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GUEST COMMENTARY: An anti-regulatory federal government tries to strongarm California over who controls the State’s water resources
1+ day, 1+ hour 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
4+ day, 1+ 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
4+ day, 2+ 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
4+ day, 1+ 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…...
DELTA COALITION: Voluntary agreements fail as federal and state partners pull out of updated Bay-Delta Plan ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
5+ day, 2+ 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…...
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, 2+ 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, 2+ 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…...
HEALTHY RIVERS AND LANDSCAPES: Westlands Water District to end participation in Bay-Delta Program absent reversal by the State
1+ week, 2+ 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…...
SCRIPPS: Study: Reservoir management system could save California $150 Million every year ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
1+ week, 6+ 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…...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: The biggest carbon polluters are to blame for half of Western water lost to climate change, ‘groundbreaking’ paper says ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
2+ week, 6+ day ago (530+ words) From 2014 to 2024, climate change sapped over a third of the region’s typical annual snowpack and decreased streamflows by about 13 percent, the authors found in the paper, which appeared in Nature’s Communications Earth and Environment journal. About half of those losses…...