Water agencies and Restore the Delta react to Bay Delta Conservation Plan revisions Maven Other News Item December 21, 2014Last Friday, the California Natural Resources Agency announced changes to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, most notably the elimination of...
California Weather Blog: Much-needed rains return to California (and there’s more to come), but severe long-term drought continues Maven Other News Item December 15, 2014From Daniel Swain at the California Weather Blog: A very impressive winter storm brought widespread heavy rainfall to most of...
Satellites, river stage graphs, rainfall maps, atmospheric rivers, and more: Internet resources for watching the storm and waterways Maven Other News Item December 12, 2014Here are some internet resources where you can find information on weather conditions, river flows, and reservoirs that might be...
California Weather Blog: Powerful, potentially damaging storm to bring very heavy rainfall and high winds to Northern California Maven Other News Item December 9, 2014From Daniel Swain at the California Weather Blog: Very strong storm–perhaps strongest since 2008–will arrive in California late Wednesday The...
HR 5781, The California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014, likely to be voted on this morning Maven Other News Item December 9, 2014The House will begin it’s legislative business at 9:00 am PST /12:00 pm EST for legislative business. A vote is...
Water Supply Index (WSI) forecast for December 1, 2014 Maven Other News Item December 8, 2014From the Department of Water Resources: Welcome to the 2015 Water Year season of water supply forecasting! The first water...
House to debate HR 5781 at 11am PST (2 pm EST) Maven Other News Item December 8, 2014At 11am PST (2pm EST), the House will convene for legislative business and debate HR 5781, the California Emergency Drought...
Saturday special: Federal drought legislation update: Environmental Water Caucus, Latino Water Coalition write letters; Obama threatens veto Maven Other News Item December 6, 2014On Tuesday, Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, introduced new federal drought legislation, HR 5781, as a last-ditch effort to get federal...
Reactions: C-WIN, Golden Gate Salmon Association, and Restore the Delta react to federal drought legislation … Maven Other News Item December 4, 2014From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): House “Drought Relief” Guts Environmental Protections, Does Not Mitigate Drought – Legislation Would...
Metropolitan, Kern County Water Agency, State Water Contractors react to initial State Water Project allocation of 10% Maven Other News Item December 3, 2014On Monday, officials announced the allocation for the State Water Project would be initially set at 10%; this figure could...
Support Maven’s Notebook and help make an impact on California water in 2015! Maven Other News Item December 1, 2014Dear readers: As the year draws to a close, I’d like to thank you for being a reader of Maven’s...
California Weather Blog: Active weather pattern on tap for California; high uncertainty remains regarding precipitation amounts Maven Other News Item November 27, 2014From the California Weather Blog: “Despite the arrival of substantial early-season rainfall across the far northern portions of the state...
Legal documents: Opening briefs filed on Delta Plan litigation Maven Other News Item November 25, 2014In May of 2013, the Delta Stewardship Council unanimously adopted the Delta Plan, a comprehensive, long-term management plan for the...
Senator Feinstein issues statement on drought negotiations: “Although we have made progress, it has become clear that we will be unable to present an agreed-upon proposal before Congress adjourns this year.” Maven Other News Item November 21, 2014From Senator Feinstein’s office: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on progress toward a bipartisan bill to...
Metropolitan Water District, Restore the Delta, and the State Water Contractors react to release of BDCP financing report Maven Other News Item November 15, 2014There really wasn’t much of a reaction to the report on BDCP funding that was released on Friday. (You can...
