Month: January 2021

January 8, 2021

From the Central Valley Regional Water Board: On January 5, 2021, Notice to Comply letters for the Salt Control Program...

NOTICE: Army Corps of Engineers announces finalization of nationwide permits

January 8, 2021

From the Army Corps of Engineers: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it reissued 12 and...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/7: Researchers propose a framework for evaluating impacts of climate change on CA’s water, power; Delta Conveyance Project alternatives screening process; Sacramento: Flood board makes no-fence policy official; and more …

January 7, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Researchers propose a framework for evaluating impacts of climate change on California’s...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Climate change and California’s water resources

Science on the Notebook

January 7, 2021

Dr. Laurel Larsen, the new Delta Lead Scientist, is in the process of moving from Finland to California, so at...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/6: Price tag for Pacheco Pass Dam nearly doubles to $2.5B; Why the American West is fighting for water protections; More on water futures; Effects of fire on CA’s natural resources; and more …

January 6, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Price tag nearly doubles to $2.5 billion for huge new dam project...

CA WATER COMMISSION: Determining the public benefits of conveyance projects

Meetings

January 6, 2021

The California Water Commission is in the process of assessing the state’s role in financing commands projects that could help...

CA FISH AND WILDLIFE JOURNAL: Effects of Fire on California’s Natural Resources

Science Publications

January 6, 2021

The California Fish and Wildlife Journal concludes the 2020 Special Issue installments with the winter quarter’s Special Wildland Fire Issue....

NOTICE: Public workshop to focus on water conveyance needs and funding options in Northern California

January 6, 2021

From the California Water Commission: The California Water Commission is conducting a series of public workshops as part of its...

NOTICE: EPA releases National Rivers and Streams Assessment

January 6, 2021

From the California Water Quality Monitoring Council: The EPA has released the second National Rivers and Streams Assessment report, one...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/5: Harnessing rice fields to resurrect California’s endangered salmon; When wildfire burns a high mountain forest, what happens to the snow?; Four U.S. water stories to watch in 2021; and more …

January 5, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The State Water Resources Control Board meets at 9am. Agenda items include...

DELTA AGENCY UPDATES: Carbon capture in the Delta is up; Recreation in the Delta, not so much …

Meetings

January 5, 2021

The Delta Stewardship Council’s December meeting included updates from the Delta Conservancy and the Delta Protection Commission. Activities of the...

DAILY DIGEST, 1/4: Barrage of storms aiming for West Coast; The Delta – a short history of big changes; Water futures trading index elicits questions, concerns; Water sector commends Congress for relief in appropriations package; and more …

January 4, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Barrage of storms to aim for West Coast through early January “As...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for January 1st

Robert Shibatani

Water conditions

January 4, 2021

Prepared for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani Federal and State reservoirs in California have lost about 132,000 AF since the...

California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – a short history of big changes