PANEL DISCUSSION: Making the Delta a Better Place for Native Fishes

Maven

EcosystemsNotebook News and Features

June 27, 2018

Dr. Peter Moyle, Lead Scientist Dr. John Callaway, and OC Coastkeeper’s Garry Brown discuss recent white paper In March of...

DWR: Final Flood-MAR White Paper Recognizes State’s Role in Emerging Water Management Strategy

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater NewsReports

June 26, 2018

By DWR DWR recognizes the need to rehabilitate and modernize water and flood infrastructure in California.  Floodwater for Managed Aquifer...

THIS JUST IN … Senate Passes Energy and Water Appropriations Bill

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

June 25, 2018

From Senator Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), ranking member of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, today issued...

WEBSITE NEWS: Maven to be honored with the 20th Harold Gilliam Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting

Maven

Website announcements

June 21, 2018

Thank you to The Bay Institute for the award!  It’s an incredible honor. From The Bay Institute: On June 28th,...

DR. JEFF MOUNT: The Consequences of Sustainable Groundwater Management

Maven

Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

June 20, 2018

In 2014 California enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) which mandates that areas that depend upon groundwater achieve sustainability...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX HEARING UPDATE: Ruling letters on Part 2 Rebuttal, status of exhibits

State Water Board

Delta Conveyance Project

June 18, 2018

Hearing to resume on August 2nd The California Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Resources Control Board has...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: California floodplains and the fish that use them

Maven

Delta science

June 18, 2018

How restoring functional flows to floodplains could help restore native fish Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley...

THIS JUST IN … Reclamation increases 2018 Central Valley Project water allocation for South-of-Delta ag contractors to 50%

Bureau of Reclamation News

Current Conditions

June 15, 2018

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation Friday issued updated allocations for South-of-Delta Central Valley Project contractors for...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: A Study Comparing Ways to Estimate Crop Evapotranspiration in the Delta

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

June 13, 2018

The Delta Watermaster leads a panel discussing a recent study that compared 7 different methods for estimating consumptive use of...

THIS JUST IN … California Water Fix Administrative Draft Supplemental Environmental Review Documents Posted Online

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

June 12, 2018

From the Department of Water Resources: The California WaterFix Administrative Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) has been...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Water District to vote again on whether to authorize increased funding of WaterFix

Metropolitan Water District

Delta Conveyance Project

June 7, 2018

Re-vote scheduled for July 10 board meeting The following is the text of a memo sent to the Metropolitan Board...

OC WATER SUMMIT: Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman on Bringing Water & Power to the West

Maven

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

June 7, 2018

“We’re facing big challenges ahead of us and big solutions are required to meet those challenges head on,” she says...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Indian Water Settlements, the Media and the Future of Western Rivers

Felice Pace

Commentary

June 7, 2018

“I believe historians will look back at the current Water Settlement Era as the second big rip-off of the Indigenous...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Outlook for Water Year 2018

Maven

Current Conditions

June 6, 2018

Panel discusses outlook for the remaining water year for the State Water Project and Hetch Hetchy water systems, plus a...

CAL WATER FIX HEARING: Ruling on objections to exhibits that parties introduced during Part 2 cross-examination

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

June 1, 2018

This latest ruling letter from the California Water Fix hearing team at the State Water Board addresses DWR’s objections to...