Laura King Moon, Chief Deputy Director of Water Resources, passes away after battle with cancer

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Website announcements

October 27, 2015

This memo from Mark Cowin, Director of the Department of Water Resources: DWR Director Mark Cowin writes, “It is with...

State Water Board’s use of unimpaired flows in the Delta’s Water Quality Control Plan update disputed

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater quality

October 27, 2015

Water agencies say it’s infeasible; interest groups say it’s the most fairest and equitable approach A broad coalition of environmental,...

Delta Stewardship Council prepares to comment on the California Water Fix/BDCP partially recirculated environmental documents

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

October 27, 2015

List of concerns include adaptive management, water quality, and impacts to the Delta In July of this year, the Partially...

Senate Bill 88 and the Development of a Water Measurement and Reporting Regulation

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

October 26, 2015

From the State Water Resources Control Board: The purpose of this message is to provide information about a new water...

California Water Commission adopts regulation for modifying basin boundaries, the first of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

October 23, 2015

The new regulation outlines the procedure for requesting groundwater basin boundary changes, as well as the methodology and criteria for...

This just in … California Water Commission adopts Groundwater Basin Boundary Regulation

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Groundwater News

October 21, 2015

The regulation now heads to the Office of Administrative Law for processing From the Department of Water Resources: Implementation of...

Water management, economy, and the environment: How is California doing after four years of drought?

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Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

October 21, 2015

Dr. Jay Lund, Dr. Jeffrey Michael, and Dr. Peter Moyle discuss the drought impacts at the State of the Estuary...

Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 4: The buyers and sellers’ perspective

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

October 15, 2015

A panel of buyers and sellers discusses the time frames, procedural considerations, and the overall complexity of water transfers Water...

Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 3: The environmental perspective

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Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

October 14, 2015

Dr. Bruce Herbold and Sandi Matsumoto discuss the potential impacts of single-year transfers on the Delta’s ecosystem and wildlife During...

Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 2: The agency view

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

October 13, 2015

DWR’s Bill Croyle and State Water Board’s Tom Howard discuss the water transfers: streamlining the process, recurring single-year transfers, and...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Gov. Brown Signs Law to Protect Salton Sea

Courthouse News Service

EcosystemsPolicy and regulation

October 12, 2015

By Rebekah Kearn, Courthouse News Service Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law a bill to protect the shrinking...

Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 1: The basics

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

October 12, 2015

As the Delta Stewardship Council prepares to revisit the issue of single-year transfers, staff review the basics: the types of...

This just in … Governor Brown Signs Water Legislation

Governor Jerry Brown

Policy and regulation

October 9, 2015

From the Office of the Governor: As California’s historic drought continues, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he...

This just in … DWR Releases Proposed Rules for Modifying Groundwater Basin Boundaries

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Groundwater News

October 8, 2015

Public input helps refine Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Basin Boundary Emergency Regulations From the Department of Water Resources: “The Department...

This just in … Feinstein Testifies in Support of Drought-Relief Bill

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

October 8, 2015

From Senator Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the...