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Daniel Rothberg
@danielrothberg.bsky.social
Writing about (ground)water in the West on Substack and elsewhere • Master's student @ UC Davis • invisiblewaters.substack.com 🏔🏜
Important report out from the Initiative on Universal Access to Clean Water for Tribal Communities (UACW): The FY 2026 federal budget includes a 70% reduction in funding for Tribal Access to Clean, Reliable and Accessible Drinking Water. tribalcleanwater.org/wp-content/u...
October 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
What makes heat so hard to cover? Thoughtful reporting from my friends and colleagues, Meg Bernhard and Bridget Bennett, on the invisibility and difficulties of telling stories about extreme heat, a crisis that so often "turns us inward." www.cjr.org/feature-2/wh...
July 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Smart piece on the future of publishing in a world after Google Zero. Written about the journalism industry, but it applies to science communication and many forms of publishing. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/ai-could-c...
July 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"All water discharged by wells is balanced by a loss of water somewhere." - Hydrogeologist C.V. Theis writing in 1940, nearly a century ago. From "The Source of Water Derived From Wells." water.usgs.gov/ogw/pubs/The...
May 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
From the National Integrated Drought Information System: "Abysmal" snowpack in Arizona and New Mexico www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
March 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
New on my Substack: I talked with UNM's @jfleck.bsky.social about why Colorado River negotiations are at an impasse and what happens when the federal government becomes an unreliable partner. www.westernwaternotes.com/p/q-and-a-th...
February 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Lots of water in the Yolo Bypass between Davis and Sacramento.
February 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Can't believe I am just finding out about the Western States Water Data Access and Analysis Tool (WestDAAT). Pretty neat tool. westdaat.westernstateswater.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Came across this the other day, thanks to the California Water Library. Plans to move water to the west, a concept known as the North American Water and Power Alliance. What was being discussed 60 years ago. cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/u...
November 17, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
November 16, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Always a good morning when the inverted pyramid makes a cameo.
November 14, 2024 at 6:31 PM
One of the many neat features of the Great Basin is that every so often we are reminded of its wetter past. Wrote a little bit about Pleistocene lakes and the return of Lake Manly in my newsletter this week. westernwaternotes.com/p/an-ephemer...
February 23, 2024 at 4:12 PM
The Nevada Supreme Court issued a landmark water ruling today affirming the state's broad authority over groundwater and recognizing its connection to surface water. The much-awaited ruling was unanimous. westernwaternotes.com/p/nevada-sup...
January 26, 2024 at 12:09 AM
good to see some snow ❄️
January 7, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Wrote a little bit about the five indicators Nevada is using to evaluate groundwater stress across the state. This one is for the true groundwater nerd💧
westernwaternotes.substack.com/p/five-indic...
January 5, 2024 at 4:28 PM
~ happy nevada day ~
October 31, 2023 at 7:46 PM
a lake, a mirror, a mountain 🍂

spent a beautiful weekend in the eastern sierra
October 23, 2023 at 7:17 PM
To tackle groundwater overuse, Nevada is taking a new approach. With $25 million in federal conservation dollars, the state is looking at funding programs to retire groundwater rights. My latest for @thenvindy.bsky.social.

Photos by David Calvert
thenevadaindependent.com/article/to-t...
October 16, 2023 at 4:05 PM