State Water Board issues notice of additional modifications to the order approving a temporary urgency change for SWP and CVP Maven Breaking News February 28, 2014From the State Water Resources Control Board: “On January 29, 2014, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the U.S....
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scheduled to continue special drought-related sampling for Delta smelt; Program providing water managers with real-time information on smelt movement Maven Breaking News February 27, 2014From the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed the first phase of...
Snow survey finds slightly increased water content (24%): New storms helping, but drought remains Maven Breaking News February 27, 2014From the Department of Water Resources: Storms are lightly blanketing the Sierra with fresh snow, but Department of Water Resources...
Letter: Advisory Committee recommends Bonham deny the incidental take permit for the BDCP Maven News and Features February 27, 2014An advisory committee has recommended that Director of Fish & Wildlife Chuck Bonham deny the incidental take permit for the...
Guest blogger: Loving Yosemite means many things Maven Guest contributors February 27, 2014From Spreck Rosekrans, Executive Director of Hetch Hetchy: “For many of us, loving Yosemite means loving the whole park and...
Superior Court tentatively rules in favor of San Diego County Water Authority in Metropolitan rate case; Met remains confident they will prevail in the end Maven Breaking News February 25, 2014From the San Diego County Water Authority: In a major victory for the San Diego County Water Authority and water...
Website notes: Old format returns, plus what to expect this week Maven Other News Item February 24, 2014Old website format returns … Thank you to all who submitted comments about the different website format. Comments were running...
California Weather Blog: Strong storm headed for California this week; compelling signs of developing El Nino, but will the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge return in the meantime? Maven Other News Item February 24, 2014From the California Weather Blog: “Unusually dry and warm conditions have returned to California over the past week. In the...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 4): Delta stakeholders have their say Maven Legislative Hearings February 24, 2014On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
Farm organizations, Feinstein react to announcement of zero allocation Maven Other News Item February 21, 2014Today, the Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial Central Valley Project allocations, giving no water to North of Delta and...
Bay Delta Conservation Plan public review period extended 60 days Maven Breaking News February 21, 2014From the California Natural Resources Agency: Lead state and federal agencies today extended the public comment period for the Draft...
Reclamation announces initial 2014 Central Valley Project Water Supply Allocation: 0% for North of Delta, South of Delta ag; 50% for M&I Maven Breaking News February 21, 2014From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the initial 2014 water supply allocation for Central Valley...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 3): San Diego County Water Authority & Contra Costa Water District share their concerns Maven Legislative Hearings February 21, 2014On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...
Guest blogger: Worried about the drought? Let farmers buy and sell water Maven Guest contributors February 21, 2014Today’s guest blogger is David Zetland of the Aguanomics blog, who wrote this exclusively for Maven’s Notebook: “California is gripped...
Assembly oversight hearing on the funding structure and economic impacts of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (part 2): Anton Favorini-Csorba and Dr. Jeff Michael on funding the BDCP Maven Legislative Hearings February 20, 2014On February 12th, the Assembly Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review held an oversight hearing on the funding structure and...