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    DAILY DIGEST, 7/7: Balancing protein in your diet could improve water quality; Indigenous tribes, enviro pay the price for CA’s new reservoirs; Epoch Times: Is CA’s water crisis man-made?; Lake Tahoe Clarity Report for 2021 shows declining clarity; and more …

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    July 7, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC WEBINAR: Drinking Water Capacity Development Strategy Update from 11am to 12pm.  The...

    FEATURE: Good News on Nutria

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    Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows When California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Greg Gerstenberg saw the...

    NOTICE: July 6 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed

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    July 6, 2022
    This email contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and claims of right within the Sacramento-San Joaquin...

    NOTICE: Notice of Public Hearing and Pre-Hearing Conference (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

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    July 6, 2022
    From the State Water Resources Control Board, Administrative Hearings Office: The State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office will...

    CORRECTED Draft Emergency Regulation for the Delta Watershed Available

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    July 6, 2022
    This notice is to inform interested persons that a corrected version of the emergency regulation text for the Sacramento-San Joaquin...

    DAILY DIGEST, 7/6: CA missing an entire year of rainfall since mid-2019; Why no simple solutions to CA’s water problem; Farmers reject a fee to pay off their share of Friant-Kern repairs; Ensuring water conservation and efficiency programs are accessible to all; and more …

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    July 6, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: Salton Sea Long Range Plan Committee from 9:30am to 12:00pm. The Long...

    FEATURE: Knocking Out Yellow Starthistle Can Boost Groundwater Supplies

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    Written exclusively for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The litany of harms from yellow starthistle, California’s most aggressive invasive weed...

    DAILY DIGEST, 7/5: Drought and shipping woes put squeeze on almond growers; UC Study: Drought to cause more than $1.3B in losses in Sacto Valley; Tahoe Conservancy gaining ground on marsh restoration project; Local groups reel after court rules LADWP can cut irrigation; and more …

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    July 5, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … MEETING: Board of Food and Agriculture from 9:30am to 2:30pm.  Board members will...

    FIVE QUESTIONS: Hydrologist Robert Shibatani

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    July 5, 2022
    Robert Shibatani is a hydrologist with 38 years of collective experience in physical hydrology, watershed resource management, and operational water...

    Happy 4th of July!

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    Wishing you and yours a safe and enjoyable holiday. Maven ‘s Notebook is taking the day off.I’ll be back tomorrow...

    DAILY DIGEST, holiday weekend edition: Runoff this year much improved over 2021; Could Delta island become more than cow pastures?; In CA, water wars threaten local food systems; Ninth Circuit upholds dismissal of lawsuit over tainted water; and more …

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    July 3, 2022
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … California’s drought is dire. But there’s a surprising bright spot that may...

    NOW AVAILABLE: 2022 California Water Data Science Symposium Recordings & Resources

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    July 2, 2022
    Thank you to everyone who was able to tune in to this year’s 7th Annual California Water Data Science Symposium...

    WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for June 26-July 1: Update on Voluntary Agreements; Smarter gambling with water; Who is winning the pursuit of water?; and more top CA water news of the week

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    July 1, 2022
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    DAILY DIGEST, 7/1: Lookout Slough tidal habitat restoration project breaks ground; A watershed moment with DWR’s Kamyar Guivetchi and Ajay Goyal; DWR delivers $2 million for urgent drought relief projects; Irrigators, tribes object to extending Klamath Project interim operations plan; and more …

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    July 1, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Groundbreaking celebrates California’s largest tidal habitat restoration project “Today, state, federal, and...

    Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Criteria Expert Panel – draft panel preliminary findings posted

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    July 1, 2022
    From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board Division of Drinking Water (DDW) has posted the draft...
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    DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: How much habitat restoration has occurred in the Delta and Suisun Marsh since 2007?

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    DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: The role of water quality in salmon predation

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    December 6, 2022

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    KAMYAR GUIVETCHI: Managing Water Resources for Sustainability & Resilience

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    DAILY DIGEST, 12/8: La Nina forecast to fade by April, easing California drought; Delta residents gather to protest Delta tunnel proposal; Household water wells are drying up in record numbers as California drought worsens; Fort Bragg considering wave energy-powered desalination in latest novel water move; and more …

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    DAILY DIGEST, 12/7: Study: Reuse can affect water quality in unintended ways; NOAA explores next steps for habitat restoration in Klamath watershed; Weekend storm expected to bring 5 feet of snow to Sierra; Bay Area man’s water bill spikes to $1300 but why? and more …

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    DAILY DIGEST, 12/6: Parts of the West have double the normal snowpack but it’s too early to get excited; Court grants petition challenging Delta tunnel soil investigation project New study says repurposing retired farmland around disadvantaged communities in the Central Valley would benefit the economy and environment; PPIC Fact Sheet: Water and energy in California; and more …

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    December 6, 2022

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/5: Sacramento River winter-run salmon face worst year ever; These Imperial Valley farmers want to pay more for their Colorado River water; Desal offers only partial solution to growing drought; Waves of precipitation keep coming for West Coast; and more …

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    December 5, 2022

    DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: More unsettled weather takes aim at West Coast; Cal Am desal plant faces tough road ahead to meet Coastal Commission conditions; Interview with outgoing Westlands longtime GM Birmingham; and more …

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    DAILY DIGEST, 12/2: State kicks off water year with anticipated 5% allocation; Another storm this weekend; If you build it, do they come? Measuring results of the Water Forum’s habitat projects on the Lower American River; What’s next for Cal Am’s desalination plant?; and more …

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    NOTICE of lifting of curtailments under standard water right Term 91

    ANNOUNCEMENT: Coming Soon: The Delta Residents Survey

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    DAILY DIGEST, 12/7: Study: Reuse can affect water quality in unintended ways; NOAA explores next steps for habitat restoration in Klamath watershed; Weekend storm expected to bring 5 feet of snow to Sierra; Bay Area man’s water bill spikes to $1300 but why? and more …

    NOTICE: December 6 Weekly Update – Temporary Suspension of Curtailments in the Delta Watershed

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    DAILY DIGEST, 12/7: Study: Reuse can affect water quality in unintended ways; NOAA explores next steps for habitat restoration in Klamath watershed; Weekend storm expected to bring 5 feet of snow to Sierra; Bay Area man’s water bill spikes to $1300 but why? and more …

    FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: CDFW Announces $200 Million in New Grant Funding Under Drought, Climate and Nature-Based Solutions

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