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PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board issues water quality certification for proposed Sites Reservoir
17+ hour, 12+ min ago (244+ words) From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board issued a water quality certification for the proposed Sites Reservoir Project in Northern California, satisfying one of the major requirements for construction of a 1.5 million-acre-foot water storage…...
GUEST COMMENTARY: An anti-regulatory federal government tries to strongarm California over who controls the State’s water resources
17+ hour, 13+ min ago (280+ words) By Chris Shutes and Gary Bobker But Reclamation and Westlands aren’t happy with almost everything. They want complete control. They want the State of California out of the picture altogether. They want no regulation at all. In fact, they want…...
CNRA: Tribes, California, and local governments sign historic agreement to restore vital Clear Lake watershed
17+ hour, 13+ min ago (213+ words) From the California Natural Resources Agency: Clear Lake sits at the heart of the ancestral homelands of Pomo and Lake Miwok peoples, where generations of leadership and Traditional Ecological Knowledge have stewarded the watershed since time immemorial. Since the disruption…...
EDWARD RING: Comments on the “Water Quality Control Plan” for the Delta
3+ day, 17+ 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
3+ day, 18+ 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....
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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SJV WATER: Even Kings County districts that don’t pump may have to pay for groundwater management
1+ week, 1+ day 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, 1+ day 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…...
SCRIPPS: Study: Reservoir management system could save California $150 Million every year ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
1+ week, 5+ day ago (580+ words) By Scripps Institution of Oceanography A new study from the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego finds that improved weather and water forecasts could help California gain more value from…...
COLORADO NEWSLINE: What climate science tells us about the causes of the Colorado River crisis
2+ week, 4+ day ago (714+ words) by Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline Elected officials from across Colorado’s political spectrum continued a 68-year-old tradition last week when they took to the stage at the annual summer conference of the Colorado Water Congress in Steamboat Springs. First convened by…...