METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on habitat and fish projects in the Yolo Bypass Maven Meetings March 3, 2020At the January meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee, Program Manager Randall Neudeck updated the committee on some of the...
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT: Subsidence of the California Aqueduct in the San Joaquin Valley Maven Meetings February 19, 2020Plus a brief update on the voluntary agreements, and good news on the Colorado River Recently, the Department of Water...
METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Delta conveyance update, plus a brief update on the Voluntary Agreements Maven Meetings February 5, 2020Status of the negotiations for the State Water Project contract amendment for Delta Conveyance also discussed At the January meeting...
METROPOLITAN COMMITTEE: The Newsom Administration’s draft Water Resilience Portfolio Maven Meetings January 22, 2020On January 3, State agencies released a draft Water Resilience Portfolio which outlines more than 100 integrated actionable recommendations in...
METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: USFWS Regional Director Paul Souza explains the biological opinions Maven Meetings November 13, 2019Paul Souza is the Regional Director of the Pacific Southwest division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which covers...
METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: SWP contract amendment for Delta conveyance; Activities of the Delta conveyance JPAs; Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy Maven Meetings October 9, 2019At the September meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, Steve Arakawa, Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Initiatives Manager, updated...
METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Salmon predation in the Delta Maven Science on the Notebook August 29, 2019Study results suggest removing predators won’t address the problem, but removing submerged aquatic vegetation might At the May meeting of...
PFAS EXPLAINED: The growing crisis of ‘forever chemicals’ Maven Best of the Notebook July 24, 2019PFAS are a group of chemicals that have become ubiquitous in consumer goods – and the environment. What are they...
MET BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on Delta conveyance Maven Meetings May 29, 2019At the May meeting of the Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay Delta, Steve Arakawa, Bay Delta Initiatives Manager, updated...
CAL WATER FIX: Metropolitan Board workshop compares one-tunnel options to Cal Water Fix Maven Meetings April 5, 2019Presentation compares water delivery capability, stormwater diversion capability, water quality benefits, reverse flows, seismic events, project costs Governor Newsom sent...
MET WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: Voluntary Settlement Agreements Maven Meetings March 20, 2019Presentation delves into the proposed voluntary agreement; compares flows, looks at funding At the March meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s...
THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Board steps up to support Drought Contingency Plan; protects Southland’s stored water in Lake Mead Maven Breaking News March 12, 2019From the Metropolitan Water District: With the fate of a long-negotiated deal to protect Colorado River supplies in jeopardy, the...
METROPOLITAN WATER PLANNING & STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: Coordinated Operations Agreement for the SWP/CVP, Voluntary settlement agreements Maven Meetings January 10, 2019At the January meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee, Bay Delta Initiatives Manager Steve Arakawa updated...
THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Water District begins drawing down stored water in Lake Mead Maven Breaking News January 7, 2019“If there is no Drought Contingency Plan, we don’t want to leave potentially half a million acre-feet or more locked...
COLORADO RIVER: Metropolitan Committee hears more details on the Drought Contingency Plan Maven Meetings November 14, 2018Metropolitan Board of Directors expected to vote in December At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee,...
