• ❤ Donate Now
  • SPONSOR
  • FUNDERS
  • Contributors
  • About
    • Main
    • LATEST POSTS
    • News
      • News Topics
        • Agriculture
        • Climate change
        • Colorado River
        • Delta Conveyance Project
        • Ecosystems
        • Fish and wildlife
        • Groundwater News
        • Hydrology
        • Planning and management
        • Policy and regulation
        • Science
        • Water project operations
        • Water quality
        • Water rights and water law
        • Water supply augmentation
        • Wildfires and watersheds
        • All news
      • News types
        • All News
        • Notebook News and Features
        • Featured articles
        • Best of the Notebook
        • The Water Shelf
        • Daily Digest
        • Weekly Digest
        • Commentary
        • Fact Sheets/Tools/Info
        • Podcasts and webinars
        • Reports
        • Research articles
        • ANNOUNCEMENTS
      • Hot Topics
        • Data centers
        • El Nino/La Nina
        • Groundwater recharge
        • Voluntary agreements
      • Explore
        • Search archives
        • Explainers
        • Directory
        • Glossary
        • Subscribe
        • Donate
        • Sponsor
    • EXPLAINERS
      • Where does California’s water come from?
      • California’s groundwater
      • Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
      • Delta Conveyance Project
      • Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan (Bay Delta Plan)
      • VIEW ALL EXPLAINERS
    • Calendar
    • WATER SHELF
    • VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS/HRL

    NEVADA CURRENT: Colorado River states miss deadline, compromise nowhere in sight

    Nevada Current
    Colorado River
    February 14, 2026
    by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada and six other Colorado River states have failed to resolve a major disagreement on...

    UTAH NEWS DISPATCH: Colorado River negotiations crumble as another deadline passes by

    Utah Dispatch
    Colorado River
    February 14, 2026
    Lower Basin states blame the Upper Basin for not making concessions. ‘Utah is ready to make a deal,’ governor says...

    WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Feb. 8-13: Delta monitoring changes could obscure the fate of fish & flows; State officials have chance to save salmon; Outdated water rules could cost California 600,000 acre-feet; No agreement on Colorado River expected by deadline; and more …

    Maven
    Weekly Digest
    February 13, 2026
    A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

    DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: It’s final: No Delta smelt found in annual survey for 8 years; State supreme court declines to hear groundwater case out of Kings County; After years of La Niña, Pacific surges toward El Niño; ‘No one is expecting’ a Colorado River agreement by Saturday deadline; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    February 13, 2026
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    SJV WATER: State supreme court declines to hear groundwater case out of Kings County

    SJV Water
    Groundwater News
    February 13, 2026
    By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water The California Supreme Court denied a petition by the Kings County Farm Bureau to review...

    INDIAN WELLS VALLEY: Ridgecrest can’t afford further delay, sustainability requires an imported water option

    Indian Wells Valley
    Groundwater News
    February 13, 2026
    IWVGA Sets Record Straight on Pipeline Costs and Basin Sustainability Press release from the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority More...

    DAILY DIGEST, 2/12: State officials faced with a once-in-a-generation chance to save CA’s salmon; As La Niña is ending, signs of El Niño emerge; These maps show where California sank the most over the past decade; Three days left: Arizona faces deeper Colorado River cuts as federal deadline looms; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    February 12, 2026
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    NOTEBOOK FEATURE: State water officials are faced with a once-in-a-generation chance to save California’s salmon 

    Alastair Bland
    Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation
    February 12, 2026
    By Alastair Bland Negotiations over how to manage the Delta’s water and fish species hit a boiling point in late...

    EDWARD RING: Governor Newsom: Turn up the Delta pumps!

    Edward Ring
    CommentaryWater project operations
    February 12, 2026
    By Edward Ring When it comes to the water supply in California for cities and farms, nothing matters more than...

    SJV WATER: Expert urges action on invasive golden mussels now

    SJV Water
    Ecosystems
    February 12, 2026
    By Lisa McEwen, SJV Water The time to act on golden mussels is yesterday. If not yesterday, then now, an...

    EDWARD RING: Large scale desalination belongs in California’s water strategy

    Edward Ring
    Water supply augmentation
    February 12, 2026
    By Edward Ring In debates over water policy in California, a common argument is that if only we managed the...

    NOW AVAILABLE: 2025 Adaptive Management Forum Summary

    Delta Stewardship Council
    Delta scienceReports
    February 12, 2026
    From the Delta Science Program: The Delta Science Program hosts the Adaptive Management Forum every two years to promote dialogue...

    DAILY DIGEST, 2/11: Proposed Bay-Delta plan could reshape way California delivers water; Outdated water rules could cost CA 600,000 acre-feet, lawmakers warn; New report: Regulating data center water use in CA; Drought, disagreements, and deadlines: The fight for Colorado River’s future; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    February 11, 2026
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a...

    MET ONE WATER COMMITTEE: Drought, disagreements, and deadlines: The fight for Colorado River’s future

    Maven
    Colorado River
    February 11, 2026
    The federal government has given the basin states until February 14 to reach a consensus solution that will serve as...

    HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: The coming failure of Glen Canyon Dam

    High Country News
    Water project operations
    February 11, 2026
    As Colorado River negotiations build toward a Feb. 14 deadline, few are talking about design flaws in the dam that...
    1 … 70 71 72 73 74 … 500

    Welcome to Maven’s Notebook!

    Always know what’s going on in California water.

    SUBSCRIBE

    Your donation keeps this coverage free and accessible.

    DONATE

    Sponsor the news source that decision-makers read every day.

    SPONSOR

    Today’s Daily Digest

    DAILY DIGEST, 11/9: Monstrous El Niño has arrived; Crews finish new $307M outlet tunnel at Anderson Dam; This El Niño could test the limits of the Los Angeles River; Super El Niño may bring more problems than relief to Colorado River Basin; and more …

    © 2013-2024 Maven's Notebook, et al. All Rights Reserved.
    Type to search or hit ESC to close
    See all results