Laura King Moon, Chief Deputy Director of Water Resources, passes away after battle with cancer Maven Other News Item October 27, 2015This memo from Mark Cowin, Director of the Department of Water Resources: DWR Director Mark Cowin writes, “It is with...
State Water Board’s use of unimpaired flows in the Delta’s Water Quality Control Plan update disputed Maven FEATURED ARTICLES October 27, 2015Water agencies say it’s infeasible; interest groups say it’s the most fairest and equitable approach A broad coalition of environmental,...
Delta Stewardship Council prepares to comment on the California Water Fix/BDCP partially recirculated environmental documents Maven Meetings October 27, 2015List of concerns include adaptive management, water quality, and impacts to the Delta In July of this year, the Partially...
Senate Bill 88 and the Development of a Water Measurement and Reporting Regulation Maven News and Features October 26, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: The purpose of this message is to provide information about a new water...
California Water Commission adopts regulation for modifying basin boundaries, the first of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Maven Meetings October 23, 2015The new regulation outlines the procedure for requesting groundwater basin boundary changes, as well as the methodology and criteria for...
Website notes: Coming up on Maven’s Notebook … Maven Uncategorized October 22, 2015Dear readers, Just a few upcoming programming notes: Basin Boundary Regulation: Look for coverage of the adoption of the basin...
This just in … California Water Commission adopts Groundwater Basin Boundary Regulation Maven Other News Item October 21, 2015The regulation now heads to the Office of Administrative Law for processing From the Department of Water Resources: Implementation of...
Water management, economy, and the environment: How is California doing after four years of drought? Maven Best of the Notebook October 21, 2015Dr. Jay Lund, Dr. Jeffrey Michael, and Dr. Peter Moyle discuss the drought impacts at the State of the Estuary...
Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 4: The buyers and sellers’ perspective Maven Meetings October 15, 2015A panel of buyers and sellers discusses the time frames, procedural considerations, and the overall complexity of water transfers Water...
Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 3: The environmental perspective Maven Meetings October 14, 2015Dr. Bruce Herbold and Sandi Matsumoto discuss the potential impacts of single-year transfers on the Delta’s ecosystem and wildlife During...
Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 2: The agency view Maven Meetings October 13, 2015DWR’s Bill Croyle and State Water Board’s Tom Howard discuss the water transfers: streamlining the process, recurring single-year transfers, and...
Water transfers and the Delta Plan, part 1: The basics Maven Meetings October 12, 2015As the Delta Stewardship Council prepares to revisit the issue of single-year transfers, staff review the basics: the types of...
This just in … EPA’s Water Rule Blocked Nationwide Maven Breaking News October 9, 2015From Downey Brand, this breaking news legal alert: On Friday October 9, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for...
This just in … Governor Brown Signs Water Legislation Maven Breaking News October 9, 2015From the Office of the Governor: As California’s historic drought continues, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he...
CA Weather Blog: El Niño now among strongest in modern history; unusually warm and unsettled conditions persist in California Maven Other News Item October 9, 2015From the California Weather Blog: “It has been a relentlessly warm year across essentially all of California. Not only is...