COURTHOUSE NEWS: Parched California warns water-wasters to stop or face $500 fines Courthouse News Service Planning and management January 4, 2022Hosing off driveways and excessive lawn watering could net Californians $500 fines under new emergency drought rules. By Nick Cahill,...
USBR: Tracking Truckee snow from the sky Bureau of Reclamation News Hydrology January 4, 2022By Todd Plain, Bureau of Reclamation As snow continues to pile up in the Sierra Nevada mountains at the start of 2022, local and federal water...
MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for January 1, 2022 Robert Shibatani Current Conditions January 3, 2022Written by Robert Shibatani As we welcome in the New Year, our reservoir status has taken on a whole new...
Happy New Year! Maven Website announcements January 1, 2022We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book...
THIS JUST IN … Early Winter Storms Provide Much-Needed Sierra Snowpack: Statewide 160% of normal Department of Water Resources (DWR) Current Conditions December 30, 2021Drought Relief Will Depend on Remaining Wet Season From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR)...
It’s not too late to support Maven’s Notebook – and get a tax deduction for 2021! Maven Website announcements December 26, 2021Dear readers, As part of the California water community, you know Maven’s Notebook and the California Water Library are all...
Happy holidays from Maven’s Notebook! Maven Website announcements December 24, 2021Happy holidays to you and yours! As I reflect back on the past year, I am truly grateful for your...
CAL MATTERS: Danger in Droughtsville: California’s urban water at risk Cal Matters Planning and managementWater supply augmentationWildfires and watersheds December 21, 2021By Erica Yee, Cal Matters Droughtsville, California, is in trouble. Its water supply is endangered as multiple crises intensify: worsening...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Managed flow pulses as food web support; Synthesis of food web data; Overview of the Science Action Agenda; and more … Maven Delta scienceEcosystems December 21, 2021At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Dr. Laurel Larsen, Delta Lead Scientist, spotlighted an article on the...
Water IS a gift! Maven Website announcements December 18, 2021It’s here…the season of sharing and gratitude; of holidays with family and friends; of the giving and receiving of gifts....
ESTUARY PEARLS: New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless future, and more Estuary News Group Climate changeDelta scienceScience December 17, 2021New ways to boost fish nutrition and identify species, a new bird atlas raises red flags, preparing for a snowless...
SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Interpreting correlations, Patterns of water use, Apparent seasonal bias in Delta outflow estimates, Nutrients in the Delta, and more … Maven Science December 16, 2021ESSAY Use Care When Interpreting Correlations: The Ammonium Example in the San Francisco EstuaryJames E. Cloernhttps://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2021v19iss4art1 RESEARCH Patterns of Water...
FALL 2021 DELTA BREEZE NEWSLETTER: Research results and updates from our 2016 and 2018 Delta Science Fellows Maven Delta science December 16, 2021From the Delta Science Program:...
FEATURE: How the West Can Survive Smaller Snowpacks and Bigger Atmospheric Rivers Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookClimate changeDelta science December 15, 2021by Robin Meadows Mountains are the foundation of water in the western United States, natural infrastructure that captures snowfall during...
STATE WATER BOARD: Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan update: Completed and implemented by 2023? Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater quality December 15, 2021Board staff give an update on the progress on the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan, including an potential timeline...
