This week’s Water Plan eNews includes:

• South Coast region groundwater chapter posted, webinar on tap next week
• Groundwater basin boundary regulations available online for public review
• DWR releases 2015 guidebook for agricultural water management plans
• Water commission sets three public hearings on Water Storage Investment Program
• Truckee, Watsonville, and Sacramento are next on the state funding fair schedule
• Santee chosen as site for next meeting of potable reuse advisory group

This winter’s El Nino could be one of the strongest in the past 50 years, leading to a return of meaningful but not necessarily drought-busting rain in California. Click here for full article.

Climate Change Science Symposium is the premier forum for the sharing of cutting-edge research addressing the impacts of climate change on the state. This research informs the state’s strategies and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to develop programs to safeguard California from a changing climate. California Climate Change Symposium 2015 is convened by the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Symposium will be held at the Sacramento Convention Center.

SacBee Article by David Siders and Ryan Sabalow. Click here for article.

This week’s Water Plan eNews includes:

• Water technology summit sessions available on webcast this Friday
• Water commission to hear details on basin boundary emergency regulations
• Water Storage Investment Program working session set for July 16
• Report on hydraulic fracturing in California to be released tomorrow
• AWRA webinar applies integrated water resource planning to forests
• Western governors outline policy on water resource management
• Mountain counties make special delivery to State Capitol offices

The Sierra Nevada Conservancy has launched their Proposition 1 Grant Program for Fiscal Years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. The information for the program is now available on the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Web site (see their grants page) at www.sierranevada.ca.gov.  The first deadline for application submission is Tuesday, September 1, 2015. This grant cycle will award up to $10 million to projects that improve forest health, consistent with Proposition 1, the Sierra Nevada Watershed Improvement Program and statutory authority.

This week’s Water Plan eNews includes:

• California headwaters to be included in federal drought relief effort
• Webinar will provide details on turf replacement initiative for California
• Information for water managers to be offered at water restrictions webinar
• Conservation information available to landowners on new NRCS Web site
• Advisory committee will discuss public benefits of water storage projects
• Legislature receives safe drinking water plan from water resources board

SACRAMENTO — With drought conditions continuing into the summer months, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) announced today that there is insufficient water available for senior water right holders with a priority date of 1903 or later in the San Joaquin and Sacramento watersheds and the Delta. The need for further curtailment of more senior rights and curtailments in other watersheds is being assessed weekly. Click here for news release.

EPA and Corps release summary of new definitions and regulations for “Waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. Click here for summary.

The RWMG extended the deadline for project proponents to submit signed MOUs by Sunday, June 14^th at 5:00 p.m.  In order to have your projects considered for inclusion in the IRWM Plan, the sponsoring agency MUST submit a signed MOU by that deadline.  The extension on the MOU portion of the submittal is to allow Boards time to meet and sign the MOU. This applies to project proponents only; those wishing to sign the MOU for the UFR IRWM Program may do so at any time. Please contact UFR.contact@gmail.com with any questions.

Step 1 Conceptual Project Summaries are still due by Monday, June 1^st at 5:00 p.m.