Maven – Page 363 – MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

Restore the Delta and other tunnel opponents hold media call, criticize lack of BDCP Implementing Agreement, say water exporters taking over DWR, and say Feinstein’s S 2918 would remove key protections

May 14, 2014

Tunnel opponents release BDCP documents obtained through public records act requests Earlier today, Restore the Delta held a press conference...

State Water Board to consider emergency minimum flow requirements for three Sacramento River tributaries

Maven

Other News Item

May 14, 2014

At Tuesday’s meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board), the Board will consider adoption of a...

Reclamation makes historic releases of water from Friant Dam to San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors

Maven

Other News Item

May 14, 2014

From the Bureau of Reclamation: Reclamation will begin increasing releases from Friant Dam near Fresno into the San Joaquin River...

Reclamation updates CVP water supply for exchange contractors and refuges south of Delta

Maven

Breaking News

May 14, 2014

From the Bureau of Reclamation: “The Bureau of Reclamation today announced an update to the February 2014 Central Valley Project...

California Weather Blog: Record-breaking May heat and extreme fire weather conditions prevails; Ridiculously Resilient Ridge Returns? and an El Niño update

Maven

Other News Item

May 14, 2014

From the California Weather Blog, a two-part update: Record-breaking May heat and extreme fire weather conditions prevails; Ridiculously Resilient Ridge...

California Water Policy Seminar Series: Farms, floods, fowl and fish on the Yolo Bypass: Can we all get along here?

Maven

Best of the Notebook

May 12, 2014

The California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s California...

Department of Water Resources issues final Water Supply Index forecast of the season

Maven

Other News Item

May 9, 2014

From the Department of Water Resources, the final Water Supply Index forecast for the season: DWR staff have finished the...

Diving into groundwater – what’s left of it

Maven

News and Features

May 7, 2014

From yours truly, posted at Capitol Weekly: “As the warm temperatures melt California’s meager snowpack, turning rivers into streams and...

The BDCP is affordable for Los Angeles ratepayers, says the City’s Ratepayer Advocate

Maven

Other News Item

May 6, 2014

The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is affordable to almost all Los Angeles households under a wide array of cost and...

California Weather Blog: California’s dry season has arrived; March toward El Niño continues in Pacific

Maven

Other News Item

May 5, 2014

From the California Weather Blog: “California’s meager rainy season of 2013-2014 experienced its last gasp in late April. Modest rainfall (and...

Temporary Urgency Change Petitions approved for State and Federal Water Projects

Maven

Breaking News

May 2, 2014

The Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board has issued an order approving further changes to the license...

Final snow survey comes up dry as 3-year drought retains grip: Snow water content just 18% of normal statewide, but only 7% in Northern Sierras

Maven

Breaking News

May 1, 2014

From the Department of Water Resources: Today’s final snow survey of the year found more bare ground than snow as...

DWR Groundwater Report, the picture edition

Maven

Other News Item

May 1, 2014

I was preparing to print out DWR’s groundwater report, but then I realized that out of the 51 pages, most...

Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 4: The state backstop

Maven

Meetings

May 1, 2014

On March 24, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the California Environmental Protection...

DWR releases report on groundwater basins with potential shortages, monitoring, gaps

Maven

Other News Item

April 30, 2014

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today released a report on groundwater showing that...

Author Maven