FEATURE: Knocking Out Yellow Starthistle Can Boost Groundwater Supplies

Robin Meadows

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

July 6, 2022

Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The litany of harms from yellow starthistle, California’s most aggressive invasive weed...

DWR: Q/A: Going With the Flow: Modern Intake Design Goes Easy on the Fish

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance ProjectWater project operations

July 6, 2022

From DWR News: The Delta Conveyance Deep Dive video series has explored a wide range of topics including climate change,...

USBR: Reclamation, DWR break ground on second phase of “Big Notch” Fish Passage Project

Bureau of Reclamation News

EcosystemsWater project operations

July 5, 2022

Improved floodplain access aims to boost habitat and migratory routes for salmon, steelhead and sturgeon From the Bureau of Reclamation:...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Hydrologist Robert Shibatani

Maven

Climate changeNotebook News and Features

July 5, 2022

Robert Shibatani is a hydrologist with 38 years of collective experience in physical hydrology, watershed resource management, and operational water...

Happy 4th of July!

Maven

Website announcements

July 4, 2022

Wishing you and yours a safe and enjoyable holiday. Maven ‘s Notebook is taking the day off.I’ll be back tomorrow...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Ninth Circuit reverses itself, upholds dismissal of lawsuit over tainted water

Courthouse News Service

Groundwater News

July 1, 2022

The appellate panel changed its mind whether there was a triable issue that a Northern California city was transporting hazardous...

AG ALERT: Urban water use is latest target for drought cutbacks

Ag Alert

Current ConditionsPolicy and regulation

July 1, 2022

By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert With farmers across California already facing severe cuts in irrigation supplies, state officials are now...

Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Criteria Expert Panel – draft panel preliminary findings posted

State Water Board

Policy and regulationReportsWater supply augmentation

July 1, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board Division of Drinking Water (DDW) has posted the draft...

THE CONVERSATION: A water strategy for the parched West: Have cities pay farmers to install more efficient irrigation systems

The Conversation

Planning and management

June 30, 2022

By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona “Are you going to run out of water?” is the first question people ask...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for July 1

Robert Shibatani

Current Conditions

June 30, 2022

Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani As we enter summer’s anvil, where are we reservoir storage wise? Relative...

DR. JAY LUND: Smarter Gambling with Water – Review of Water Supply Reliability Estimation

Maven

Best of the NotebookDelta scienceNotebook News and Features

June 30, 2022

At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Jay Lund, the immediate past chair of the Delta Independent...

ACWA CONFERENCE: Voluntary Agreements Update

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

June 29, 2022

At a December 2018 meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, the Board was considering one of the highest-profile,...

DWR NEWS: DWR and CDFW Release Fish Into the Wild

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Fish and wildlife

June 28, 2022

From DWR News Oroville’s Feather River Fish Hatchery (FRFH) released over 11.3 million young Chinook salmon smolts into the waters...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Charley Wilson, Southern California Water Coalition

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

June 28, 2022

The Southern California Water Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, comprised of leaders from a variety of businesses, cities, agricultural...

DWR: New Data Viewer Allows Public to See the Hidden Groundwater Basins Beneath our Feet and Helps Decision Makers Prepare for Drought Impacts

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

June 27, 2022

By the Department of Water Resources: With California in the third year of a severe drought and facing continued extreme...