This just in … Restore the Delta: Delta Tunnels “Confidential” Documents Reveal State Plans to Take Delta Farms – Includes AP Story Link

Restore the Delta

Delta Conveyance Project

August 17, 2015

From Restore the Delta: Newly released documents gained through Public Records Actions show that water exporters and the Delta Design...

Sustainable Groundwater Management Update: Draft List of Critically Overdrafted Basins Available for Comment *** UPDATED with actual list

Maven

Groundwater News

August 17, 2015

From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) directs DWR to identify...

NASA/JPL: California drought causing San Joaquin Valley land to sink

NASA/JPL

Groundwater News

August 9, 2015

A new NASA report shows land in California’s San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever as Californians continue pumping...

Photoblog post: Road trip: Drought in the San Joaquin Valley: A farmer’s perspective

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HydrologyNotebook News and Features

August 7, 2015

What does drought look like? I tried this once before last year.  Optimistically, I engaged some of my readers and...

Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta hears an overview of the Cal Water Fix documents and an update on drought operations in the Delta

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Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features

August 5, 2015

Metropolitan staff review what’s in the documents and explore what the project might yield; Drought operations update includes the effect...

This just in … Groups Sue State Water Board to Prevent Fishery Extinctions

State Water Board

Water rights and water law

August 5, 2015

C-WIN, CSPA, and AquAlliance say the regulatory agency refuses to enforce and comply with laws protecting fisheries and water quality...

This just in … CSPA files complaint against State Water Board and Bureau of Reclamation over Sacramento River temperature criteria

CA Sportfishing Protection Alliance

Water project operations

August 3, 2015

Complaint alleges violations of Basin Plan, WR Order 90-05, CWA, ESA and Public Trust The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA)...

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act update: GSP webcast for Batch 1 now available, Batch 2 and Batch 3 meetings scheduled; Groundwater replenishment discussion paper; Draft basin boundary regs

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Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

August 3, 2015

From the Department of Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Management Program: Groundwater Sustainability Plan Draft Regulations Batch 1 Issues Webcast Recording...

Secretary Laird, legislators, and organizations react to Senator Feinstein’s introduction of the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015

Maven

Policy and regulation

July 31, 2015

On Wednesday, Senators Feinstein and Boxer introduced the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015.  Here are reactions from elected...

Adapting to sea level rise and climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area: What can we do?

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Climate changeNotebook News and FeaturesScience

July 31, 2015

Dr. Letitia Grenier and Jeremy Lowe discuss current projects underway to address adapting the San Francisco Bay’s shoreline for sea...

NASA/JPL: California ‘rain debt’ equal to average full year of precipitation

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

July 30, 2015

A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015....

This just in … California Water Use Drops 27.3 Percent, Exceeds 25 Percent Mandate for June

State Water Board

Policy and regulation

July 30, 2015

From the State Water Resources Control Board: With record-breaking heat throughout much of the State in June, Californians continued to...

Landscape-scale planning for ecological resilience in the Bay and Delta

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Delta scienceNotebook News and FeaturesPlanning and management

July 30, 2015

Senior Scientist Robin Grossinger discusses the latest research working to develop tools and to understand how to build landscapes resilient...

Latest PPIC survey finds majority of Californians say global warming contributing to drought, admit they don’t know how much water they should be saving

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Planning and managementReports

July 29, 2015

From the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC): A solid majority of Californians believe that global warming is already having...

This just in … Feinstein, Boxer Introduce California Emergency Drought Relief Act

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

July 29, 2015

From the office of Senator Dianne Fienstein: “Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.) today introduced the California Emergency...