LETTERS: The State and Metropolitan exchange letters over the State Water Project’s Incidental Take Permit Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations April 21, 2020At the end of March, the Department of Fish and Wildlife issued a new “Incidental Take Permit” (or ITP) for...
WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Utilizing excess winter stormwater flows for groundwater recharge Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features April 16, 2020Kristin Sicke is the Assistant General Manager for Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, which manages water supplies...
TED GRANTHAM: The evolution of environmental flows in California Maven Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features April 15, 2020Ted Grantham is a Cooperative Extension Specialist at UC Berkeley and the CalTrout Ecosystem Fellow with the Public Policy Institute...
ERIC AVERETT: Water allocation strategies in the context of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features April 9, 2020Eric Averett is General Manager with the Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District, which is one of several water districts within...
LETTER: Republican Congressmen send letter to Newsom requesting he withdraw ITP, lawsuit against federal biops Maven Policy and regulationWater rights and water law April 8, 2020Six Republican Congressmen led by Congressman Kevin McCarthy have send a letter to Governor Newsom requesting the State of California...
WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: The battle over the raising of Shasta Dam Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 8, 2020One of the long-running controversies in California water is the effort to raise Shasta Dam, a dam on the Sacramento...
WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Quantifying surface water depletion from groundwater pumping Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features April 2, 2020Understanding and conveying groundwater’s role in a changing world Surface water commonly is hydraulically connected to ground water, but the...
KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: The magic water wand Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation April 1, 2020If you had a magic wand that could give you unlimited funding, could change any law, write any new law,...
WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Depletion of interconnected surface waters: Not that simple Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features March 26, 2020Sierra Ryan is a water resources planner with the County of Santa Cruz. In this presentation from the Groundwater Resources...
ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT: A new paradigm for managing California’s freshwater ecosystems Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management March 25, 2020Californians rely on the state’s myriad of rivers and streams for things such as water supply, hydropower, recreation, fisheries, biodiversity,...
SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: David Orth gives his observations on how sustainable groundwater management is playing out in the San Joaquin Valley Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features March 19, 2020David Orth is the principal of New Current Water and Land, which offers strategic planning, program implementation, and water resource...
KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: Infrastructure: What’s on Tap for California Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features March 18, 2020Armando Quintero, chair of the California Water Commission, gives an update on the Water Storage Investment Program, the Sustainable Groundwater...
DR. JAY LUND: Integrated Modeling and Delta Science & Policy Maven Delta science March 12, 2020The search is on for a new Delta lead scientist to oversee the Delta Science Program and to consult regularly...
SFEWS: Delta smelt predation; Central Valley surface water diversions; Predicting juvenile salmon fish routing, Sacramento River predator diet analysis Maven Delta science March 12, 2020In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Journal: ESSAY Did a Shifting Ecological Baseline Mask the...
SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Borrego Valley’s strategy for a negotiated resolution under SGMA Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features March 11, 2020Presentation at the California Irrigation Institute conference highlights this critically-overdrafted basin’s creative approach to meeting the requirements of SGMA The...
