Delta Watch

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[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

The Department needs to get with the times, particularly for ongoing efforts to update State Water Project operational rules.

[Center for CA Water Resources Policy & Management @CAWaterCenter]

Featured on our blog DeltaCurrents, Center contributor and environmental and natural resources attorney, Paul Weiland, explains why the @CaliforniaDFW is behind the times when it comes to scientific review. #deltascience #endangeredspecies
https://t.co/DQxHXFWMWK

[Almond Board of CA @almondboard]

Every day is #earthday for CA #almond farmers as they strive to be great stewards of the land. Learn more about the almond community’s commitment to sustainability and the 2025 Orchard Goals https://t.co/fip1nr44U1

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

Happy Earth Day!

[Delta Stewardship Council @DeltaCouncil]

Today we celebrate:

📅 50 years of our planet’s largest civic event

🌎 the world around us + collective action to protect it

👩‍🔬 science-based decision-making toward a resilient future

🚸 the next generation of environmentalists

RT/💙 to join us!

#calearthday50

[California Department of Water Resources @CA_DWR]

📢 Today, DWR conducted the 4th Phillips Station snow survey of 2020.

❄️ The manual survey recorded 43.5" of snow depth & a snow water equivalent of 16.5", which is 66% of average for this location.

‼️ Press release & video statement will be shared around 3pm today.

[NWS Sacramento @NWSSacramento]

We saw impressive #snow totals from the storm this last weekend! Here is a look at the snow depth change over the last 7 days. #cawx

[NWS Sacramento @NWSSacramento]

The latest wet storm has increased our water year numbers across NorCal and we are now 50-60% of average to date. More #rain and #snow are on the way starting Sunday night into next week! #cawx

[Delta Stewardship Council @DeltaCouncil]

Today, the #baydelta is home to many non-native piscivores (AKA fish-eating) fish that weren't around in the past.

Brown bullhead, striped bass, largemouth bass, channel catfish, + others will eat a young #chinooksalmon if they have the chance! 😨

#scifri

[Delta Stewardship Council @DeltaCouncil]

Lynn from the Delta Science Program here, welcoming you to another #sciencefriday! 🙌

Last week, we looked at the difficult journey young #chinooksalmon make through the #baydelta to the Pacific Ocean. This week, let's look closer at one reason it's so tough: predation! 💀

[California Department of Water Resources @CA_DWR]

Today, DWR conducted the 2nd Phillips Station snow survey of 2020. The manual survey recorded 40.5" of snow depth & a snow water equivalent of 14.5", which is 79% of average for this location. Statewide, the Sierra snowpack is 72% of average.
More here: https://t.co/mCwjrYHAbr

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

Still early in the winter, snowpack levels are off to a healthy start. Visit https://t.co/ohQP7CWdIy for more on California water supply conditions.

[California Department of Water Resources @CA_DWR]

🌨 Take a quick look at how recent storms have impacted CA snowpack conditions: https://t.co/zmIZheiLNw

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

@RestoretheDelta The current system + infrastructure is failing all parties - the environment, Delta & water users who depend on the SWP. Climate change will only exacerbate this dynamic. Whether this project or another, improvements are needed to ensure a reliable water supply + stable ecosystem

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

ICYMI: @CA_DWR moved forward with environmental review of new conveyance system for the State Water Project. Details continue to be worked out, but updating the state's water system & infrastructure is critical for 27M Californians & 3M acres of farmland.
https://t.co/OEOtroupKZ

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

The Newsom Administration's Water Resilience Portfolio is a step in the right direction but fails to protect rural farming communities
https://t.co/wMlVXeW0KF

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

Happy New Year! Hopefully this healthy reading will increase the dismal State Water Project allocation announced last month.

[California Department of Water Resources @CA_DWR]

Today, DWR conducted the 1st Phillips Station snow survey of 2020. The manual survey recorded 33.5" of snow depth & a snow water equivalent of 11", which is 97% of average for this location. Statewide, the Sierra snowpack is 90% of average.
More here: https://t.co/3tmZC5XFkh

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

It's critical for the federal and state government to work together to modernize our broken water system.

[Senator Dianne Feinstein @SenFeinstein]

I’m worried that we’re on a disastrous course for California’s water management that will harm our communities and environment. There’s only one way to avoid this potential crisis, and that’s for @GavinNewsom and @SecBernhardt to work together.

[Jay Lund @JayLund113]

Good news. In the last 2 weeks, northern California has gone from <10% of average precipitation to 78% of average precipitation for the water year.
https://t.co/oz2M4hNt0B

[CalMatters @CalMatters]

Commentary: On water, California and feds need to work together for the benefit of fish, farmers and 27 million people https://t.co/PVHYnpP0KT

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

It would benefit the entire state and the environment if the state and federal agencies would work collaboratively on this new approach to avoid more disruptive litigation.
https://t.co/hgVDd12chU

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

The simple truth is, despite best efforts over the last decade, the Delta has not improved. We can and must do better.
https://t.co/AXeFR0ANKC

[Delta Watch @DeltaWatch]

A look at salmon habitat restoration projects on the Trinity River, by @KCET. Habitat restoration will be critical to improving endangered fish populations.
https://t.co/51gk2xnaeX