NOW AT THE CALIFORNIA WATER LIBRARY: A Century of Delta Conveyance Plans Maven News and Features August 10, 2022Gavin Newsom’s Delta tunnel plan is out, rekindling a century-old debate about the diversion of Sacramento River water to the...
DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: New page at Maven’s Notebook provides explainers and resources for evaluating the draft environmental documents Maven News and Features August 10, 2022What is it? How will they build it? Can they keep the fish out? In late July, the California Department...
RISING VOICES: Dam Removal and the Future of Algal Blooms Guest Contributor Guest contributors August 10, 2022Each month, the Water Hub checks in with advocates in California to talk about water issues impacting local communities. In...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Groundwater beneath Sacramento Valley offers hope in dry times Guest Contributor Guest contributors August 9, 2022Commentary by Jim Peifer, Executive Director of the Regional Water Authority, and David Guy, President of the Northern California Water...
GUEST COMMENTARY: California’s water debt crisis needs a long-term fix Maven Guest contributors August 8, 2022Commentary by Ileana Miranda, resident of San Jerardo in Monterey County and general manager of the San Jerardo Cooperative From...
WEBINAR SUMMARY: Environmental governance in the Delta Maven Science August 4, 2022In the spring of 2022, the Delta Science Program hosted a series of lunchtime webinars focused on governance in the...
FEATURE: How Wildfire-damaged Plastic Pipes Contaminate Drinking water – and What We Can Do About It Robin Meadows News and Features August 3, 2022Written for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The first time a reporter asked public health researcher Gina Solomon if wildfires...
MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for August 1 Robert Shibatani Water conditions August 1, 2022Written by hydrologist Robert Shibatani With two months left in this water year (WY), California’s federal and State water systems...
WATER STORAGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM: The Road to Final Funding Maven Meetings July 27, 2022The first of seven projects could see final funding awarded by the end of the year; other projects not until...
DELTA COUNTIES FORUM: Delta tunnel opponents express their concerns, push for alternatives Maven Event coverage July 26, 2022The Delta Counties Coalition (DCC) is an alliance of the California Counties of Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, and...
ACWA CONFERENCE: Water Law “Update” Or Revolution? Maven Event coverage July 21, 2022Panel discusses recommendations to update California water laws to address drought and climate change California’s prolonged drought and the increasing...
FIVE QUESTIONS: Jon Rosenfield, Senior Scientist at the Baykeeper and longtime Delta scientist Maven 5 Questions July 19, 2022After completing degrees from Cornell University, University of Michigan, and the University of New Mexico, Dr. Jon Rosenfield returned to...
GUEST ARTICLE: Building Blocks – Tools for Creating an Environmental Block of Water Barry Nelson Guest contributors July 18, 2022Commentary by Barry Nelson, a water policy consultant who has been involved in Bay-Delta issues for more than thirty years...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Drivers of and trends in Delta water temperature Maven Meetings July 14, 2022At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Laurel Larsen’s report focused on the effects of...
STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Stormwater (STORMS) program Maven Meetings July 13, 2022Traditionally, stormwater was viewed as a flood management problem in which the runoff needed to be conveyed as quickly as...
