwater NewsPolicy and regulationWebinars

February 12, 2021

A panel discussion on how the Irrigated Lands Program (ILRP), the Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-Salts) initiative,...

WEBINAR: Successful collaboration between IRWM and SGMA

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Groundwater NewsWebinars

February 12, 2021

This webinar discusses the benefits of successful collaboration between groundwater sustainability agencies implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Wicked Scary Sea Level Rise Stories & Adaptation Perspectives – Uncut Long Version Julie Beagle

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Climate changeScience Podcasts

February 12, 2021

People, property, and nature all exist in the vulnerable zone of shoreline around the San Francisco Estuary that will soon...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Putting Nature, Not People, in the Path of Sea Level Rise

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Climate changeScience Podcasts

February 12, 2021

People, property, and nature all exist in the vulnerable zone of shoreline around the San Francisco Estuary that will soon...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: Wall-to-Wall Sampling Via Remote Sensing

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Science Podcasts

February 12, 2021

Invasive plants – the submerged and floating kind – clog nearly a third of the Delta’s waterways today. These alien...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: How fish interact with wetland topography

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EcosystemsScience Podcasts

February 12, 2021

In this podcast, reporter Alastair Bland and UC Davis PhD student and fish researcher David Ayers discuss the Sacramento-San Joaquin...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: How different genetically are fall-run and spring-run chinook salmon?; Social science in the Delta; and activities of the Delta Science Program

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Delta scienceFish and wildlife

February 4, 2021

At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed the recent science publication,...

NEVADA IRRIGATION DISTRICT considers joining voluntary agreement efforts in the Delta watershed

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Policy and regulation

February 3, 2021

Presentation at NID’s January board meeting focuses on the benefits of water supplier’s participation in the voluntary agreement process At...

PLANNING & CONSERVATION LEAGUE: The Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan: Where is it at?

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

February 3, 2021

Panel at PCL’s Environmental Assembly focuses on the lack of progress on the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan update and...

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

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy 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...

FEATURE: The What, Why, and How of Groundwater Modeling

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

January 27, 2021

Abishek Singh, Ph.D., is Vice President of Intera’s Western Region based out of Los Angeles.  His professional experience has focused...

WATER ASSN OF KERN COUNTY: DWR Director Karla Nemeth gives an update on the Delta Conveyance Project

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

January 26, 2021

The Delta Conveyance Project is the Newsom Administration’s plan to construct a tunnel and other facilities that would carry water...

STATE WATER BOARD: Results from the 2019 Volumetric Annual Report of Wastewater and Recycled Water in California

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater supply augmentation

January 21, 2021

Data shows 686,000 acre-feet of water was recycled in 2019, far short of the state’s 2020 goal Recognizing the importance...