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EDWARD RING: Comments on the “Water Quality Control Plan” for the Delta
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (500+ words) By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Water Policy Center Anyone who hasn’t spent a lifetime in this business will quickly realize that this plan is huge and hard to follow. The “plan” is a…...
Statement from the Department of the Interior — Signing of Minute 334 between the United States and Mexico on Colorado River Operations for 2027 and 2028 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (34+ words) From the Bureau of Reclamation: Welcome to Maven’s Notebook! Always know what’s going on in California water. Your donation keeps this coverage free and accessible. Sponsor the news source that decision-makers read every day....
CA FARM WATER COALITION: Unified Water Plan charts a path to keep the San Joaquin Valley growing
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (233+ words) From the California Farm Water Coalition: The California Farm Water Coalition welcomes the release of the Unified Water Plan for the San Joaquin Valley, a congressionally authorized report that gives federal, state, and local leaders a single roadmap for water…...
DAILY DIGEST, 9/9: Trump administration tells California its key water plan is ‘unworkable’; How does El Niño impact the weather?; Hoopa Valley Tribe and CDFW announce historic fishery restoration partnership; If Colorado River compact heads to Supreme Court, ‘everybody loses,’ experts say; and more...
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DELTA COALITION: Voluntary agreements fail as federal and state partners pull out of updated Bay-Delta Plan ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (177+ words) From Restore the Delta: The coalition has also consistently warned that the federal government cannot be relied upon as a partner in complying with state laws and regulatory decisions designed to protect Delta ecosystems, Tribes, and Delta communities. The Bureau…...
YALE CLIMATE CONNECTIONS: The next water crisis is beneath our feet
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (1130+ words) By Sanket Jain, Yale Climate Connections As groundwater warms, dissolved gases become less soluble, while organisms underground can consume oxygen more rapidly. Because many aquifers already contain little oxygen, modest warming could make them even more oxygen-poor. In some aquifers,…...
SJV WATER: Even Kings County districts that don’t pump may have to pay for groundwater management
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (686+ words) By Monsserat Solis, SJV Water The directors of a Kings County water district didn’t like it, but they agreed to support a land assessment fee to pay for regulations to minimize the impacts of excessive groundwater pumping even though the…...
UC BERKELEY: New digital tool shows where exactly California’s water goes — and how climate change might disrupt it ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (266+ words) By Kara Manke, UC Berkeley To top it off, climate change is intensifying California’s already dramatic dry and wet cycles. After surviving more than a decade of severe drought, the state is now bracing for the impact of this year’s…...
BAY-DELTA PLAN: Reclamation Provides comments on California State Water Resources Control Board’s Bay-Delta Plan Update
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (211+ words) From the US Bureau of Reclamation: On Aug. 19, the State Water Board announced the release of its final draft update to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan. The Board will consider adoption of the updated Bay-Delta Plan upon the completion…...
HEALTHY RIVERS AND LANDSCAPES: Westlands Water District to end participation in Bay-Delta Program absent reversal by the State
1+ week, 1+ day ago (134+ words) From the Westlands Water District: Westlands Water District will not continue in the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes (HRL) Program under the terms set out in the State Water Resources Control Board’s final draft Bay-Delta plan. The final draft retains the…...