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    DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: State’s largest reservoirs at critically low levels; Agencies submit the 2022 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan; Why drought conservation has been a bust so far; Valley leaders, residents call for more action on water; and more …

    Maven
    DAILY DIGEST
    May 8, 2022
    [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news this weekend … The two largest reservoirs in California are already at ‘critically low levels’...

    FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Call for Proposals to Build Coastal Resilience – $9.5 Million Available

    Maven
    Funding opportunities
    May 7, 2022
    From the Ocean Protection Council: The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is pleased to announce the release of a solicitation...

    WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for May 1-6: CV-SALTS program to focus on enforcement; Suisun Marsh wetland restoration; plus all the top water news and commentary of the week

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    WEEKLY DIGEST
    May 6, 2022
    A wrap-up of posts published on Maven’s Notebook this week … Note to readers: Sign up for weekly email service...

    DAILY DIGEST, 5/6: Water districts bail on Kern’s largest groundwater agency, form their own group; Salmon returned to safer waters after more than a century; Water Board report describes challenges to providing safe drinking water; Huntington desal: for and against; and more …

    Maven
    DAILY DIGEST
    May 6, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] In California water news today … Water districts bail on Kern’s largest groundwater agency; form their own group...

    With One Threat Nearly Tamed, a Related Question: What Does the Bay Most Need to Be Saved From?

    Maven
    Science News
    May 6, 2022
    From Bay Nature: If you look up the Arrowhead Marsh along the Oakland shoreline on Google Maps, the arrowhead shape...

    Introducing the Landscape Scenario Planning Tool Version 2.0

    Maven
    Science on the Notebook
    May 6, 2022
    From the San Francisco Estuary Institute: In partnership with the Delta Stewardship Council, the San Francisco Estuary Institute has developed...

    DAILY DIGEST, 5/5: April showers may bring May flowers, but winter snow is water in the bank; Dairy farmers concerned over water scarcity; Webinar recap: A restored California is a resilient California; AP analysis finds growing number of poor, high-hazard dams; and more …

    Maven
    DAILY DIGEST
    May 5, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WORKSHOP: SAFER: 2022 Drinking Water Needs Assessment Results from 9am to 12pm. This workshop...

    FEATURE: Wetland Responses to Restoration and Management

    Maven
    Best of the Notebook
    May 5, 2022
    Dr. John Durand is a research scientist at UC Davis, where he studies estuarine food webs and fishes.   He has...

    DAILY DIGEST, 5/4: Are CA’s drought rules enough to halt the ‘alarming challenges’ ahead?; No relief from drought thanks to La Niña; Reclamation takes further action to help Lake Powell; Desal report from state Coastal Commission is nonsensical, says the OC Register; and more …

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    DAILY DIGEST
    May 4, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … PUBLIC MEETING: California Water Plan Policy Advisory Committee Meeting from 9am to 12pm. The...

    NOTICE: May 3 Weekly Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed

    Maven
    Other Announcements
    May 4, 2022
    From the State Water Resources Control Board: This post contains important information about the curtailment status of water rights and...

    White papers providing a synthesis of knowledge relating to Delta Smelt biology in the San Francisco Estuary, emphasizing effects of flow

    Maven
    Science News
    May 4, 2022
    From the Interagency Ecological Program: FLOAT-MAST (Flow Alteration – Management Analysis and Synthesis Team), 2022. White papers providing a synthesis...

    DAILY DIGEST, 5/3: Valley could see a “mass migration” of farmworkers as land is fallowed under SGMA; Why farmers often pay higher water rates and fees during drought; Beyond “paper” water: The complexities of fully leveraging tribal water rights; Why Morro Bay is struggling to remove a trio of smokestacks; and more …

    Maven
    DAILY DIGEST
    May 3, 2022
    — [cmtoc_table_of_contents] On the calendar today … WEBINAR: A Restored California is a Resilient California from 9am to 10:30am.  This...

    CENTRAL VALLEY WATER BOARD: CV-SALTS program to focus on enforcement

    Maven
    Meetings
    May 3, 2022
    “You can’t just dare the board to come after you.  You have to pay your fees, and you have to...

    FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Reclamation announces 2023 funding opportunity for Water and Energy Efficiency Grants

    Maven
    Funding opportunities
    May 3, 2022
    From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a funding opportunity for the fiscal year 2023 WaterSMART...

    FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2022 Nonpoint Source (NPS) Grant Program – Clean Water Act section 319(h)

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    Funding opportunities
    May 3, 2022
    From the State Water Resources Control Board: This is notification that the Request for Proposals for the 2022 Nonpoint Source...
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    DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: How much habitat restoration has occurred in the Delta and Suisun Marsh since 2007?

    Meetings
    December 8, 2022

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

    Meetings
    December 6, 2022

    MONTHLY RESERVOIR REPORT for December 1

    Water conditions
    December 2, 2022

    KAMYAR GUIVETCHI: Managing Water Resources for Sustainability & Resilience

    Event coverage
    November 30, 2022

    Recent Daily Digests

    DAILY DIGEST, 12/9: Friday

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 9, 2022

    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 …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 8, 2022

    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 …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 7, 2022

    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 …

    DAILY DIGEST
    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 …

    DAILY DIGEST
    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 …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 4, 2022

    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 …

    DAILY DIGEST
    December 2, 2022

    Weekly Digest

    WEEKLY WATER NEWS DIGEST for Dec 4-9:

    WEEKLY DIGEST
    December 9, 2022

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    NOTICE of lifting of curtailments under standard water right Term 91

    ANNOUNCEMENT: Coming Soon: The Delta Residents Survey

    NOTICE of 180-Day Temporary Permit Applications in Imperial County

    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

    Funding Opportunities

    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

    FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Watershed Remediation and Enhancement Grants to Address Impacts from Cannabis Cultivation

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