Water management

System reoperation

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

October 17, 2020

Changing existing operations and management procedures for water project operations, referred to as  system reoperation, can yield numerous benefits such...

DPIIC: The CVPIA and the state’s Incidental Take Permit: Ecosystem-based Management in the Delta

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Delta scienceNotebook News and Features

July 29, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] The Delta Stewardship Council established the Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee (DPIIC) after the adoption of the Delta Plan...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Newsom Lays Out Big Dreams for California’s Water Future

Courthouse News Service

Policy and regulation

July 28, 2020

Touting ways to shield California’s most precious resource from climate change, Governor Gavin Newsom released strategies Tuesday to improve drinking...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

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Best of the NotebookClimate changeNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

June 17, 2020

In October 2019, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Priorities for California’s Water, which outlined California’s...

THIS JUST IN … Feinstein Introduces Bill to Restore San Joaquin Valley Canals, Improve Water Supply

Legislator/Elected Official

Policy and regulation

May 21, 2020

From Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced the Restoration of Essential Conveyance Act, a bill to...

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Developing a water budget

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Best of the NotebookGroundwater NewsNotebook News and Features

May 13, 2020

With water availability being an important concern, water managers often use water budgets to quantify and manage water resources.  A...

KERN COUNTY WATER SUMMIT: The magic water wand

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Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

April 1, 2020

If you had a magic wand that could give you unlimited funding, could change any law, write any new law,...

THIS JUST IN … New economic report seeks to highlight significant water challenges for California communities

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Policy and regulation

March 3, 2020

This is the report mentioned in today’s top story on the Daily Digest From the Water Blueprint for the San...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Update on State Water Project operations

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

January 2, 2020

Coodinated Operations Agreement addendum, State Water Project incidental take permit, and the Yuba-Feather Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations program At the December...

ACWA PANEL DISCUSSION: The building blocks of success in the Delta

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Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation

December 18, 2019

DeDe D’Adamo, Karla Nemeth, and Susan Tatayon give their thoughts about going forward in the Delta in a panel discussion...

FELICIA MARCUS: One Delta, one estuary–Connecting California through water

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Notebook News and FeaturesPlanning and managementPolicy and regulation

December 4, 2019

In her address to the State of the Estuary conference, Felicia Marcus spoke about the connections of the Delta to...

METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: USFWS Regional Director Paul Souza explains the biological opinions

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

November 13, 2019

Paul Souza is the Regional Director of the Pacific Southwest division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which covers...

PERSPECTIVES: DWR Director Karla Nemeth on Oroville Dam, the Governor’s water resilience portfolio, Delta conveyance, the Voluntary Agreements, and more …

Lisa Beutler

Notebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation

October 17, 2019

Interview and write-up by Lisa Beutler, Stantec (Sacramento, CA).  This article appeared first in The Water Report and is reprinted...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Integrated Regional Water Management – Helping Create a Balanced Portfolio for our Water Future

Guest Contributor

Commentary

September 5, 2019

Guest commentary from the IRWM Roundtable of Regions: Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) represents a construct for collaborative water resource...

Draft environmental documents for the long-term operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, plus an update on the biological opinions

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Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations

August 6, 2019

Explainer post on what these environmental documents are all about and how they interface with the biological opinions, plus an...