Tentative agreement reached on State Water Project contract renewals Maven FEATURED ARTICLES April 14, 2014The Department of Water Resources and the State Water Contractors have reached a draft tentative agreement on a package of...
Secretary Karen Ross gives an update on the drought and the impacts to California agriculture Maven Legislative Hearings April 14, 2014Karen Ross, Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture, gave an update on the drought during her testimony at...
Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 4: Gary Bardini and Felicia Marcus discuss the path forward Maven Legislative Hearings April 11, 2014On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. In this...
Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 3: Successes and challenges Maven Legislative Hearings April 10, 2014On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. In this...
Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 2: Approaches to groundwater management Maven Legislative Hearings April 9, 2014On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. In this...
Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Water oversight hearing on groundwater, part 1: Professor Richard Frank on California’s groundwater laws Maven Legislative Hearings April 8, 2014On March 18, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water held an informational oversight hearing on groundwater. On the...
Restore the Delta holds media call on BDCP’s Delta impacts: would force relocation of Byron residents Maven News and Features April 7, 2014Earlier today, Restore the Delta held a media call to discuss the impacts on specific Della communities, some which have...
San Diego County Water Authority workshop focuses on the governance of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Meetings April 7, 2014On February 13, the San Diego County Water Authority’s Special Imported Water Committee held a workshop in a continuing series...
California Water Commission: Update on DWR’s groundwater activities and the CASGEM program Maven Meetings April 4, 2014At the March 19th meeting of the California Water Commission, Dan McManus, Senior Engineering Geologist for the Department of Water...
California Water Policy Seminar Series: Professor Hap Dunning and Justice Ronald B. Robie discuss groundwater regulation and more Maven Best of the Notebook April 3, 2014The 2014 California Water Policy Seminar Series, presented by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and the law school’s...
Dr. Thornberg tells MWD Bay Delta Committee on the BDCP: “Stop hitting the panic button … This project is worth it, it’s as simple as that.” Maven Best of the Notebook April 2, 2014At the March 25th meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Dr. Chris Thornberg from Beacon...
Guest blogger: Rebuttal to yesterday’s media call: Opportunities Lost Maven FEATURED ARTICLES April 1, 2014From Cannon Michael (@agleader), this guest commentary and rebuttal to yesterday’s Pacific Institute and NRDC Media Call: California is experiencing...
California Water Policy Seminar Series: Reconciling Ecosystem Goals for San Francisco Bay Maven Best of the Notebook March 31, 2014Although the concept of ‘reconciliation ecology’ was articulated by Michael Rosenzweig in the early 2000s, the idea of coming together...
Water transfers at the California Water Commission, part 2: Water Transfers 101 Maven Best of the Notebook March 28, 2014At the February 19th meeting of the California Water Commission, Department of Water Resources staff gave a highly informative presentation...
Water transfers at the California Water Commission, part 1: An overview of California’s Transfer Market and DWR’s activities related to transfers Maven Best of the Notebook March 27, 2014Water transfers can be an effective way to address shortages and add flexibility to the system, especially in dry years,...
