A list of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week …
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This week’s featured articles …
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta conveyance update
At the December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Carrie Buckman, Environmental Program Manager with the Department of Water Resources, gave an update on the Delta Conveyance project including the preparation of environmental documents; roles and responsibilities of the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority and the Department of Water Resources; the Stakeholder Engagement Committee; and next steps.
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Do water rights have a future?
…Not as currently configured, says Robert Shibatani
Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani:
Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through some standard of legally established priority. Water entitlements have been long-standing icons of local and regional industrial, economic, and political power. Over time, as water demands grew, but available supplies dwindled, they became increasingly guarded. But is all that attention and protection still validated, particularly as we look at our changing future?
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In water news this week from around the web …
WEEKEND DAILY DIGEST: Delta smelt: the tiny fish caught in California’s war with Trump; Sen. Feinstein urges Newsom-Trump Teamwork on California water; California sues EPA over weakening of clean water rules; Lawmakers back to square one on ‘forever chemicals’; Winners and losers in the year‑end spending deal; and more … READ IT HERE: Weekend Daily Digest
MONDAY: Rain, snow to make for tricky travel leading up to Christmas in the Southwest; Fallbrook and Rainbow take steps to break from San Diego County Water Authority; ‘Coastal Disneyland project’? Groups debate plan to restore Ballona wetlands; San Diego making environmental improvements at Lake Murray; Soon we may all be suffering from climate whiplash READ IT HERE: Monday’s Daily Digest
TUESDAY: California’s wet again, the snowpack looks good and ski resorts are happy. Will it last?; Weather balloons gather data in the Yuba and Feather river watersheds during atmospheric rivers; Recent wet conditions eliminate much of state’s dry designation; State Water Project modernization highlights – 2019; Who you gonna call? Algae-bloom busters; The big science and environment stories of the decade; Newsom can’t have it both ways on California water, says the LA Times; California can solve its water shortage with the water we have. Here’s how, says Heather Cooley; and more … READ IT HERE: Tuesday’s Daily Digest
WEDNESDAY: Happy holidays from Maven’s Notebook!
THURSDAY: Keeping wildfires at bay; New NASA mission plans to map sea level rise from space through 2030; Feds give final OK on fracking in Central California; West coast fisheries record rare environmental victory; Trump is rolling back over 80 environmental regulations. Here are five big changes you might have missed in 2019; Court fights abound in wake of Trump’s regulatory rollbacks; and more … READ IT HERE: Thursday’s Daily Digest
FRIDAY: California water cutbacks could take large area of farmland out of production; Santa Clara Valley Water celebrates five years of advanced purified water; Here’s how you can weigh in on Santa Ana River Wash plan; Hundreds of gallons of SONGS wastewater released into ocean; NASA airborne campaign catches the drift of snow water; Why a corporate lawyer is sounding the alarm about these common chemicals; Untangling the problem of ocean plastic READ IT HERE: Friday’s Daily Digest
News worth noting this week …
- NEWS WORTH NOTING: IID revises water order to support Colorado River, resolve Salton Sea pre-delivery issue; Metropolitan Water District, Bard Water District partner for Colorado River sustainability in California
- NEWS WORTH NOTING: Reclamation releases draft congressionally-mandated repayment contracts for CVP contractors; Reclamation awards over $950,000 to three CA water recycling studies; Attorney General Becerra joins lawsuit challenging repeal of Clean Water Rule
Weekly features …
- BLOG ROUND-UP: Rapid changes in the Delta both diminish scientific certainty and increase science’s value; Central Valley salmon hatchery release strategies 2019; Moving forward on Flood-MAR with pilots; To break bread, we need water; Shark water redux; and more …
- SCIENCE NEWS: Endless winter: The storm that defined CA surfing; New fish detection gathers salmon survival data faster than the blink of an eye; Resident orcas’ appetite likely reason for decline of salmon; and more …
Announcements this week …
- WATER PLAN eNEWS: ~~ Basin Prioritization~ New RCIS~ Irrigation Conference~ Rangeland Summit~ Splash: Hydrologic Regions ~~
- OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT: Draft Social Science Strategy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
- NOTICE: Release of Lower Klamath Project Recirculated Portions of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for Public Comment
- NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENT for SWP Contract Amendment for Delta Conveyance Negotiations
- NOTICE: Expert review panel for the East San Joaquin Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program to meet in January
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