FEATURED ARTICLES

November 5, 2020

Prior to the completion of Friant Dam in 1942, the San Joaquin River supported the southernmost populations of Central Valley...

DELTA CONVEYANCE: Metropolitan Committee discusses funding planning costs, how to account for project benefits, and who is in and who is out

November 4, 2020

At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Committee, staff continued preparing the committee members for the upcoming decision on funding...

MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for November 1st

Robert Shibatani

Water conditions

November 2, 2020

Prepared Exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robert Shibatani October 31, 2020 The first month of the new 2020-2021 water-year (WY)...

MEETING: Delta Watermaster breaks down water use in the Delta, addresses implementation of reduced reliance on the Delta

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October 28, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the October 22nd meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Watermaster Michael George gave a detailed presentation on...

MEETING: State Water Board grants petition for statutory adjudication of the Fresno River watershed

October 27, 2020

At the October 20 meeting of the State Water Board, one of the agenda items was the consideration of a...

WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: Temperance Flat Reservoir Project Status Update

October 26, 2020

Project unlikely to meet program deadlines, putting $171.3 million in Prop 1 storage funds back on the table [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Dispute Resolution Processes and Multi-Agency Groundwater Management

October 25, 2020

At the Western Groundwater Congress held in September of 2020, Dr. William Blomquist gave the following presentation on a study...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: California Water Transfer Price Forecast

October 22, 2020

At the Western Groundwater Congress hosted online by the Groundwater Resources Association, Audrey Arnao, an associate with WestWater Research, gave...

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

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October 21, 2020

Professor Holly Doremus is a leading scholar and teacher in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law, and law...

STATE WATER BOARD: Report on the first year of the newly established Administrative Hearings Office

October 15, 2020

At the October 7 meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, Alan Lilly, the presiding hearing officer in the...

WESTERN GROUNDWATER CONGRESS: Developing groundwater allocations: Findings and recommendations

October 13, 2020

As groundwater sustainability agencies prepare their plans to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), they will...

Watersheds 101

News and Features

October 7, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] No matter where you are in the world, you are in a watershed. The water flowing over the land...

TESS DUNHAM: California’s Three-Legged Stool for Improving Groundwater Quality: Porter Cologne, SGMA and the Recycled Water Policy – How Do They Work Together?