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DAILY DIGEST, 6/1: Sinking land, shrinking capacity: DWR confronts subsidence on the California Aqueduct; A dam good...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] 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 main page at MavensNotebook.com. On the calendar today … PUBLIC HEARING: Delta Conveyanc...

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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Sinking land, shrinking capacity: DWR confronts subsidence on the California Aqueduct
Groundwater-driven land sinking in the San Joaquin Valley is reducing aqueduct capacity, prompting interim repairs and long-term planning. At Metropolitan Water District’s May Imported Water Subcommittee meeting, Christopher Martin, executive policy advisor for the State Water Project at the California Department of Water Resources, outlined the extent of subsidence along the Ca...

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RESTORE THE DELTA: New report highlights Delta rice farming as key strategy for protecting California water infrastr...
Press release from Restore the Delta: Today, Restore the Delta released a new report detailing one of the many local solutions outlined in the recently unveiled Water Renaissance Plan: expanding rice farming in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as a strategy to combat land subsidence and support a more sustainable regional economy. Supported by BEAM Circular, which sponsored the ...

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CIRCLE OF BLUE: Hoover Dam approaches a hydropower cliff
Big cuts in generating capacity are coming. by Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Some day in the next 12 months – maybe in late-August, maybe not until next spring – Lake Mead will drop below the critical threshold of 1,035 feet above sea level. That is the water-level elevation at which hydropower generating capacity at Hoover Dam, the largest in the Colorado River basin, will be cu...

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INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Why wildfire experts are so worried about this year’s fire season
With a puny snowpack in the Western mountains and a widespread drought, the nation is a tinderbox. A reorganization of federal firefighting efforts and the departure of many staff qualified to join the fight are heightening concern. By Peter Aldhous, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that cove...

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