California Water Digest — 2026-06-24

20 item(s) from 11 source(s); 14 flagged (🔔) for your blog keywords.

📰 News & Policy

🔔 DAILY DIGEST, 6/24: Why El Niño is driving this unusual ocean phenomenon in California; ‘Extreme’ weather conditions could fuel erratic wildfires in western US; California State Lands Commission approves slant well lease application for Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project; Boyle Heights fire: Reports of LA River pollutants studied; and more …

Maven’s Notebook — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:14 +0000

[cmtoctableofcontents] 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 Conveyance Project water right hearin…

Trump Moves to Open America’s Wildest Forests to the Bulldozer

Circle of Blue — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:35:00 +0000

The process began a year ago to delete a 25-year-old safeguard for wild forests. - Allowing new roads could open tens of millions of acres of forest – most of it untouched by industrial society – to development. - President Trump is intent on ruining what has been a stellar American record of wildlands protection. Dawn is most memorable, the awakening hour in Bear Swamp, a 3,915-acre expanse of …

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Iranian-linked hacker group did not access CalWater operational systems, investigation finds

SJV Water — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:32:11 +0000

A breach of California Water Service systems in Bakersfield, Visalia and Chico by an Iranian-linked hacking group that surfaced June 11 was limited to a one customer account and an external GPS website, according Cal Water spokeswoman Yvonne Kingman. She wrote in an email that CalWater immediately activated its cybersecurity response plan using Mandiant, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in th…

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🔔 Yuba Water Colgate Penstock Incident Response and Recovery (video)

ACWA — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:11:46 +0000

by Yuba Water Agency - Member Submitted News Earlier this year, the rupture of Yuba Water Agency’s penstock pipe marked one of the most significant challenges in the agency’s modern history. In addition to causing extensive damage to critical infrastructure, the incident has reduced water delivery and hydroelectric generation capacity, affecting revenue that supports flood risk reduction, enviro…

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California’s water infrastructure gets $268.9M cash infusion - The Center Square

Google News — CA water — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:30:00 GMT

California’s water infrastructure gets $268.9M cash infusion The Center Square

🔔 SGMA-Ready Crops as a Low-Water Alternative to Fallowing - Public Policy Institute of California

Google News — groundwater/SGMA — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:54:27 GMT

SGMA-Ready Crops as a Low-Water Alternative to Fallowing Public Policy Institute of California

🔔 EDWARD RING: How much flow preserves the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta? - Maven’s Notebook

Google News — Bay-Delta — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:55:53 GMT

EDWARD RING: How much flow preserves the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta? Maven’s Notebook

🔔 The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird - grist.org

Google News — Colorado River — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:45:57 GMT

The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird grist.org

Lake Oroville Recreation - California Department of Water Resources (.gov)

Google News — state agencies — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Lake Oroville Recreation California Department of Water Resources (.gov)

🔔 DAILY DIGEST, 6/23: State proposes new “good guy’ application fee of up to $250,000 for groundwater oversight costs; California dairy industry pushes back on new water quality requirements; More and more communities speaking out in opposition of data centers; The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird; and more …

Maven’s Notebook — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:00:38 +0000

U.S. Homes Show Three-Decade Decline in Indoor Water Use

Circle of Blue — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Policies requiring efficient toilets, showerheads, and appliances have driven down indoor water use. Per person use indoors for single-family homes is 38.5 gallons a day, according to the study. The biggest residential water savings to come will be outdoor use. Decades ago, before it was much of a concern, water moved through the average U.S. home in enormous quantities. Toilets pulled 3.5 gallons…

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🔔 Kings County groundwater agencies move closer toward reconciliation

SJV Water — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:23:18 +0000

Fractures are rapidly mending in the Kings County region after groundwater agencies split apart two years ago when the state placed the region on probation. In the latest show of unity, the Mid-Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) voted June 9 to join a region-wide effort to write a single groundwater management plan, rather than each of the five GSAs writing its own. At the same meeting,…

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🔔 Sacramento Region Releases Watersheds Climate Resilience Plan

ACWA — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:26:13 +0000

by Regional Water Authority - Member Submitted News SACRAMENTO — The Regional Water Authority (RWA) and regional partners have completed the American, Bear, and Cosumnes Watersheds Resilience Plan, a new climate resilience strategy that evaluates how climate change is expected to affect water supplies, flood risk, ecosystems, infrastructure, and communities across one of California’s most import…

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🔔 California’s Almond Industry Consumes Over 4 Trillion Liters of Water Annually Amid Drought, Relies on Trucked-In Bees for Pollination - CPG Click Petróleo e Gás

Google News — CA water — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:23:00 GMT

California’s Almond Industry Consumes Over 4 Trillion Liters of Water Annually Amid Drought, Relies on Trucked-In Bees for Pollination CPG Click Petróleo e Gás

🔔 DWR releases onboarding resources for groundwater sustainability agencies - Maven’s Notebook

Google News — groundwater/SGMA — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:53:13 GMT

DWR releases onboarding resources for groundwater sustainability agencies Maven’s Notebook

🔔 California Water Commission unanimously awards $268.9 million in funding to the Sites Reservoir Project - Action News Now

Google News — Bay-Delta — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT

California Water Commission unanimously awards $268.9 million in funding to the Sites Reservoir Project Action News Now

🔔 Arizona, California, Nevada reach historic agreement to protect Colorado River - AZ Big Media

Google News — Colorado River — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:17:09 GMT

Arizona, California, Nevada reach historic agreement to protect Colorado River AZ Big Media

🎓 Research

Resilient California Fishes: Lahontan Redside Shiners

CA Water Blog (UC Davis) — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000

By Peter B. Moyle and Thomas L. Taylor The fresh waters of California support a diverse, highly endemic fish fauna. Many of the native fishes are on extinction trajectories. In this blog series, however, we discuss native fishes that are not considered to be in trouble. Instead, they are native species that have sufficient resiliency to keep populations large and sustainable, even in highly altere…

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🔔 The Scourge of the Delta: Dredge It Up!

CA Water Blog (UC Davis) — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000

By Madison Dunlap, Aidan Rafols, and John Durand Overbite clams ( Potamocorbula amurensis ) are a small species of bivalve native to Eastern Asia (Figure 1). They have been present in the San Francisco Bay estuary since 1986, and given their ability to quickly multiply and spread, are considered highly invasive within this range (Carlton et al., 1990). Overbite clams consume phytoplankton and cope…

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