In his own words: DWR’s principal engineer describes the changes to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Best of the Notebook August 16, 2013No doubt, the big story today in the papers will be regarding the changes made to the Bay Delta Conservation...
Joint Informational Hearing on the Governance and Financing of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan: An Overview of the Issues Maven Legislative Hearings August 15, 2013On August 13th, the Senate Governance and Finance and the Natural Resources and Water Committees held a joint information hearing...
Officials present the draft Statewide Economic Impact Study at BDCP Finance Working Group meeting Maven Meetings August 13, 2013On August 5, the Brown Administration released a draft Statewide Economic Impact Study that estimated that implementation of the Bay...
Letter: Fresno County Supervisors write Feinstein, asking for help Maven News and Features August 12, 2013The five Fresno County supervisors have written Senator Feinstein, asking her to introduce legislation to aid the Central Valley in...
Delta Watermaster update to the State Water Board: Dry conditions and Delta water quality standards, Term 91, water use statements and more Maven Meetings August 12, 2013At the August 6th meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board, Delta Watermaster Craig Wilson updated Board members on...
State Water Board update: Addressing the impacts of desalination facilities Maven FEATURED ARTICLES August 8, 2013With at least seventeen seawater desalination facilities currently proposed along California’s coast in such locales as Huntington Beach, Monterey Bay,...
Capitol Weekly: Follow the money: A look at the massive Delta project Maven News and Features August 7, 2013From yours truly, published at Capitol Weekly: “Fixing the Delta is necessary, say officials, but it won’t be cheap. The...
Guest blogger: Another economist weighs in on the BDCP, pencils out the cost of water Maven Guest contributors August 7, 2013Filling in today for the vacationing Maven is a guest blogger. So what do you do when you have two...
Delta Stewardship Council’s drought update: How the state and local agencies are responding to dry conditions Maven Meetings August 5, 2013At the July 25th meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, the Council heard an update from the Department of Water...
Delta Stewardship Council meeting, part 2: An update on Delta restoration projects, and scientists discuss the challenges of restoration Maven Meetings July 31, 2013With large restoration acreage targets and potentially billions of dollars to be spent by multiple agencies on restoration in the...
Guest commentary: An Inconvenient Truth: The Mysticism of Co-Equal Objectives Robert Shibatani Guest contributors July 30, 2013Today, Maven welcomes guest blogger Robert Shibatani to the Notebook blog. Robert Shibatani is a physical hydrologist and long-time consultant...
Dr. Sunding makes his case for the BDCP to Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta Maven Meetings July 29, 2013At the July 23rd meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Dr. David Sunding presented the economic case for...
Radio show transcript: Jerry Meral and Jonas Minton discuss the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven News and Features July 25, 2013Earlier this week on West Marin Community Radio’s show, Post Carbon Radio, Deputy Director of Natural Resources Agency Jerry Meral...
Phil Isenberg updates the California Water Commission on the Delta Plan, and the role of the Council in regards to the BDCP Maven Meetings July 24, 2013The Delta Stewardship Council’s role regarding the BDCP, as well as the multiple lawsuits filed over the Delta Plan were...
From the July 17 BDCP Public Meeting: Project costs, financing, and economic benefits Maven Meetings July 22, 2013On July 17, a public meeting was held to discuss the remaining chapters of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan that...
