CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Questions of common supply: SGMA requirements for interconnected surface water and groundwater Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 19, 2019The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), passed in 2014, is California’s first statewide law that explicitly reflects the fact that...
June 2019 Issue of ESTUARY News – Water, Environment, Climate, Equity Maven Delta science June 19, 2019The June issue of Estuary News is now available online. This issue explores the rainbow flavors of infrastructure — green,...
ROBERT SHIBATANI: Are California’s Water Operations as Efficient as Claimed? Robert Shibatani Commentary June 18, 2019Part II: How Much Water Was Lost this Spring 2019? This commentary was written by Robert Shibatani. In Part I...
CAL MATTERS: Why fighting for clean water with climate change money worries some California lawmakers Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater quality June 17, 2019Combat climate change, or clean up the water? Legislators chose to dip into a greenhouse gas fund to fight California’s...
SF ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: Ten Essential Bay‒Delta Articles; Geospatial tools and water budgets for the Delta; 20th century outflow and salinity intrusion; Management of invasive water hyacinth Maven Delta science June 17, 2019In this edition of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science journal: ESSAY Ten Essential Bay‒Delta Articles Ted Sommer, J....
THIS JUST IN … Reclamation updates 2019 Central Valley Project South-of-Delta water allocations Bureau of Reclamation News Current Conditions June 14, 2019South-of-Delta ag allocation now 75% From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation Friday issued updated Central Valley Project...
PERSPECTIVES: Interview with Susan Tatayon, Chair of the Delta Stewardship Council Lisa Beutler Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 13, 2019Ms. Tatayon discusses the role of the Delta Stewardship Council, her goals as chair, and the Delta Plan 5 year...
WOTS Up? An Update Regarding Regulation of Waters of the State and Waters of the United States Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 12, 2019Attorney Mary Lynn Coffee unpacks the new wetland regulations and Waters of the State rule, plus a look at the...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Watermaster Quarterly Update Maven Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation June 6, 2019Report has good news on Delta water rights and measurement of diversions, but not so good news in the South...
SGMA IMPLEMENTATION: Groundwater sustainability goals and challenges Maven Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features June 5, 2019Groundwater managers working in four critically-overdrafted basins discuss how their planning efforts are going In basins all over California, groundwater...
CA WATER COMMISSION: DWR’s Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Maven Climate changeNotebook News and Features May 30, 2019Assessment looks at six categories of vulnerability: wildfire, extreme heat, sea level rise, long-term persistent hydrologic changes, short-term extreme hydrologic...
MET BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on Delta conveyance Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features May 29, 2019At the May meeting of the Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay Delta, Steve Arakawa, Bay Delta Initiatives Manager, updated...
ELLEN HANAK: Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features May 29, 2019Ellen Hanak delivers four priorities for managing the implementation of SGMA in the San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley...
US FWS: “Jump Start” winter-run Chinook salmon return to Battle Creek US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and wildlife May 22, 2019By the US Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and water management officials are heralding the early returns of a special...
THIS JUST IN … Reclamation updates 2019 Central Valley Project South-of-Delta water allocations Bureau of Reclamation News Current Conditions May 22, 2019South of Delta ag now at 70%, up from 65% From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation Wednesday...
