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DAILY DIGEST: Billions in possible damages turn to zero in 14-year legal battle over water pipe; How permitting slows ecosystem recovery and climate resilience projects; The state budget includes $47 million for the Salton Sea, here’s how it will be spent; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

July 14, 2020

Sites Reservoir Virtual Town Hall Meeting: There will be a virtual town hall meeting on Sites Reservoir from 10am to...

DAILY DIGEST: Why limiting PFAS in drinking water is a challenge in the US; New coalition for safe drinking water in the Sacramento Valley; Funding for completion of Whittier Narrows Dam Safety Project; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

July 13, 2020

ONLINE MEETING: Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee Meeting from 1pm tp 3pm: The Committee will discuss ecosystem-based management, and hear...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Watch for La Nina, federal forecast says; New tool for maximizing groundwater recharge; IID files opening brief in CEQA challenge to DCP; CA’s ultimate outdoor bucket list; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

July 12, 2020

Watch for La Nina, federal forecast says: “The federal Climate Prediction Center issued a La Nina watch Thursday, indicating the...

THIS JUST IN … Delta Conveyance Project Scoping Summary Report Now Available

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Breaking News

July 10, 2020

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has published a Scoping Summary Report for the proposed Delta...

NOTICE: Freshwater Harmful Algal Bloom (FHAB) reports updated in last 7 days

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Other Announcements

July 10, 2020

Attached are freshwater harmful algal bloom (FHAB) incident reports that have been updated by Water Boards staff in the last...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/10: Fishing groups sue feds for awarding CVP permanent repayment contracts without enviro review; Delta Conveyance enviro planning update; 350 facilities skip reporting water pollution under temporary EPA rule; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

July 10, 2020

ONLINE MEETING: Delta Independent Science Board from 9am to 12pm. Agenda items include updates on current reviews and efforts, a...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/9: Money to repair Friant-Kern Canal in House bill, but large funding gap remains; McCarthy commends federal action to restore water capacity; In parched southwest, warm spring renews threat of ‘megadrought’; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

July 9, 2020

FREE WEBINAR: Ensuring Equitable Public Engagement Through Coordinated Planning from 9am to 10:30am. Presented by the Local Government Commission. Click...

SCIENCE NEWS: Scientists launch two-pronged approach to map cyanotoxins in Bay-Delta; Restoration at Liberty Island; The story behind a uniquely dark wetland soil; Does DNA in the water tell us how many fish are there?; and more …

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Science News

July 9, 2020

Scientists launch two-pronged approach to map cyanotoxins in Bay-Delta: “Over the last few decades the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Building Socioecological Resilience by Confronting Environmental Injustice: A Participatory Approach

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Science on the Notebook

July 9, 2020

Sea Grant is a federal-state partnership between NOAA and the 34 university-based programs in every coastal and Great Lakes states,...

DAILY DIGEST, 7/8: State Water Board launches 10-yr effort to improve access to safe drinking water; Disease novel to CA killing thousands of fish at hatchery; Ruling avoids additional CVP supply cuts; and more …

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DAILY DIGEST

July 8, 2020

ONLINE WORKSHOP: The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board will hold a Shoreline Adaptation Financing Workshop from 9am to 12pm. ...

GSA SUMMIT: Lessons learned from the 2020 GSPs: Perspectives from the critically overdrafted basins

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Best of the Notebook

July 8, 2020

The implementation phase of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act has now begun for the basins designated as critically-overdrafted. Getting to...