CA WATER COMMISSION: Delta Conveyance update; Tribal engagement in the Delta Conveyance process

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

February 27, 2020

At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, commissioners heard an update on the Delta conveyance project, and a...

SJV WATER: State refuses to accept groundwater plans for the Madera subbasin

SJV Water

Groundwater News

February 26, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water In the first indication of how strict state officials will be with new groundwater sustainability...

CA IRRIGATION INSTITUTE: Implementation strategies for SGMA

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

February 26, 2020

Hydrologist Derik Williams discusses the different paths GSAs are taking to get to sustainability, plus the three things every GSP...

REACTIONS to initial Central Valley Project allocation

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

February 26, 2020

“Pray for rain and snow,” says the Friant Water Authority Yesterday, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial Central Valley...

CAL MATTERS: Drought or dangerous flooding? Research to save California’s rain

Cal Matters

Hydrology

February 25, 2020

Store water for a drought, or prepare for floods? How atmospheric river research helps California decide. By Rachel Becker, Cal...

MEDIA CALL: Central Valley Project officials discuss water allocations

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Current Conditions

February 25, 2020

If current hydrology persists, new biological opinions unlikely to result in more water deliveries this year (as compared to the...

THIS JUST IN … Reclamation outlines Central Valley Project initial 2020 water allocation

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

February 25, 2020

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the initial 2020 water supply allocation for Central Valley...

REACTIONS to California’s lawsuit against the feds over the biological opinions

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Water project operations

February 25, 2020

At the end of last week, Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed a lawsuit challenging the new biological opinions governing the...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: For first time, scientists measure snow from cloud-seeding effort

Courthouse News Service

Water supply augmentation

February 24, 2020

Scientists have long explored the environmental possibilities of cloud seeding – injecting special chemicals into the atmosphere to create a...

SJV WATER: SoCal water managers want to know who – exactly – is sinking the California Aqueduct

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Groundwater News

February 21, 2020

By Lois Henry, SJV Water A state report released in December pinned blame for sinking along the California Aqueduct on...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Loss of Reflective Snowpack Causing Colorado River to Dwindle

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

February 20, 2020

Water is evaporating from the Colorado River Basin faster than rainfall can replenish it, researchers said in a study published...

THIS JUST IN … Newsom administration files lawsuit over biological opinions; Secretary Bernhardt responds

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Water project operations

February 20, 2020

This just in from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the California Natural Resources Agency, and the...

REACTIONS: Water agencies, NGOs, and legislators react to Trump’s signing of the new biological opinions

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Water project operations

February 20, 2020

Yesterday, President Trump was in the San Joaquin Valley where he signed the Record of Decision finalizing the new biological...

SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Water rights permitting options for groundwater recharge projects

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

February 20, 2020

ACWA/State Water Board webinar presentation outlines temporary and permanent options, including a new streamlined permitting pathway for standard water rights...

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Trump signs order diverting more water to California farmers

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulationWater project operations

February 19, 2020

President Donald Trump made good on a campaign promise Wednesday to send more water from Northern California to cities and...