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    WATER DESK: In burned forests, the West’s snowpack is melting earlier

    The Water Desk
    Wildfires and watersheds
    November 14, 2025
    As blazes expand to higher elevations, the impacts cascade downstream By Mitch Robin, The Water Desk As the American West...

    PRESS RELEASE: Searles Valley Minerals resolves some issues with IWVGA, approves settlement on Groundwater Sustainability Plan

    Indian Wells Valley
    Groundwater News
    November 14, 2025
    Press release from Searles Valley Minerals As of Nov. 13, 2025, Searles Valley Minerals and the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater...

    DAILY DIGEST, 11/13: Major storm to unload inches of rain, set off flash flooding in CA; Experts warn ‘CA will be a desert’ as atmospheric rivers move north; In Mendocino, river restoration pays off for salmon; No deal on Colorado River; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    November 13, 2025
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    ASPEN JOURNALISM: No deal on Colorado River

    Aspen Journalism
    Colorado River
    November 13, 2025
    Seven states fail to reach agreement by feds’ Nov. 11 deadline By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Water managers from the...

    VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Environmentalists say they’re cool with East County taking cred for Pure Water’s production

    Voice of San Diego
    Planning and management
    November 13, 2025
    By MacKenzie Elmer, voice of San Diego There’s a debate over whether the city of San Diego should or could...

    DAILY DIGEST, 11/12: No deal on the Colorado River despite Trump admin deadline; Atmospheric river to hit California with heavy rain, strong winds; PPIC Report: Water research amid changing state–federal partnerships; New dam rule could put Grand Canyon at risk; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    November 12, 2025
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    CAL MATTERS: No deal on the Colorado River despite Trump administration deadline

    Cal Matters
    Colorado River
    November 12, 2025
    The federal government often makes deadlines on the Colorado River, but — in recent years — rarely has enforced them....

    NEVADA CURRENT: With Upper, Lower basin states still snagged, feds give them more time to craft Colorado River plan

    Nevada Current
    Colorado River
    November 12, 2025
    By Jennifer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada and six other Colorado River states failed to reach a broad agreement Tuesday on...

    DAILY DIGEST, 11/11: Colorado River talks hit crunch time. What’s at stake for California water?; First major snow of the season expected as atmospheric river targets California; A fireside chat with Metropolitan Water District’s Deven Upadhyay; Can Arizona maintain its drought response as water and money dry up?; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    November 11, 2025
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    CAL MATTERS: Colorado River talks hit crunch time. What’s at stake for California water?

    Cal Matters
    Colorado River
    November 11, 2025
    Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing a federal deadline to hash out the beginnings of an agreement...

    HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Why Colorado River negotiations are so difficult

    High Country News
    Colorado River
    November 11, 2025
    Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before...

    VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Is there enough sewage to go ‘round in San Diego?

    Voice of San Diego
    Planning and management
    November 11, 2025
    East County is building its own water recycling project and wants San Diego to treat it like its own. By...

    INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Can Arizona maintain its drought response as water and money dry up?

    Inside Climate News
    Colorado River
    November 11, 2025
    The state has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and implemented new regulations to protect water supplies. But as funds...

    DAILY DIGEST, 11/10: National Academies releases report on Delta water project operations; Stronger, wetter storm to hit California this week; New ballot measure push aims to overhaul California’s landmark environmental law; Stockton waterfront faces annual invasion of fast-growing hyacinth; and more …

    Maven
    Daily Digest
    November 10, 2025
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    NEW REPORT: Review of the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

    Guest Contributor
    ReportsWater project operations
    November 10, 2025
    From the National Academies  Billions of gallons of water per day are channeled from northern California to drier Central and...
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    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 …

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