Month: July 2022

July 8, 2022

From the Army Corps of Engineers: On June 2, 2022, the Department of the Army published a notice in the...

Tools and information released to help deal with dry wells

July 8, 2022

New tools and information have been released to help deal with dry wells in California. DWR and the State Water...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/7: Balancing protein in your diet could improve water quality; Indigenous tribes, enviro pay the price for CA’s new reservoirs; Epoch Times: Is CA’s water crisis man-made?; Lake Tahoe Clarity Report for 2021 shows declining clarity; and more …

July 7, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WEBINAR: Drinking Water Capacity Development Strategy Update from 11am to 12pm. The...

FEATURE: Good News on Nutria

Robin Meadows

News and Features

July 7, 2022

Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows When California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Greg Gerstenberg saw the...

NOTICE: July 6 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed

July 6, 2022

This email contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and claims of right within the Sacramento-San Joaquin...

NOTICE: Notice of Public Hearing and Pre-Hearing Conference (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

July 6, 2022

From the State Water Resources Control Board, Administrative Hearings Office: The State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office will...

CORRECTED Draft Emergency Regulation for the Delta Watershed Available

July 6, 2022

This notice is to inform interested persons that a corrected version of the emergency regulation text for the Sacramento-San Joaquin...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/6: CA missing an entire year of rainfall since mid-2019; Why no simple solutions to CA’s water problem; Farmers reject a fee to pay off their share of Friant-Kern repairs; Ensuring water conservation and efficiency programs are accessible to all; and more …

July 6, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Salton Sea Long Range Plan Committee from 9:30am to 12:00pm. The Long...

FEATURE: Knocking Out Yellow Starthistle Can Boost Groundwater Supplies

Robin Meadows

Best of the Notebook

July 6, 2022

Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The litany of harms from yellow starthistle, California’s most aggressive invasive weed...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/5: Drought and shipping woes put squeeze on almond growers; UC Study: Drought to cause more than $1.3B in losses in Sacto Valley; Tahoe Conservancy gaining ground on marsh restoration project; Local groups reel after court rules LADWP can cut irrigation; and more …

July 5, 2022

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Board of Food and Agriculture from 9:30am to 2:30pm. Board members will...

FIVE QUESTIONS: Hydrologist Robert Shibatani

5 Questions

July 5, 2022

Robert Shibatani is a hydrologist with 38 years of collective experience in physical hydrology, watershed resource management, and operational water...

Happy 4th of July!

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July 4, 2022

Wishing you and yours a safe and enjoyable holiday. Maven ‘s Notebook is taking the day off.I’ll be back tomorrow...

DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Runoff this year much improved over 2021; Could Delta island become more than cow pastures?; In CA, water wars threaten local food systems; Ninth Circuit upholds dismissal of lawsuit over tainted water; and more …

July 3, 2022

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California’s drought is dire. But there’s a surprising bright spot that may...

NOW AVAILABLE: 2022 California Water Data Science Symposium Recordings & Resources

July 2, 2022

Thank you to everyone who was able to tune in to this year’s 7th Annual California Water Data Science Symposium...

WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 26-July 1: Update on Voluntary Agreements; Smarter gambling with water; Who is winning the pursuit of water?; and more top CA water news of the week