Meetings

June 30, 2014

At the June 24th meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, committee members heard a presentation...

State Water Board workshop on urban conservation efforts, part 1: Statewide water conservation efforts and outreach

June 30, 2014

At the June 17 meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, board members heard an informational update on the...

Delta Stewardship Council moves forward on developing a strategy for state investments in Delta levees

June 25, 2014

With the task of developing and adopting the Delta Plan behind them, the Delta Stewardship Council is now preparing to...

An update on potential new water storage projects, part 3: Preliminary results of California water storage projects survey

June 19, 2014

The CalFed surface storage investigations were looking primarily at large reservoirs, but there are substantially more options for smaller, regional...

An update on potential new water storage projects, part 2: Potential beneficiaries talk about Sites, Temperance Flat and other storage projects

June 18, 2014

The CalFed storage investigations have been underway for decades. As the feasibility studies round to an end, presumably, and a...

An update on potential new water storage projects, part 1: An update on CalFed surface storage investigations and an overview of water storage

June 17, 2014

Increasing water storage, both above and below ground, has become a part of the conversation as the state grapples with...

California Water Policy Seminar Series: Scientists discuss restoration and reconciliation in the Delta

June 12, 2014

The 2014 California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s...

The Delta Stewardship Council prepares their comments on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

June 4, 2014

At the May 29th meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, councilmembers reviewed and approved the comments for the Bay Delta...

Reviewing the science of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

June 3, 2014

In preparing to finalize their comments on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s EIR/EIS, the Delta Stewardship Council reviewed the findings...

How the Bay Delta Conservation Plan addresses the goals and objectives of the Delta Reform Act and the Delta Plan

June 2, 2014

At the May 29th meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the main agenda item for the day was for the...

Notes from Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta: An update on the status of the Implementation Agreement, plus Metropolitan prepares to comment on the BDCP’s EIR and a briefing on the Design and Construction Enterprise

May 29, 2014

“We are tantalizing close to a draft Implementing Agreement at this point in time,” Director Cowin told Committee members. At...

UC Drought Summit: State policy for future droughts

May 22, 2014

What can the state do to better prepare for a drier future: groundwater management, water efficiency, water conservation … ?...

An update from the State Water Board on curtailment notice statuses for the Scott River, Russian River, Delta, and Tulare Lake Basin, plus an update from the Delta Watermaster

May 20, 2014

At today’s meeting at the State Water Resources Control Board, John O’Hagan updated the board on the curtailment notices and...

Groundwater Management Workshop, Part 4: The state backstop