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    COMMENTARY: A thriving Tuolumne River starts now: More water. More habitat. More fish.

    Guest Contributor
    Policy and regulation
    October 31, 2025
    Commentary by Brad Koehn, General Manager, Turlock Irrigation District; Jimi Netniss, General Manager, Modesto Irrigation District; and Dennis Herrera, General...

    UTAH DISPATCH: Deadline closing in for Utah and 6 other states hammering out a new water plan

    Utah Dispatch
    Colorado River
    October 31, 2025
    Upstream and downstream states have less than two weeks to power through sticking points By Annie Knox, Utah News Dispatch...

    PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board tightens PFAS advisory levels based on latest data for health risks

    State Water Board
    Policy and regulation
    October 31, 2025
    New levels require specific actions by public water systems if PFAS are detected in drinking water Press release from the State...

    VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Water Independence — Not at Any Price

    Voice of San Diego
    CommentaryPlanning and management
    October 31, 2025
    By Jim Madaffer, a former San Diego City Council member, past Chair of the San Diego County Water Authority, and...

    DAILY DIGEST, 10/30: Court rules CA can enforce its landmark groundwater law; Gov. signs bill to beam more sunlight on GSA board members; UCSC and NOAA join forces to secure a future for salmon; What’s holding up the Colorado River negotiations? Experts break down the sticking points; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    October 30, 2025
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    SJV WATER: Gov. signs bill to beam more sunlight on groundwater agency board members

    SJV Water
    Groundwater News
    October 30, 2025
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water A bill that will require groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to publish the names of their...

    UC SANTA CRUZ: A lifeline for salmon: UCSC and NOAA join forces to secure a future for California’s most iconic fish

    UC Santa Cruz
    Fish and wildlife
    October 30, 2025
    A decades-long collaboration is giving Central California’s dwindling coho salmon population a fighting chance. By Annie Roth, UC Santa Cruz...

    EDWARD RING: Large scale desalination could transform California

    Edward Ring
    Water supply augmentation
    October 30, 2025
    By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Why is it axiomatic among California’s...

    VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diego City Councilmember Elo-Rivera wants city to build solar to combat high water rates

    Voice of San Diego
    Planning and management
    October 30, 2025
    San Diego’s Public Utilities Department owns land it could lease out to renewable energy developers to make money. But would...

    SJV WATER: Appellate court tanks injunction that had held off state groundwater intervention in Kings County

    SJV Water
    Groundwater News
    October 29, 2025
    By Lois Henry and Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Dual appellate court opinions issued Wednesday in a closely watched groundwater case...

    DAILY DIGEST, 10/29: CA expands and strengthens long-term water strategic plan; SB 697 modernizes the surface water adjudication process; SF Bay State of the Birds website offers insight into health of the bay; Did water well dispute lead to massive fish kill in Madera County community lakes?; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    October 29, 2025
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    PRESS RELEASE: Celebration marks completion of tributary restoration at key Klamath River sites

    Yurok Tribe
    Ecosystems
    October 29, 2025
    RES Project Manager: “Surgery is over, healing can begin” The end of construction activity on four priority tributaries to the...

    PRESS RELEASE: San Francisco Bay State of the Birds Website Offers Insight into Health of the Bay

    Maven
    Fish and wildlife
    October 29, 2025
    New dynamic report updates 2011 version, presents recommended conservation actions, success stories The San Francisco Bay Joint Venture and Point...

    VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Water rates going up, up, up

    Voice of San Diego
    Planning and management
    October 29, 2025
    From the Voice of San Diego: San Diego City Councilmembers on Tuesday begrudgingly voted to hike the city’s water rates...

    EOS: Microplastics have widely varying effects on soil

    American Geophysical Union
    Water quality
    October 29, 2025
    A new study finds that a microplastic concentration of just 0.4% alters the drainage of soil, which could affect the...
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    DAILY DIGEST, 11/9: Monstrous El Niño has arrived; Crews finish new $307M outlet tunnel at Anderson Dam; This El Niño could test the limits of the Los Angeles River; Super El Niño may bring more problems than relief to Colorado River Basin; and more …

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