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GUEST COMMENTARY: An anti-regulatory federal government tries to strongarm California over who controls the State’s water resources
22+ hour, 59+ 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…...
EDWARD RING: Comments on the “Water Quality Control Plan” for the Delta
3+ day, 23+ 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…...
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…...
BAY-DELTA PLAN: Reclamation Provides comments on California State Water Resources Control Board’s Bay-Delta Plan Update
1+ week, 1+ day 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…...
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…...