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September 15, 2021

From the Bureau of Reclamation: Reclamation proposes to provide partial funding through a Title XVI/WIIN grant to the Sacramento Regional...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING/PUBLIC COMMENT: 2021 Triennial Review of the San Francisco Bay Basin Plan

September 15, 2021

From the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board: The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board will...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/14: CA farmers, worried about water, may be a force in recall vote; Central Valley farmers weigh in on California’s historic drought; The technologies that could solve California’s droughts; Worsening fires show limits of Biden’s power; and more …

September 14, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: The California Water Commission will meet beginning at 9:30am. Agenda items include...

FEEDBACK REQUESTED: Delta Independent Science Board’s Water Supply Reliability Review

Science Announcement

September 14, 2021

From the Delta Independent Science Board: The Delta Independent Science Board invites your feedback on its draft report: Review of...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/13: California’s disappearing salmon; Could CA weather a mega-drought?; North state residents weigh in on proposed Tuscan Water District; Who hung the Colorado River out to dry?; and more …

September 13, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … California’s disappearing salmon “Helltown, Calif. — The name doesn’t seem to fit...

DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Critically low flows prompt emergency curtailment orders for Scott, Shasta Rivers with more curtailments in the works; Study finds no elevated risk from food grown with oil field produced water; Could we use floods to prevent forest fires?; and more …

September 12, 2021

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … Critically low flows prompt emergency curtailment orders for Scott, Shasta Rivers; More...

SCIENCE IN SHORT: DWR’s Ted Sommer Reflects on 30 Years At Large in the Delta Estuary

Science Podcasts

September 11, 2021

A few months before his retirement in October 2021, Estuary News editor Ariel Rubissow Okamoto asked Ted Sommer, lead scientist...

ESTUARY VOICES: Sam Schuchat, The Coast Whisperer

Podcasts

September 11, 2021

Sam Schuchat, executive officer of the California State Coastal Conservancy for twenty years, retired on June 25, 2021. Just before...

NOTICE: Status Conference Ruling and Notice of Status Conference for Nevada Irrigation District and South Sutter Water District water right application

September 11, 2021

THIS JUST IN … Critically low flows prompt emergency curtailment orders for Scott, Shasta Rivers; More curtailments in the works …

Breaking News

September 11, 2021

From the State Water Resources Control Board, issued Friday evening: With record low flows in the Scott and Shasta Rivers...

NOTICE: Consideration of a Drought-Related Emergency Regulation for Curtailment of Diversions in Mill Creek and Deer Creek Watersheds

September 11, 2021

From the State Water Board: Friday, the State Water Resources Control Board posted the Agenda for the September 21-22, 2021...

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

September 11, 2021

From the State Water Board: This [update] contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and claims of...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/10: Biden’s interior secretary backs West Side reservoir, more CA water storage; What’s Larry Elder’s solution to water issues?; Two-Basin Partnership asks for pause in Potter Valley Project process; WMO: Weak La Niña may re-emerge; and more …

September 10, 2021

— [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … CDFW CONSERVATION LECTURE: Nature’s Best Hope from 10:30am to 12pm. Recent headlines about global...

DAILY DIGEST, 9/9: Farm groups irked after canal bill pulled; Water Board amends order to allow Ukiah to send water to coastal cities; Eyes in the sky’ help police CA water use; Could supersonic sound waves fight CA wildfires?; and more …