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Satellites have been tracking the water held in glaciers, lakes and the world’s vast underground reserves — aquifers. A extensive analysis of that data reveals water is rapidly disappearing beneath much of humanity’s feet, and large swaths of the Earth are drying out. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Humanity is rapidly depleting water and much of the world is getting drier
Research shows vast portions of the world are losing fresh water and getting drier. Groundwater depletion accounts for two-thirds of the continents' water losses, contributing to rising oceans.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Satellites have been tracking the water held in glaciers, lakes and the world’s vast underground reserves — aquifers. A extensive analysis of that data reveals water is rapidly disappearing beneath much of humanity’s feet, and large swaths of the Earth are drying out. www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Dust Rises in Central Valley as Farmland Leaves Production #cawater www.valleyagvoice.com/dust-rises-i...
Dust Rises in Central Valley as Farmland Leaves Production - Valley Ag Voice
By Natalie Willis, Reporter, Valley Ag Voice To the fertile country and part of the faded country of the San Joaquin Valley, the last flows were freed reluctantly, and they did not quiet the fields n...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Dust Rises in Central Valley as Farmland Leaves Production #cawater www.valleyagvoice.com/dust-rises-i...
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Oddly enough, right now my organization, Wholly H2O,  Which has been creating tours about creeks and people of color in the east bay, is working on Strawberry Creek. We go very deeply into the story of the Huichin Ohlone in all of our tours, And their story along strawberry creek is profound
July 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Oddly enough, right now my organization, Wholly H2O,  Which has been creating tours about creeks and people of color in the east bay, is working on Strawberry Creek. We go very deeply into the story of the Huichin Ohlone in all of our tours, And their story along strawberry creek is profound
This LA Times opinion piece by Tony Platt, reflecting on how indigenous Californian's histories have been reduced to a-historical nuggets, reminds me of historian Jared Orsi's cornerstone argument in "Hazardous Metropolis," his book about flood control in LA #cawater www.yahoo.com/news/contrib...
Contributor: The California story we keep erasing
In Berkeley, on and off the UC campus, Indigenous history gets glossed over along with the school's scandalous role in its loss.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This LA Times opinion piece by Tony Platt, reflecting on how indigenous Californian's histories have been reduced to a-historical nuggets, reminds me of historian Jared Orsi's cornerstone argument in "Hazardous Metropolis," his book about flood control in LA #cawater www.yahoo.com/news/contrib...
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Keeping microplastics out of the San Francisco Bay: A conversation with environmental toxicologist Ezra Miller #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/06/30/n...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Keeping microplastics out of the San Francisco Bay: A conversation with environmental toxicologist Ezra Miller
by Robin Meadows In 2019, the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) published a three-year study of microplastics in the San Francisco Bay that was―and still is―among the most thorough assessments of...
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June 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Keeping microplastics out of the San Francisco Bay: A conversation with environmental toxicologist Ezra Miller #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/06/30/n...
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I mean...yeah. Just a mind-boggling self-inflicted wound, on top of many other recent ones.
This is fucking insane. Closing these NOAA labs would obliterate our ability to observe, understand, and forecast the Earth System, from weather systems tomorrow to sea levels 50 years from now.
What a tragedy this is even being proposed on paper... 💔
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I mean...yeah. Just a mind-boggling self-inflicted wound, on top of many other recent ones.
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Restoration of Klamath River Tributaries Begins as Part of Historic Dam-Removal Project #cawater ecomagazine.com/news/fisheri...
Restoration of Klamath River Tributaries Begins as Part of Historic Dam-Removal Project - environment coastal & offshore
Stantec, a global leader in design and engineering, has spearheaded the restoration design process for five priority fish-bearing tributaries of the Klamath River in northern California and southern O...
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June 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Restoration of Klamath River Tributaries Begins as Part of Historic Dam-Removal Project #cawater ecomagazine.com/news/fisheri...
Deal that relied on Kern County water for housing 200 miles away sours, potentially leaving residents high and dry #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/06/25/s...
SJV WATER: Deal that relied on Kern County water for housing 200 miles away sours, potentially leaving residents high and dry
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The Kern County Water Agency is poised to cut off the only water source for a 600-home development in Stanislaus County as of June 30 unless residents there agree to a 200% in...
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June 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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DWR Semi-Annual Groundwater Conditions Update highlights key trends for Water Year 2024 #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/06/24/p...
PRESS RELEASE: DWR Semi-Annual Groundwater Conditions Update highlights key trends for Water Year 2024
From the Department of Water Resources: California is now collecting more groundwater data than ever before as highlighted in the Semi-Annual Groundwater Conditions Update released today by the Depart...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
DWR Semi-Annual Groundwater Conditions Update highlights key trends for Water Year 2024 #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/06/24/p...
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An estimated 2.2m acre-feet of groundwater was recharged in the 2023-24 water year reported California's Department of Water Resources, while 11.5 maf was pumped across 98 basins. @ianjames.bsky.social covers the update in the LA Times
California achieved significant groundwater recharge last year, state report says #cawater @ianjames.bsky.social @latimes.com www.latimes.com/environment/...
California achieved significant groundwater recharge last year, state report says
California's aquifers gained an estimated 2.2 million acre-feet of water during the last water year. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has been promoting efforts to replenish groundwater.
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June 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
An estimated 2.2m acre-feet of groundwater was recharged in the 2023-24 water year reported California's Department of Water Resources, while 11.5 maf was pumped across 98 basins. @ianjames.bsky.social covers the update in the LA Times
The study took observations from 1984–2021 in 245 burned watersheds across the western United States and compared water quality to that from 293 unburned basins #westwater #cawater www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Wildfires drive multi-year water quality degradation over the western United States - Communications Earth & Environment
Water quality in the western United States is affected by wildfires, with sediment and turbidity levels increasing up to 8 years post-fire, according to an analysis of sediment, dissolved organic matt...
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June 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The study took observations from 1984–2021 in 245 burned watersheds across the western United States and compared water quality to that from 293 unburned basins #westwater #cawater www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Owens Valley Travelogue: A journey through an arresting landscape of craggy mountains and ancient trees, where parched land reveals how California has been shaped by water throughout history. #cawater www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a...
What Owens Valley Reveals If You Look Closer
A journey through an arresting landscape of craggy mountains and ancient trees, where parched land reveals how California has been shaped by water throughout history.
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June 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Owens Valley Travelogue: A journey through an arresting landscape of craggy mountains and ancient trees, where parched land reveals how California has been shaped by water throughout history. #cawater www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a...
Just finished this @zakpodmore.bsky.social insta-classic of western enviro lit. Hugely important book right now, not only for its masterful blend of Colorado River history & hydrology, but also its encouragement to imagine bigger, bolder futures. Let a free-flowing Glen Canyon, like Hayduke, live!
June 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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‘Un-naming’ of Mad River being considered by Humboldt County agency #cawater www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/12/u...
‘Un-naming’ of Mad River being considered by Humboldt County agency
The agency’s staff is entertaining a resolution to recognize Baduwa’t locally as the name “while acknowledging that ‘Mad River’ remains the official federal designation.”
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June 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
‘Un-naming’ of Mad River being considered by Humboldt County agency #cawater www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/12/u...
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Water Year 2025 Snow Drought Current Conditions: Snowpack has nearly disappeared from monitoring stations across the West #cawater www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
Water Year 2025 Snow Drought Current Conditions Summary and Impacts in the West | June 12, 2025 | Drought.gov
NIDIS and its partners release these snow drought updates for the western U.S. every 4 weeks from December through June.
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June 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Water Year 2025 Snow Drought Current Conditions: Snowpack has nearly disappeared from monitoring stations across the West #cawater www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
State Water Board takes unprecedented action to restore failing Central Valley sewer system #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/06/12/p...
PRESS RELEASE: State Water Board takes unprecedented action to restore failing Central Valley sewer system
State’s first-ever wastewater administrator appointee will oversee East Orosi sewer system From the State Water Board: Exercising new authorities under a 2024 law to protect public health and ensure a...
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June 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Squeezing every last drop out of wastewater #cawater news.asu.edu/20250611-env...
Squeezing every last drop out of wastewater | ASU News
Industries that need ultra-pure water — including semiconductor, battery, pharmaceutical, food and beverage companies — are expanding in Arizona. One of the most overlooked challenges for these busine...
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June 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Squeezing every last drop out of wastewater #cawater news.asu.edu/20250611-env...
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Dan Walters: Newsom wanted to fast-track the Delta tunnel project. The Legislature slowed the flow #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/06/12/d...
DAN WALTERS: Newsom wanted to fast-track the Delta tunnel project. The Legislature slowed the flow
By Dan Walters, Cal Matters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Repeatedly Gavin Newsom has sought legislative approval of his high-priority policy p...
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June 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Dan Walters: Newsom wanted to fast-track the Delta tunnel project. The Legislature slowed the flow #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/06/12/d...
"Not only are we in a really deep climate hole, we’re continuing to dig. Absolutely the last thing we need is the federal government undercutting our efforts to meet the water supply challenges in this basin." #westwater #climate #coloradoriver H/t @jfleck.bsky.social
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Why climate change must be part of the Colorado River conversation - Big Pivots
Brad Udall also makes the case that stakeholders in the basin can work together to solve this "really sticky, difficult issue"
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June 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM