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    METROPOLITAN’S IMPORTED WATER COMMITTEE: Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR

    Maven
    Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features
    October 19, 2022
    The Department of Water Resources released the Environmental Impact Report on July 27, 2022; the extended public comment period will...

    PNNL: Western wildfires spark stronger storms in downwind states

    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    HydrologyWildfires and watersheds
    October 18, 2022
    When wildfires burn in the west, their heat and airborne particles inflict stronger rain and larger hail upon central states...

    METROPOLITAN’S IMPORTED WATER COMMITTEE: Southern California water supplies to be stretched thin if 2023 is dry

    Maven
    Current ConditionsNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management
    October 18, 2022
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s Imported Water Committee, staff briefed committee members on available supplies and water demands,...

    DWR Releases California Water Plan 2023 Assumptions and Estimates Report

    Department of Water Resources (DWR)
    Planning and management
    October 18, 2022
    From the Department of Water Resources: In preparation for the California Water Plan Update 2023 (Update 2023), the Department of...

    THE CENTER SQUARE: Orange County desal plant approved months after Huntington Beach denial

    The Center Square
    Policy and regulationWater supply augmentation
    October 13, 2022
    By Madison Hirneisen | The Center Square Less than six months after the denial of a massive desalination project in...

    DELTA WATERMASTER: Investigation of alleged illegal Delta diversions concludes; Delta Dry-year Response Pilot Program in place for another year; Voluntary agreements and the Delta

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation
    October 13, 2022
    At the September meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George’s update included the completion of an investigation...

    CAL MATTERS: A pivot on desalination plants: California approves project in Orange County

    Cal Matters
    Water supply augmentation
    October 13, 2022
    After rejecting a controversial proposal in Huntington Beach, the state Coastal Commission greenlights another in Dana Point. While environmentalists raised...

    DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Climate change impacts on species, Harmful algal blooms, and activities of the Delta Science Program

    Maven
    Climate changeScience
    October 12, 2022
    How habitats used by chinook salmon and Sacramento splittail would be impacted by climate change, harmful algal blooms in San...

    GUEST COMMENTARY: Do Water Rights Have a Future? … Not as Currently Configured

    Robert Shibatani
    Best of the NotebookClimate changeCommentaryWater rights and water law
    October 11, 2022
    Written  by Robert Shibatani Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through...

    DELTA BREEZE: 2022 Delta Science Fellows, rapid-response funding to investigate Chinook salmon; peer review of the Bureau of Reclamation’s new Water Temperature Modeling Platform, upcoming Delta Science Tracker, and more …

    Maven
    Delta science
    October 8, 2022
    The Delta Science Program has published a new issue of its Delta Breeze newsletter. This edition features a message from...

    INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Amid Punishing Drought, California Is Set to Adopt Rules to Reduce Water Leaks. The Process has Lagged

    Inside Climate News
    Policy and regulation
    October 6, 2022
    The state expects to soon establish standards for urban water losses. Fixing them is cheaper than other solutions like recycling...

    STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Central Valley Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program

    Maven
    Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation
    October 6, 2022
    At the September 20 meeting of the State Water Board, Central Valley Regional Board staff provided the State Water Board...

    CAL MATTERS: California offers to reduce imports of Colorado River water

    Cal Matters
    Colorado River
    October 5, 2022
    Imperial Valley farmers and Southern California cities would get 9% less water from the Colorado River than the amount allocated...

    AG ALERT: State Water Board approves hikes in water program fees

    Ag Alert
    Policy and regulation
    October 5, 2022
    By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The State Water Resources Control Board has approved a rate increase for water-quality and water-rights...

    AG ALERT: Researchers turn to drones, satellites to track water use

    Ag Alert
    Agriculture
    October 5, 2022
    Like many other researchers, environmental engineering professors Erin Hestir and Joshua Viers of the University of California, Merced, are trying...
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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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