Modeling and forecasting Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK STAGING

PRESS RELEASE: Sierra Club sues San Francisco Public Utilities Commission over inflated water demand forecast

October 8, 2026

Years of inaccurate water demand forecasts have exacted a heavy price on the environment and on ratepayers. Records show staff...

UC SANTA CRUZ: New detection technique advances early warnings for toxic algal blooms

UC Santa Cruz

Water quality

September 30, 2026

UC Santa Cruz researchers use passive resin samplers to track chemical cues, extending predictive lead time for harmful algal blooms...

RESEARCH ARTICLE: Reducing uncertainty in groundwater models using airborne geophysics

American Geophysical Union

Groundwater News Research article

September 28, 2026

Scientists present a probabilistic framework for exploiting airborne geophysical data for groundwater model parameterization and apply it to the Scott...

THE CONVERSATION: How heat on the Tibetan Plateau fuels powerful storms in California, half a world away

The Conversation

Hydrology

September 11, 2026

By Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles The Tibetan Plateau may be on the other side of the world...

UC BERKELEY: New digital tool shows where exactly California’s water goes — and how climate change might disrupt it

UC Berkeley

Planning and management

September 5, 2026

The UC Berkeley-led COEQWAL project is helping communities explore how shifting the state’s water priorities could impact agriculture, cities and...

SCRIPPS: Study: Reservoir management system could save California $150 Million every year

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Water project operations

September 1, 2026

Improved weather forecasts can maximize reservoir efficiency, saving between 100-160 billion gallons of water annually By Scripps Institution of Oceanography...

RECLAMATION: Final monitoring special study report advances scientific understanding of Delta hydrodynamics and water quality

Bureau of Reclamation News

Delta science Planning and management Reports

August 27, 2026

Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources have released...

NASA data feeds river forecasts as snow drought effects linger

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

August 21, 2026

By Emily DeMarco, NASA As the effects of the 2026 snow drought in the western United States carry into summer,...

UC BERKELEY: Can ‘digital twins’ help California manage its growing flood risk?

UC Berkeley

Planning and management

August 14, 2026

UC Berkeley researchers are creating virtual simulations of the Lower Pajaro River Valley to better integrate ecology, climate change and...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Global warming unmakes winter in the West

Inside Climate News

Climate change

July 23, 2026

A new climate attribution study shows that heating from greenhouse gases could drive extreme snow droughts in the region every...

DRI: A new tool can help protect communities from flooding and optimize reservoir management during rain-on-snow events

Desert Research Institute

Hydrology

June 16, 2026

DRI’s Snowpack Runoff Decision Support Tool monitors runoff potential in mountain snowpacks to give water managers and emergency planners unprecedented...