GUEST COMMENTARY: The Costliest Infrastructure Project in Recent History Won’t Be on Your Ballot, But You Can Still Be Heard Maven Guest contributors May 30, 2018Commentary by Don Nottoli and Chuck Winn: The California Primary Election on June 5 will give voters the opportunity to...
PANEL DISCUSSION: The Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Update: Now What Happens? Maven Event coverage May 24, 2018Panel at ACWA Conference discusses unimpaired versus functional flows and the potential for voluntary settlements The State Water Board is...
SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT: Can California successfully integrate groundwater and surface water under SGMA? Maven Best of the Notebook May 16, 2018Maurice Hall and Kevin O’Brien present differing scenarios for how Groundwater Sustainability Agencies might address surface water impacts of groundwater...
Governor Brown addresses ACWA conference, emphasizes that now is the time to get things done Maven Speeches and profiles May 11, 2018“The only time you get anything done with water is when a Brown is governor. And there are no more...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Three amendments to Delta Plan adopted Maven Meetings May 2, 2018The Delta Stewardship Council adopts amendments to the Delta Plan regarding conveyance, levee prioritization, and performance measures At the April...
CA FWD: Working to elevate California Maven Event coverage April 25, 2018California Forward and the California Economic Summit have ambitious goals to create one million more middle-class jobs, one million more...
PANEL DISCUSSION: Water and weed: Now that’s it’s legal …. Maven Event coverage April 18, 2018Panel discusses how regulation of cannabis cultivation in California is working so far and the challenges facing communities on the...
TIM QUINN: The Challenge of Our Time: Healthy Economies and Sustainable Groundwater Maven Event coverage April 12, 2018Speech at Kern County Water Summit emphasizes groundwater replenishment and partnerships as the keys to successful SGMA implementation Since the...
STATE WATER BOARD: Update on Delta science efforts Maven Meetings April 12, 2018At the March 20th meeting of the State Water Board, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Callaway updated the board members on...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Article 21 water, explained Maven Meetings April 5, 2018Some of the new water storage projects plan to use Article 21 water in part to fill their projects. What...
CA WATER COMMISSION: A primer on water rights permitting and change petitions Maven Meetings April 4, 2018Presentation covers applications for new water rights, fully appropriated streams, and change petitions At the March meeting of the California...
BROWN BAG SEMINAR: Developing Tiered Environmental Flow Criteria Using a Functional Flows Approach for California Streams Maven News and Features April 1, 2018Establishing environmental flow targets to protect aquatic communities is a priority for numerous programs in California including in the Delta....
CA WATER POLICY CONFERENCE: Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth shares her vision for moving the Department forward Maven Event coverage March 29, 2018Speech emphasizes the importance of partnerships and the transformational changes underway at the Department In January of this year, Karla...
WEBINAR: Water Quality Concerns in Western Forests and Rangelands Maven Event coverage March 21, 2018Webinar looks at what is being done to reduce impacts the impacts of wildfires on water quality and ecosystem health...
STATE WATER BOARD: Riparian and pre-1914 water rights in the Delta Maven Meetings March 20, 2018State Water Board staff use information gleaned from 2015 informational order to compile the first taxonomy of senior water rights...
