Navigating California’s new regulations for wetlands and state waters

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

October 30, 2019

California regulations protecting wetlands and state waters were approved by the State Water Resources Control Board and will take effect...

CAL MATTERS: Trump plan could bring growers more water. But will it harm California’s rare salmon?

Cal Matters

Water project operations

October 25, 2019

By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters The Trump administration this week declared that pumping more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta...

CAL MATTERS: Central Coast desal project would raise water bills, endanger aquifer, opponents say

Cal Matters

Water supply augmentation

October 24, 2019

By Kate Cimini, Cal Matters Activists and local government officials across Monterey County have banded together to fight a proposed...

FEATURE: Integrated Hydrologic Model Development and Evaluation for Non-Modelers

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

October 23, 2019

Dr. Douglas Tolley gives an explanatory presentation on integrated hydrologic modeling, including how models are coupled and key terms such...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds Roll Back Fish Protections to Send More Northern California Water South

Courthouse News Service

Water project operations

October 22, 2019

The Trump administration on Tuesday weakened federal regulations aimed at protecting a variety of fish species that have seen their...

REACTIONS (Update): Water agencies, stakeholder groups, and elected officials react to the release of the biological opinions

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Water project operations

October 22, 2019

Today, the Trump Administration released the long-awaited biological opinions.  Here’s what water agencies and stakeholder groups have to say: (Note:...

THIS JUST IN … Biological opinions for long-term operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project released

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

October 22, 2019

Paul Souza (USGWS), Barry Thom (NOAA Fisheries) and Ernest Conant (Reclamation) discuss the new biological opinions in a press call...

Help grow the California Water Library

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Website announcements

October 17, 2019

You may remember that, about two years ago, we launched the California Water Library. The Library evolved in response to...

PERSPECTIVES: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Oroville Dam, the Governor’s water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, the Voluntary Agreements, and more …

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

October 17, 2019

Interview and write-up by Lisa Beutler, Stantec (Sacramento, CA).  This article appeared first in The Water Report and is reprinted...

THIS JUST IN … State Water Board Approves Central Valley Water Board Plan to Reduce Nitrate Contamination in Groundwater and Provide Replacement Drinking Water

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Policy and regulation

October 16, 2019

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today approved an ambitious, long-term plan to...

DAM REMOVAL: Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

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Best of the NotebookEcosystemsNotebook News and Features

October 16, 2019

San Clemente Dam, Klamath Dams, and Matilija Dam removal spotlighted at ACWA Conference The time, expense, and regulatory uncertainty of...

USGS: The ups and downs of groundwater levels after the July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes

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Groundwater News

October 15, 2019

Effects from the two July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes were observed in several USGS continuous groundwater-level monitoring sites in California, Nevada,...

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE: Balancing our depleted groundwater supplies and ecosystem needs

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

October 10, 2019

Groundwater managers across the state are looking to groundwater recharge as a potential solution to their community’s water challenges. However,...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: SWP contract amendment for Delta conveyance; Activities of the Delta conveyance JPAs; Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

October 9, 2019

At the September meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, Steve Arakawa, Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Initiatives Manager, updated...

CV-SALTS: An overview of the salt and nitrate permitting changes proposed for the Central Valley

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater quality

October 8, 2019

The State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public meeting on October 16 to consider adopting a resolution approving...