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    CAL MATTERS: California lifts target for 15% water conservation as yet another storm approaches

    Cal Matters
    Policy and regulation
    March 24, 2023
    California ended its voluntary statewide target, triggering concerns from experts that many water supplies remain depleted. Other drought measures remain...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: California wrings out months of rain to ease drought restrictions

    Courthouse News Service
    Current Conditions
    March 24, 2023
    The Golden State wants to keep conservation in focus even while relaxing some safeguards on water usage. By Sam Ribakoff,...

    THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom Eases Drought Restrictions

    Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
    Policy and regulation
    March 24, 2023
    From the Office of the Governor: Climate change has made California’s dry and wet spells more extreme and unpredictable –...

    THIS JUST IN … Harnessing Series of Winter Storms, California Increases State Water Project Allocation to 75%

    Department of Water Resources (DWR)
    Current Conditions
    March 24, 2023
    From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced a significant boost in the forecasted...

    COMMENTARY AT CAL MATTERS: Western water crisis solutions inevitably end with a lot less for California farms

    Cal Matters
    Colorado RiverCommentary
    March 23, 2023
    The water crisis in the West and the decline of the Colorado River are going to require painful changes for...

    SJV WATER: State Water Resources Chief in the valley to assess flood response and whether state intervention is needed

    SJV Water
    Policy and regulation
    March 23, 2023
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water In what could be a precursor to state intervention in the San Joaquin Valley’s –...

    PLANNING & CONSERVATION LEAGUE: Updating California Water Laws in the Face of Droughts and Climate Change #2

    Maven
    Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law
    March 23, 2023
    Water rights have garnered increasing attention as water managers and decision-makers grapple with how best to respond to changing conditions. ...

    SJV WATER: Boswell-Poso Creek “stand off” continues as flood waters build

    SJV Water
    Current Conditions
    March 22, 2023
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water The stand off over draining Poso Creek flood waters into a canal owned by the...

    DAN WALTERS: California’s ghostly Tulare Lake will be revived this year

    Cal Matters
    Commentary
    March 22, 2023
    California was once home to the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but Tulare Lake disappeared as water...

    HEATHER COOLEY: Solutions for Building Water Resilience in California

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesWater supply augmentation
    March 22, 2023
    With the ever-changing climate and increasingly dry summers, California faces water challenges, despite this year’s bountiful snowpack.  At the February...

    SJV WATER: Threats of arrest force hard decisions on Poso Creek, which could swamp two towns

    SJV Water
    Current Conditions
    March 21, 2023
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water Jack Mitchell’s phone is ringing off the hook these days, but he almost always picks...

    USBR NEWS: Keeping Folsom Reservoir’s cold water in the bank until it’s needed

    Bureau of Reclamation News
    Water project operations
    March 20, 2023
    By Gary Pitzer, US Bureau of Reclamation California’s winter storms have blasted the Sierra Nevada with a thick blanket of...

    COURTHOUSE NEWS: Tribe’s fight for water in drought-plagued West divides Supreme Court

    Courthouse News Service
    Colorado River
    March 20, 2023
    Over 150 years ago the federal government agreed to provide the Navajo Nation with land to live on, but the...

    SJV WATER: Ugly deeds, politics and high drama swirl amid the waters of a re-emerging Tulare Lake

    SJV Water
    Current Conditions
    March 19, 2023
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water The drama was high on the Tulare Lake bed Saturday as flood waters pushed some...

    SJV WATER: Hoping to “take the pressure off” flooded areas, a levee is cut in the old Tulare Lake

    SJV Water
    Current Conditions
    March 19, 2023
    By Lois Henry, SJV Water After days of debate and delay the Kings County Board of Supervisors ordered a levee...
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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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