Reclamation increases Central Valley Project 2026 water supply allocations for south-of-Delta contractors to 25%; Westlands responds Bureau of Reclamation News Water project operations May 19, 2026Improved reservoir storage and spring runoff conditions support additional allocation increases From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/19: Could groundwater banks help solve CA’s water crisis?; Advocates demand restored funding for clean water; What previous Super El Niños can tell us about the next one; EPA to roll back PFAS limits for drinking water; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 19, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/18: ‘This is exploratory’: Southern California water agencies ramp up interest in Eel River dam; New research has Borrego Springs at loggerheads on what to do about water; Slowing Atlantic circulation may intensify atmospheric rivers; What’s a ‘super El Niño’? ; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 18, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
YALE CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: What’s a ‘super El Niño’? And other El Niño questions, answered Yale Climate Connections Hydrology May 18, 2026We get into it: Why some meteorologists don’t like the term ‘super El Niño,’ why climate change can lead to...
SFEI: New data on salmon-killing chemical in San Francisco Bay San Francisco Estuary Institute Water quality May 18, 2026A new dataset on San Francisco Bay water includes one of the most toxic chemicals ever studied for a fish...
NOAA: El Niño and high tide flooding, a possible double whammy for some coastal communities in 2026 NOAA Research Hydrology May 18, 2026NOAA’s National Weather Service is predicting El Niño is likely to emerge by July 2026 and continue through the winter,...
CAL MATTERS: Data centers are guzzling California’s water. We have no idea how much Cal Matters Planning and management May 17, 2026Data centers are expanding into water-stressed California communities. Lax disclosure rules keep the public in the dark about actual water usage....
DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: State Water Project allocation increases to 45%; Data centers are guzzling California’s water. We have no idea how much; Altadena’s latest roadblock to rebuilding: Sewage; The Colorado River is on the brink of disaster; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 17, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Royal Gardner, “Waters of the United States: POTUS, SCOTUS, WOTUS, and the Politics of a National Resource” Justin Scott-Coe Policy and regulationWATER SHELF May 15, 2026Visit the Water Shelf main page With the big-ticket dramas of the Colorado River and who can and can’t turn...
DWR: State Water Project Allocation increases to 45% Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management May 15, 2026From the Department of Water Resources: Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced an increase to the State Water...
WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for 5/10-5/15: Will coming El Niño bring epic rain this winter?; Hi-tech missions track record snowpack loss in the West; SGMA’s subsidence guidance: A higher bar, real-world impacts; The case for investing in the Delta; and more … Maven Weekly Digest May 15, 2026A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...
DAILY DIGEST, 5/15: This coming El Niño could be a monster. Will it bring epic rain?; Half of California is ‘abnormally dry’; L.A.’s ultra-urban rivers wash tons of trash out to sea. There’s a plan to change that before the Olympics; Trump administration readying a plan to impose Colorado River water cuts on Western states; and more … Maven Daily Digest May 15, 2026[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...
DWR: New science plan spurs DWR efforts for longfin smelt Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife May 15, 2026From the Department of Water Resources: Tucked within the UC Davis campus, a quiet but critically important effort is helping...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: New paper shows surges of concentrated precipitation can lead to dryer landscapes Inside Climate News Hydrology May 15, 2026Snow and rain in the American West is concentrating at one of the highest rates in the world, researchers found,...
EOS: How much will Western wildfires worsen under warming? American Geophysical Union Wildfires and watersheds May 15, 2026By Rebecca Owen, EOS Across the western United States, wildfires are increasing in size and intensity. As the climate continues...
