WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for April 6-10: Storms to bring rain, thunder and Sierra snow; Strongest El Niño in 140 years? This one could actually deliver for CA; A biblical megaflood could hit CA at any moment; Fourth San Joaquin Valley groundwater region avoids state intervention; and more … Maven Weekly Digest April 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 Mar. 29-Apr. 3: Sparse snowpack fuels concern over fire season; Support for Delta tunnel dropping in Kern County; Decadelong fight over Yuba River dams ends in favor of feds; Seismic activity varies with groundwater levels; and more … Maven Weekly Digest April 3, 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 Mar. 22-27: Pacific storms to snap record heat wave; Millions of hatchery salmon face ‘deadly’ low water flows; Sites Reservoir on track for key state permit; Tribes, enviros urge Newsom to oppose Shasta Dam raise; and more … Maven Weekly Digest March 27, 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 March 15-20: Western heat wave shatters March records, melts snowpack; LAO report on voluntary agreement implementation; Trump admin provides funds for Shasta dam raise; UCLA report on Mono Lake; and more … Maven Weekly Digest March 20, 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 Mar 8-13: Unprecedented snowmelt will only get worse from heat wave; Signs of strong El Niño emerge; DWR Releases Final CA’s Groundwater: Bulletin 118; Salmon numbers rebound in 2026 forecast; and more … Maven Weekly Digest March 13, 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 March 1-6: How water managers are adapting to a smaller Sierra snowpack; Conservation groups sue feds; SF Baykeeper pursues appeal against Water Board; Delta Stewardship Council hears appeals on the Delta Conveyance Project; and more … Maven Weekly Digest March 6, 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 Feb. 22-27: Tunnel opponents say plan would hurt environment, tourism, farming; Reclamation announces initial CVP allocation; Governor Newsom launches most ambitious water plan in CA history; Bay-Delta plan heads toward fall adoption with limited changes; and more … Maven Weekly Digest February 27, 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 Feb. 17-20: Sunday storm to add to snowfall totals; State accelerates stormwater capture opportunities; McNerney joins forces on Delta levee bill; Nearly half of L.A County’s pavement may be unnecessary; and more … Maven Weekly Digest February 20, 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 Feb. 8-13: Delta monitoring changes could obscure the fate of fish & flows; State officials have chance to save salmon; Outdated water rules could cost California 600,000 acre-feet; No agreement on Colorado River expected by deadline; and more … Maven Weekly Digest February 13, 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 Feb. 2-6: Bay-Delta water plan divides tribes, farmers and regulators; Colorado River negotiators are nearly out of time and snowpack; Rain, snow enter forecast; Trump’s water ambitions have a staffing problem; and more … Maven Weekly Digest February 6, 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 Jan. 25-30: Heated debate over Delta water plan; SWP allocation increased to 30%; New rules change how La Niña and El Niño are classified; Colorado Basin states to meet in DC; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 30, 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 Jan. 20-23: Climate change effects on the Delta, and its watersheds; DWR finalizes subsidence BMP; Researchers trace climate threat rising beneath California; Governors of Colorado River states summoned to DC; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 23, 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 Jan. 11-16: Is California really 100% drought-free for the first time in 25 years?; Updated Delta permits deliver water supply gains while protecting fish; No Delta smelt found in Fall Midwater Trawl for 8th year in a row; Trump administration proposes Colorado River options that could hit California hard; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 16, 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 Jan. 5-9: CA free of drought but snow drought persists; Satellite radar advances could transform global snow monitoring; New Central Valley Flood-MAR dashboard integrates floodwater and groundwater management; Urban wildfire: water system capacities and limitations; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 9, 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 Dec 21-Jan 2: Rain, snow on repeat; Court upholds bar on revenue bonds for Delta tunnel; December storms deliver much-needed snowpack and water supply; Feds intervene in Eel River dam removal; and more … Maven Weekly Digest January 2, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
