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DAILY DIGEST, 9/1: Study: Reservoir management system could save CA $150 Million every year; Super El Niño is looming. Here’s what new data means for snow season across the West; Butte County pushes for Oroville Dam accountability; California’s winding road from water plans to solutions; and more...
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (120+ words) Several news sources featured in the Daily Digest may limit the number of articles you can access without a subscription. However, gift articles and open-access links are provided when available. For more open access California water news articles, explore the…...
SCRIPPS: Study: Reservoir management system could save California $150 Million every year ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
2+ hour, 1+ min 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…...
DELTA SCIENCE PROGRAM: Final 2026 Delta Science Plan: Strengthening Science in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (189+ words) From the Delta Science Program: The Delta Science Program is proud to share that, following years of development and extensive engagement with the region’s science community, the 2026 Delta Science Plan: Strengthening Science in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is now available…...
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
1+ week, 1+ hour 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…...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona water use up in the air pending Nevada lawsuit
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (581+ words) By Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service Arizona officials are unsure how negotiations will progress after Nevada sued the federal government Monday over mandatory Colorado River cuts that will reclaim up to 71% of the Silver State’s total entitlement. “We’re still evaluating…...
USGS: In San Francisco Bay, even an exceptionally wet year can't supply enough sediment to keep pace with rising seas, new study finds
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (766+ words) From the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Extreme rainfall can send huge amounts of sediment rushing off hillsides and into streams. But a new USGS study finds that even an exceptionally wet year may deliver only a…...
NEVADA CURRENT: Nevada sues feds over Colorado River cuts
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (882+ words) by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada officials have filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan, a plan that would require Nevada to cut water use by about 17% over the next two years and authorizes even larger…...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Nevada files suit over Colorado River plan
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (655+ words) By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service It took three days for a Colorado River basin state to sue the federal government over its recently announced water-sharing plan. Nevada filed suit Monday against the Interior Department, Bureau of Reclamation and its…...
NEVADA CURRENT: Feds announce water cuts under new Colorado River plan
1+ week, 2+ day ago (601+ words) by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current The Bureau of Reclamation released its two-year operating plan on Friday detailing how the agency will manage the Colorado River, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs Lake Powell and Lake Mead, amid ongoing drought and…...
SJV WATER: Studies look at “less bad” options for farmers facing groundwater cutbacks
3+ week, 6+ day ago (715+ words) By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water Growing more drought-tolerant crops could be an option for San Joaquin Valley farmers facing severe groundwater cutbacks, according to two joint studies by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). The studies looked at growing…...