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October 17, 2020

From the State Water Resources Control Board: Attached is a public notice regarding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reissuance...

COMMUNITY/SMALL WATER SYSTEMS: Opportunity for EPA training on the America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) Risk and Resiliency Assessment and Emergency Response Plan requirements

October 17, 2020

From the US EPA: Hello, Community Water Systems (serving populations greater than 3300 and less than 100000): Here is an...

NOTICE: 2020 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule

October 17, 2020

From the US Army Corps: The “Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification Rule” (85 Fed. Reg. 42,210) became effective...

REGISTER NOW: Army Corps Regulatory Program Workshop October 23rd on Navigable Waters Protection Rule

October 17, 2020

From the US Army Corps: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, will hold the next Regulatory Program Workshop...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/16: Peter Moyle on Trump and Delta smelt; How infrastructure standards miss the mark on snowmelt; Just how bad is California’s water debt problem? The state isn’t sure; and more …

October 16, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board beginning at 9am. The second...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/15: Trump creates water ‘subcabinet’; DWR teams with state, federal partners to protect endangered species; Lawns provide surprising contribution to L.A. Basin’s carbon emissions; Winter outlook leans warm and dry across southern U.S.; and more …

October 15, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board beginning at 9am The first...

STATE WATER BOARD: Report on the first year of the newly established Administrative Hearings Office

Meetings

October 15, 2020

At the October 7 meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, Alan Lilly, the presiding hearing officer in the...

SCIENCE NEWS: Linking critical zone water storage and ecosystems; The effects of repeated droughts on different kinds of forests; Where will snow survive in a warming world?; A new way to fingerprint drivers of water cycle change; and more …

Science News

October 15, 2020

Linking critical zone water storage and ecosystems “Consider a seasonally dry landscape in a hilly or mountainous region where little...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/14: Trump makes water demand of farms priority for new office; Dry days ahead for CA this year and beyond, experts say; Lessons from Camp Fire could help prevent water contamination after North Complex; Wetland advocates go to court; and more …

October 14, 2020

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … VIRTUAL SUMMIT: Ensuring Equitable Involvement in Regional Water Planning, Day 3 from 8:30am...

FEATURE: Fish predation on a landscape scale in the Delta

Science on the Notebook

October 14, 2020

Fisheries Biologist Cyril Michel discusses recent predator manipulation studies done in the Delta and efforts to develop a predictive model...

DAILY DIGEST, 10/13: How wildfires could affect the water in Lake Oroville; Restoring CA’s forests to reduce wildfire risks will take time, billions of dollars and a broad commitment; Environmentalists and dam operators, at war for years, start making peace; and more …