WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 19-24: California dodges a bullet on Colorado River cuts; Could water rights scuttle Sites?; Will the “super” El Niño fill Tulare Lake?; Can cities make deals to lessen data center downsides? A Caltech professor says yes; and more … Maven Weekly Digest July 24, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for July 12-17: State poised to nix pumping along Friant-Kern Canal by early 2027; Dr. Swain: California could collide with a “very significant El Niño event”; Water managers may have a new way to fight golden mussels; CA agencies advance strategy for emerging contaminants and tire-derived 6PPD-quinone; and more … Maven Weekly Digest July 17, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 7/6-10: What a strong El Niño means for CA; Kern water districts slash support for Delta tunnel; Reclamation’s Shasta plan poses salmon peril; Golden mussels plague farms and water districts; and more … Maven Weekly Digest July 10, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 28-July 2: The uneven toll of SGMA; Progress on CA’s salmon strategy; Why removing aging infrastructure can be the smart choice; Governor appoints Thomas Gibson as DWR Director; and more … Maven Weekly Digest July 2, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 21-26: State proposes new “good guy’ application fee of up to $250,000 for groundwater oversight costs; SGMA-ready crops as a low-water alternative to fallowing; Is Lake Elsinore water district ‘a legitimate buyer’ for Eel River dams?; AI predicts natural river flows in California. Could it do more?; and more … Maven Weekly Digest June 26, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 14-19: Is climate change supercharging El Niño?; California’s shifting snowpack and the growing water gap; Water Commission increases potential funding for Sites Project; A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields; and more … Maven Weekly Digest June 19, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 7-12: El Niño is here — and likely to be historic; Shrinking state funds could slow fixes for Californians with toxic water; Iran-backed hackers claim breach of California water systems; Can Delta smelt make a comeback?; and more … Maven Weekly Digest June 12, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 5/31-6/5: Trump official shares vision of desal plants lining California coast; DWR confronts subsidence on the California Aqueduct; Desal startup hopes to rewrite California’s water future; Defining reasonable use, one regulation at a time; and more … Maven Weekly Digest June 5, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 26-29: Sites Project Authority urges revisions to draft water rights permit; A new bill could bypass water rights review to advance the Delta tunnel; A water renaissance plan for California; Groundwater recovery stalls; and more … Maven Weekly Digest May 29, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 17-22: Can collective efforts address subsidence in the SJV?; Salmon at risk with fed’s Shasta management plan; Coalition releases “Water Renaissance” vision for the state’s water future; Tribal water rights in California; and more … Maven Weekly Digest May 22, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 5/10-5/15: Will coming El Niño bring epic rain this winter?; Hi-tech missions track record snowpack loss in the West; SGMA’s subsidence guidance: A higher bar, real-world impacts; The case for investing in the Delta; and more … Maven Weekly Digest May 15, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 3-8: Newsom pledges to move forward with Delta tunnel; Odds rising for the strongest El Niño in a century; A whiplash spring and California’s water supply; Groundwater law begins reshaping valley; and more … Maven Weekly Digest May 8, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for April 27-May 1: Will CA ever build the Delta tunnel?; Where will CA data centers get their water?; Congressman opens investigation into Trump admin’s involvement in Eel River dam removal; Wild vs. hatchery: Charting California’s fisheries path forward; and more … Maven Weekly Digest May 1, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 4/19-4/24: Delta tunnel project gets partial green light; Supreme Court denies review of DWR’s Delta tunnel bond validation suit; Trump admin offers plan to stop Eel River dam removal; Do data centers really use so much water?; and more … Maven Weekly Digest April 24, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for April 12-17: Rain, snow return as ‘abnormally dry’ conditions spread; Bridging the gap between new climate science and water planning; Are we heading for ‘super El Nino’?; Salmon fishing set to resume after 3-year shutdown; and more … Maven Weekly Digest April 17, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
