<!DOCTYPE html><!-- HTML 5 -->
<html lang="en-US" prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#">

<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="profile" href="https://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
<link rel="pingback" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/xmlrpc.php" />

<title>DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Westlands water settlement in limbo; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#039;s struggle is America&#039;s tale; $300 billion war beneath the street; and more ... ~ MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water news</title>

<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v5.9.4 - https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/ -->
<link rel="canonical" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/" />
<meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="og:title" content="DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Westlands water settlement in limbo; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#039;s struggle is America&#039;s tale; $300 billion war beneath the street; and more ... ~ MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water news" />
<meta property="og:description" content="In California water news this weekend, Westlands water settlement in limbo; Federal vacancies would impede recovery from next drought, Natural Resources secretary says; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Photo gallery: Bay Area Students Turn Legos into Robots; The Oroville Dam spillway was wrecked months ago. Here&#8217;s where the repairs stand as rain season looms; Lessons [...]" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water news" />
<meta property="article:publisher" content="https://www.facebook.com/MavensNotebook/" />
<meta property="article:tag" content="California water news" />
<meta property="article:section" content="DAILY DIGEST" />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2017-11-12T07:46:16-08:00" />
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-11-14T08:57:09-08:00" />
<meta property="og:updated_time" content="2017-11-14T08:57:09-08:00" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox.jpg" />
<meta property="og:image:secure_url" content="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox.jpg" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="880" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="350" />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="In California water news this weekend, Westlands water settlement in limbo; Federal vacancies would impede recovery from next drought, Natural Resources secretary says; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Photo gallery: Bay Area Students Turn Legos into Robots; The Oroville Dam spillway was wrecked months ago. Here&#8217;s where the repairs stand as rain season looms; Lessons [...]" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Westlands water settlement in limbo; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#039;s struggle is America&#039;s tale; $300 billion war beneath the street; and more ... ~ MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water news" />
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@MavensNotebook" />
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox.jpg" />
<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@MavensNotebook" />
<script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebSite","@id":"#website","url":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/","name":"MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | Water news","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/?s={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}</script>
<script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Person","url":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/2017\/11\/12\/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MavensNotebook\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mavensnotebook\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/MavensNotebook"],"@id":"#person","name":"Maven (Chris Austin)"}</script>
<!-- / Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->

<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s0.wp.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//fonts.googleapis.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s.w.org' />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water news &raquo; Feed" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/feed/" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water news &raquo; Comments Feed" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/comments/feed/" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water news &raquo; DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Westlands water settlement in limbo; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#8217;s struggle is America&#8217;s tale; $300 billion war beneath the street; and more &#8230; Comments Feed" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/feed/" />
		<script type="text/javascript">
			window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.4\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/2.4\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js"}};
			!function(a,b,c){function d(a,b){var c=String.fromCharCode;l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,a),0,0);var d=k.toDataURL();l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,b),0,0);var e=k.toDataURL();return d===e}function e(a){var b;if(!l||!l.fillText)return!1;switch(l.textBaseline="top",l.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return!(b=d([55356,56826,55356,56819],[55356,56826,8203,55356,56819]))&&(b=d([55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447],[55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447]),!b);case"emoji":return b=d([55357,56692,8205,9792,65039],[55357,56692,8203,9792,65039]),!b}return!1}function f(a){var c=b.createElement("script");c.src=a,c.defer=c.type="text/javascript",b.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(c)}var g,h,i,j,k=b.createElement("canvas"),l=k.getContext&&k.getContext("2d");for(j=Array("flag","emoji"),c.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},i=0;i<j.length;i++)c.supports[j[i]]=e(j[i]),c.supports.everything=c.supports.everything&&c.supports[j[i]],"flag"!==j[i]&&(c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&c.supports[j[i]]);c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!c.supports.flag,c.DOMReady=!1,c.readyCallback=function(){c.DOMReady=!0},c.supports.everything||(h=function(){c.readyCallback()},b.addEventListener?(b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",h,!1),a.addEventListener("load",h,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",h),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),g=c.source||{},g.concatemoji?f(g.concatemoji):g.wpemoji&&g.twemoji&&(f(g.twemoji),f(g.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings);
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
img.wp-smiley,
img.emoji {
	display: inline !important;
	border: none !important;
	box-shadow: none !important;
	height: 1em !important;
	width: 1em !important;
	margin: 0 .07em !important;
	vertical-align: -0.1em !important;
	background: none !important;
	padding: 0 !important;
}
</style>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='fbw-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/flickr-badges-widget/css/widget.css' type='text/css' media='screen' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='mega-menu-css-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/maven-mega-menu/maven-mega-menu.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='searchandfilter-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/search-filter/style.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='tptn-style-left-thumbs-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/top-10/css/default-style.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<style id='tptn-style-left-thumbs-inline-css' type='text/css'>

img.tptn_thumb {
  width: 150px !important;
  height: 150px !important;
}
                

			.tptn_posts_widget4 img.tptn_thumb {
				width: 150px !important;
				height: 150px !important;
			}
			

			.tptn_posts_widget5 img.tptn_thumb {
				width: 150px !important;
				height: 150px !important;
			}
			
</style>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='smartline-lite-stylesheet-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/style.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<style id='smartline-lite-stylesheet-inline-css' type='text/css'>
.site-title, .site-description {
	position: absolute;
	clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
}
</style>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='smartline-lite-genericons-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/css/genericons/genericons.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='smartline-lite-flexslider-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/css/flexslider.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='smartline-lite-default-fonts-css'  href='//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Raleway%7CAlef%7CFrancois+One&#038;subset=latin%2Clatin-ext' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='themezee-widget-bundle-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/css/themezee-widget-bundle.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='themezee-related-posts-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/css/themezee-related-posts.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='smartline-pro-stylesheet-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/smartline-pro/css/smartline-pro.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<!--[if lte IE 8]>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='jetpack-carousel-ie8fix-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/carousel/jetpack-carousel-ie8fix.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<![endif]-->
<link rel='stylesheet' id='social-logos-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/social-logos/social-logos.min.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='jetpack_css-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/css/jetpack.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='tooltip-css-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/TooltipPro/tooltip.php' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var ajax_tptn_tracker = {"ajax_url":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","top_ten_id":"68642","top_ten_blog_id":"1","activate_counter":"11","tptn_rnd":"111452011"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/top-10/includes/js/top-10-tracker.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/js/jquery.flexslider-min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var smartline_slider_params = {"animation":"fade","speed":"7000"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/js/slider.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var smartline_menu_title = "Menu";
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/js/navigation.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/spin.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/jquery.spin.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/TooltipPro/tooltip.js'></script>
<link rel='https://api.w.org/' href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-json/' />
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
<link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> 
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress 4.9.3" />
<link rel='shortlink' href='https://wp.me/p9BPps-hR8' />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmavensnotebook.com%2F2017%2F11%2F12%2Fdaily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is%2F" />
<link rel="alternate" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmavensnotebook.com%2F2017%2F11%2F12%2Fdaily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is%2F&#038;format=xml" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-pull-quote/css/simple-pull-quote.css" />
<?php do_action( 'body_open' ); ?>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//v0.wordpress.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//jetpack.wordpress.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s0.wp.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s1.wp.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s2.wp.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//public-api.wordpress.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//0.gravatar.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//1.gravatar.com'/>
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//2.gravatar.com'/>
<style type='text/css'></style>      <meta name="onesignal" content="wordpress-plugin"/>
          <link rel="manifest"
            href="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/onesignal-free-web-push-notifications/sdk_files/manifest.json.php?gcm_sender_id="/>
          <script src="https://cdn.onesignal.com/sdks/OneSignalSDK.js" async></script>    <script>

      window.OneSignal = window.OneSignal || [];

      OneSignal.push( function() {
        OneSignal.SERVICE_WORKER_UPDATER_PATH = "OneSignalSDKUpdaterWorker.js.php";
        OneSignal.SERVICE_WORKER_PATH = "OneSignalSDKWorker.js.php";
        OneSignal.SERVICE_WORKER_PARAM = { scope: '/' };

        OneSignal.setDefaultNotificationUrl("https://mavensnotebook.com");
        var oneSignal_options = {};
        window._oneSignalInitOptions = oneSignal_options;

        oneSignal_options['wordpress'] = true;
oneSignal_options['appId'] = 'bcbefa2b-326e-49c7-bd29-cc0cfd532c20';
oneSignal_options['autoRegister'] = true;
oneSignal_options['welcomeNotification'] = { };
oneSignal_options['welcomeNotification']['title'] = "MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water News";
oneSignal_options['welcomeNotification']['message'] = "Thanks for following!";
oneSignal_options['welcomeNotification']['url'] = "mavensnotebook.com";
oneSignal_options['path'] = "https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/onesignal-free-web-push-notifications/sdk_files/";
oneSignal_options['promptOptions'] = { };
oneSignal_options['promptOptions']['siteName'] = 'https://mavensnotebook.com';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton'] = { };
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['enable'] = true;
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['position'] = 'bottom-right';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['theme'] = 'default';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['size'] = 'medium';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['prenotify'] = true;
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['showCredit'] = true;
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text'] = {};
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['message.prenotify'] = 'Click to receive notifications';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['tip.state.unsubscribed'] = 'Receive notifications';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['tip.state.subscribed'] = 'You&#039;re following Maven&#039;s Notebook';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['message.action.subscribed'] = 'Thanks for following!';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['message.action.resubscribed'] = 'You&#039;re following Maven&#039;s Notebook';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['message.action.unsubscribed'] = 'You won&#039;t receive notifications';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['dialog.main.button.subscribe'] = 'FOLLOW';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['text']['dialog.main.button.unsubscribe'] = 'UNFOLLOW';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['colors'] = {};
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['colors']['circle.background'] = '#0271BD';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['colors']['badge.background'] = 'red';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['colors']['pulse.color'] = 'white';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['colors']['dialog.button.background'] = '#0271BD';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['colors']['dialog.button.background.hovering'] = '#333';
oneSignal_options['notifyButton']['colors']['dialog.button.background.active'] = 'red';
              OneSignal.init(window._oneSignalInitOptions);
                    });

      function documentInitOneSignal() {
        var oneSignal_elements = document.getElementsByClassName("OneSignal-prompt");

        var oneSignalLinkClickHandler = function(event) { OneSignal.push(['registerForPushNotifications']); event.preventDefault(); };        for(var i = 0; i < oneSignal_elements.length; i++)
          oneSignal_elements[i].addEventListener('click', oneSignalLinkClickHandler, false);
      }

      if (document.readyState === 'complete') {
           documentInitOneSignal();
      }
      else {
           window.addEventListener("load", function(event){
               documentInitOneSignal();
          });
      }
    </script>

<style type="text/css">
			a, a:link, a:visited, .comment a:link, .comment a:visited,
			.post-pagination a:link, .post-pagination a:visited, #image-nav .nav-previous a, #image-nav .nav-next a {
				color: #004acc;
			}
			.post-pagination .current {
				background-color: #004acc;
			}</style><style type="text/css">
			#logo .site-title, .page-title, .post-title, #frontpage-slider .zeeslide .slide-entry .slide-title,
			#comments .comments-title, #respond #reply-title {
				font-family: "Alef";
			}
			#mainnav-icon, #mainnav-toggle, #mainnav-menu a {
				font-family: "Francois One";
			}
			.widgettitle, #frontpage-magazine-widgets .widget .widgettitle {
				font-family: "Francois One";
			}</style><style type="text/css">
				@media only screen and (max-width: 60em) {
					#header-content, #header-content div { padding-top: 0; }
				}
				#header { padding: 0; }
		</style><style type="text/css" id="custom-background-css">
body.custom-background { background-image: url("https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/images/background.png"); background-position: left top; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; }
</style>
<link rel="icon" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cropped-Logo3-32x32.jpg" sizes="32x32" />
<link rel="icon" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cropped-Logo3-192x192.jpg" sizes="192x192" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cropped-Logo3-180x180.jpg" />
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cropped-Logo3-270x270.jpg" />
<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-109509127-1"></script>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());

  gtag('config', 'UA-109509127-1');
</script>

</head>

<body class="post-template-default single single-post postid-68642 single-format-standard custom-background wp-custom-logo">


<div id="wrapper" class="hfeed">

	<div id="header-wrap">

		
		<nav id="topnav" class="clearfix" role="navigation">
			<ul id="topnav-menu" class="top-navigation-menu"><li id="menu-item-26424" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26424"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/about/">About</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-26425" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26425"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/contact/">Contact</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-26426" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-26426"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/faq/">FAQ</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-55336" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-55336"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/donate/">Donate</a></li>
</ul>		</nav>

		
		<header id="header" class="clearfix" role="banner">

			<div id="logo" class="clearfix">

				<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/" class="custom-logo-link" rel="home" itemprop="url"><img width="1340" height="200" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1.jpg" class="custom-logo" alt="MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water news" itemprop="logo" srcset="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1.jpg 1340w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1-400x60.jpg 400w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1-768x115.jpg 768w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1-1024x153.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1340px) 100vw, 1340px" data-attachment-id="51514" data-permalink="https://mavensnotebook.com/cropped-notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1340,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1.jpg" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;http://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1.jpg&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1-400x60.jpg" data-large-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-Notebook-header-1340-with-title-revised-2016-1-1024x153.jpg" /></a>				
		<p class="site-title"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/" rel="home">MAVEN&#039;S NOTEBOOK | Water news</a></p>

					
			<p class="site-description">Your comprehensive source for California water news and information, organizing aggregated content from news outlets across the state, and supplementing that with detailed original coverage of meetings, conferences, water policy and science events.  All delivered to your email box by 9am, with no bias, spin, or advocacy.  Just simple, straight up information from California water&#039;s most trusted source.</p>

		
			</div>

			<div id="header-content" class="clearfix">
							</div>

		</header>

	</div>

	<div id="navi-wrap">

		<nav id="mainnav" class="clearfix" role="navigation">
			<ul id="mainnav-menu" class="main-navigation-menu"><li id="menu-item-26890" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-26890"><a href="http://mavensnotebook.com/">FRONT PAGE</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-26911" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-26911"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/posts/">LATEST POSTS</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-26430" class="maven-mega-menu menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category current-post-ancestor menu-item-has-children menu-item-26430"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/latest-news/">NEWS BY CATEGORY</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li id="menu-item-63446" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-63446"><a href="#">CA WATER NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB</a>
	<ul class="sub-menu">
		<li id="menu-item-63442" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category current-post-ancestor current-menu-parent current-post-parent menu-item-63442"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/latest-news/daily-digest/">DAILY DIGEST</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63443" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63443"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/latest-news/other-news/news-worth-noting/">News Worth Noting</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63444" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63444"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/latest-news/other-news/breaking-news/">Breaking News</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63445" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63445"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/latest-news/other-news/miscellaneous/">Other News Item</a></li>
	</ul>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-63447" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-63447"><a href="#">NOTEBOOK NEWS FEATURES</a>
	<ul class="sub-menu">
		<li id="menu-item-63452" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63452"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/featured-articles/conferences-and-seminars/">Conferences and Seminars</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63453" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63453"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/featured-articles/guest-blogger/">Guest blogger</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63454" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63454"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/featured-articles/legislative-hearings-mavens-minutes/">Legislative Hearings</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63455" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63455"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/featured-articles/mavens-minutes/">Meetings</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63456" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63456"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/featured-articles/news/">News and Features</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63457" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63457"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/featured-articles/science-features/">Science Features</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63458" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63458"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/featured-articles/profiles/">Speeches and profiles</a></li>
	</ul>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-63448" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-63448"><a href="#">WEEKLY NEWS FEATURES</a>
	<ul class="sub-menu">
		<li id="menu-item-63459" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63459"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/weekly-features/blog-round-up/">Blog Round-Up</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63460" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63460"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/weekly-features/calendar/">Calendar</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63461" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63461"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/weekly-features/science-news/">Science News</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63462" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-63462"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/weekly-features/water-conditions/">Water conditions</a></li>
	</ul>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-63449" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-63449"><a href="#">HOT TOPICS</a>
	<ul class="sub-menu">
		<li id="menu-item-63463" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-63463"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/bay-delta-water-quality-control-plan/">Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63464" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-63464"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/california-water-fix/">California Water Fix</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63465" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-63465"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/oroville-dam-spillway/">Oroville Dam Spillway</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63466" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-63466"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/sustainable-groundwater-management-act/">Sustainable Groundwater Management Act</a></li>
	</ul>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-63450" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-63450"><a href="#">STATE AGENCIES</a>
	<ul class="sub-menu">
		<li id="menu-item-63467" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-post_tag menu-item-63467"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/california-water-commission/">California Water Commission</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63468" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-post_tag menu-item-63468"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/delta-stewardship-council/">Delta Stewardship Council</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63469" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-post_tag menu-item-63469"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/department-of-water-resources/">Department of Water Resources</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-63470" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-post_tag menu-item-63470"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/state-water-resources-control-board/">State Water Resources Control Board</a></li>
	</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-41893" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-41893"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/the-notebook-file-cabinet/">CA WATER 101</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li id="menu-item-41898" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-41898"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/the-notebook-file-cabinet/californias-water-systems/">CALIFORNIA&#8217;S WATER SYSTEMS</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-59698" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-59698"><a href="https://www.kcet.org/redefine/understanding-californias-bay-delta-in-63-photos">UNDERSTANDING THE DELTA IN 63 PHOTOS</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-45648" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45648"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/groundwater/">GROUNDWATER</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-41896" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-41896"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/the-notebook-file-cabinet/delta-and-statewide-planning-processes/">DELTA &#038; STATEWIDE PLANNING PROCESSES</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-59176" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-59176"><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2921589">GUIDE TO CA WATER RIGHTS</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-59472" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-59472"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/water-management-toolbox/">WATER MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li id="menu-item-67056" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-67056"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/water-management-toolbox/">MAIN PAGE</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-67055" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-67055"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/more-reliable-water-supplies-for-california/">MORE RELIABLE WATER SUPPLIES FOR CALIFORNIA</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-59464" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-59464"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/resource-pages/">RESOURCE PAGES</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li id="menu-item-59465" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-59465"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/resource-pages/storm-and-flood-management-resources-on-the-internet-radar-satellite-river-stages-rainfall-maps-atmospheric-rivers-and-more/">STORM AND FLOOD MGT RESOURCES ON THE WEB</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-59466" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-59466"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/resource-pages/water-and-hydrology-resources-on-the-internet-reservoir-conditions-precipitation-indexes-snow-charts-drought-maps-and-more/">WATER AND HYDROLOGY RESOURCES ON THE WEB</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-59467" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-59467"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/resource-pages/maps-and-diagrams/">MAPS AND DIAGRAMS</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-59468" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-59468"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/resource-pages/glossary-2/">TERMS AND DEFINITIONS</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-66593" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-66593"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/calendar/">CALENDAR</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li id="menu-item-42317" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-42317"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/calendar/">MONTHLY VIEW (ALL EVENTS)</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-35632" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-35632"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/about/">ABOUT</a>
<ul class="sub-menu">
	<li id="menu-item-43132" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-43132"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/about/">ABOUT PAGE</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-59786" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-59786"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/about/advisory-committee/">ADVISORY COMMITTEE</a></li>
	<li id="menu-item-43131" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-43131"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/notebook-supporters/">FUNDING</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-55335" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-55335"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/donate/">DONATE</a></li>
</ul>		</nav>

	</div>

	
	<div id="wrap" class="clearfix">
		
		<section id="content" class="primary" role="main">
		
					
		
	<article id="post-68642" class="post-68642 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-daily-digest tag-california-water-news">
	
		<h1 class="entry-title post-title">DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Westlands water settlement in limbo; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#8217;s struggle is America&#8217;s tale; $300 billion war beneath the street; and more &#8230;</h1>		
		<div class="entry-meta postmeta"><span class="meta-date"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/" title="7:46 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-11-12T07:46:16+00:00">November 12, 2017</time></a></span><span class="meta-author author vcard"> <a class="url fn n" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/author/adminnotebook/" title="View all posts by Maven" rel="author">Maven</a></span>
	<span class="meta-category">
		<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/category/latest-news/daily-digest/" rel="category tag">DAILY DIGEST</a>	</span>

</div>

		<div class="entry clearfix">
						<h5><a href="http://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="68654" data-permalink="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/mono-lake-cabins-sliderbox/" data-orig-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox.jpg" data-orig-size="880,350" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T1i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1509279336&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Mono Lake Cabins Sliderbox" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox-400x159.jpg" data-large-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox.jpg" class="aligncenter wp-image-68654 size-full" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox.jpg" alt="" width="880" height="350" srcset="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox.jpg 880w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox-400x159.jpg 400w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox-768x305.jpg 768w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mono-Lake-Cabins-Sliderbox-600x240.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px" /></a>In California water news this weekend, Westlands water settlement in limbo; Federal vacancies would impede recovery from next drought, Natural Resources secretary says; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Photo gallery: Bay Area Students Turn Legos into Robots; The Oroville Dam spillway was wrecked months ago. Here&#8217;s where the repairs stand as rain season looms; Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#8217;s struggle is America&#8217;s tale; $300 billion war beneath the street: Fighting to replace America&#8217;s pipes; and more &#8230;</h5>
<h3>In the news this weekend &#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Westlands water settlement in limbo</strong>: &#8220;<em>This year, the annual bill governing national defense policy almost settled a three-decades-old conflict in California over toxic water draining from farm fields.  Lawmakers finished resolving the differences between the House and Senate versions of the military bill, legislation that addresses troop numbers and overseas operations, on Wednesday. They considered — but ultimately dropped — a rider, the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1769" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act</a>, that would have confirmed a 2015 settlement transferring federal responsibility for dealing with contaminated water in California’s Westlands Water District to the district. .</em>.. &#8221;  Read more from High Country News here:  <a href="http://www.hcn.org/articles/water-california-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Westlands water settlement in limbo</a></p>
<p><strong>Federal vacancies would impede recovery from next drought, Natural Resources secretary says</strong>:  &#8220;<em>California Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird, who lives in Santa Cruz, said the state will be in trouble if another drought strikes as federal support remains uncertain.  Key U.S. departmental vacancies could hamper negotiations for emergency relief, Laird said after the Democratic Women’s Club of Santa Cruz County meeting Saturday. Laird and Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, spoke to about 70 people in Santa Cruz. ..</em>. &#8221; Read more from the Santa Cruz Sentinel here:  <a href="http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20171111/NEWS/171119931" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal vacancies would impede recovery from next drought, Natural Resources secretary says</a></p>
<p><strong>Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management</strong>:  &#8220;<em>Weather forecasting has come a long way, but it still has a long way to go before it will be a reliable tool for making water management decisions. That was the message delivered by various expert speakers during a half-day workshop titled “Can We Really Predict the Weather? The Latest in Forecasting.”  The workshop, co-sponsored by the California Department of Water Resources and ACWA on Thursday, Nov. 9, featured presentations from local water district representatives, DWR and NASA. DWR Director Grant Davis and ACWA Deputy Executive Director for External Affairs Jennifer Persike kicked off the workshop with opening remarks.</em> &#8230; &#8221; Read more from ACWA&#8217;s Water News here:  <a href="https://www.acwa.com/news/workshop-explores-importance-improved-forecasting-water-management/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management</a></p>
<p><strong>Photo gallery: Bay Area Students Turn Legos into Robots:</strong> &#8221; &#8230; <em>This weekend, more than 600 student teams across Northern California (and their robots) participated in qualifying tournaments for the <a href="http://www.norcalfll.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FIRST LEGO League</a> competition. The robots were built by the students with Lego pieces and other materials and had to do specific tasks on a pre-set ping-pong sized table — pushing buttons, grabbing Lego items, pulling levers — all within a set amount of time.  The science and engineering competition’s theme this year was <a href="https://www.first-lego-league.org/en/2017/hydrodynamics.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hydro dynamics</a>, and the students were responsible for programming their robots to meet the challenges around water. ..</em>. &#8221;  Read more from KQED here:  <a href="https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/11/photos-bay-area-students-turn-legos-into-robots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Photo gallery: Bay Area Students Turn Legos into Robots:</a></p>
<p><strong>The Oroville Dam spillway was wrecked months ago.  Here&#8217;s where the repairs stand as rain season looms</strong>:  &#8220;<em>New images released by state water officials Thursday highlight the immensity of repairs made to the <a id="PLTRA00171" class="taxInlineTagLink" title="Oroville Dam" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/environmental-issues/oroville-dam-PLTRA00171-topic.html">Oroville Dam</a> spillway as seasonal rains begin to fall once again.  More than an inch of rain is expected in the area between Thursday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.  In a series of photographs released by the California Department of Water Resources, workers contracted by the state are shown drilling, blasting, and smoothing out portions of the damaged spillway and the earthen pool below it.</em> &#8230; &#8221;  Read more from the LA Times here:  <a href="http://www.latimes.com/la-me-ln-oroville-spillway-repair-20171109-htmlstory.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Oroville Dam spillway was wrecked months ago.  Here&#8217;s where the repairs stand as rain season looms</a></p>
<p><strong>Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#8217;s struggle is America&#8217;s tale</strong>:  &#8220;<em>The mayhem that Hurricane Harvey unleashed on Houston didn’t only come from the sky. On the ground, it came sweeping in from the Katy Prairie some 30 miles west of downtown.  Water drains naturally in this stretch of Texas, or at least it used to. At more than 600 square miles, Houston has grown to be as big as Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia combined, a giant spread of asphalt smothering many of the floodplains that once shuttled water from the prairies to the sea. When finished, the newest road to ring the city and propel its expansion, called the Grand Parkway, will encircle an area equivalent to all of Rhode Island.</em> &#8230; &#8221;  Read more from the New York Times here:  <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/11/climate/houston-flooding-climate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#8217;s struggle is America&#8217;s tale</a></p>
<div id="interactive-ClimateSeries" class="g-interactive small"><strong>$300 billion war beneath the street: Fighting to replace America&#8217;s pipes</strong>:  &#8220;<em>Bursting pipes. Leaks. Public health scares.  America is facing a crisis over its crumbling water infrastructure, and fixing it will be a monumental and expensive task.  Two powerful industries, plastic and iron, are locked in a lobbying war over the estimated <a href="http://www.bluefieldresearch.com/ns/pipe-suppliers-market-opportunity/">$300 billion</a> that local governments will spend on water and sewer pipes over the next decade.  It is a battle of titans, raging just inches beneath our feet.</em> &#8230; &#8221;  Read more from the New York Times here:  <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/climate/water-pipes-plastic-lead.html?_r=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$300 billion war beneath the street: Fighting to replace America&#8217;s pipes</a></div>
<h3>In regional news and commentary this weekend &#8230;</h3>
<p><strong>Two contracts approved to continue work on J levee replacement</strong>:  &#8220;<em>A Willows firm been awarded an $8.8 million contract to continue the construction of a new levee to protect Hamilton City, according to a press release from Reclamation District 2140.  The Army Corps of Engineers recently approved two contracts: $600,000 to Landology, Inc. of Lincoln to prepare the project site this winter and $8.8 million to James Fisher Jr. Excavating of Willows for levee construction next spring.  The work next year will be the second of four phases of construction to build a new setback levee to replace the ancient J Levee.</em> &#8230; &#8221;  Read more from the Chico Enterprise-Record here: <a href="http://www.chicoer.com/general-news/20171111/two-contracts-approved-to-continue-work-on-j-levee-replacement" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Two contracts approved to continue work on J levee replacement</a></p>
<p><strong>Solano groundwater agency budget set at $60,000 to get started</strong>:  &#8220;<em>The groundwater sustainability agency that includes Solano County and seven other agencies Thursday set its initial budget Thursday at $60,000.  “The budget is set, and we will call that seed money to get up and running,” Supervisor Skip Thomson said in a phone interview Friday.  The seed money establishes the administrative structure, headed by Chris Lee at the Solano County Water Agency, to start developing a groundwater management plan required by the Groundwater Management Act enacted in 2014.</em> &#8230; &#8221;  Read more from the Daily Republic here:  <a href="http://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/solano-county/solano-groundwater-agency-budget-set-at-60k-to-get-started/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Solano groundwater agency budget set at $60,000 to get started</a></p>
<p><strong>South Coast board poised to make another decision on Doheny desalination facility</strong>:  &#8220;<em>A proposed desalination facility producing 5 million gallons of drinkable water a day would satisfy the needs of all <a href="https://www.scwd.org/default.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South Coast Water District</a> customers, district General Manager Andy Brunhart said this week, though he added the agency would not rely completely on that source to serve ratepayers.  The 5-acre <a href="https://www.scwd.org/default.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doheny Ocean Desalination Project</a> would be built on 30 acres of district-owned property near San Juan Creek in Dana Point.</em> &#8230; &#8221;  Read more from the LA Times here:  <a href="http://www.latimes.com/socal/coastline-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-lb-doheny-desalination-analysis-20171110-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South Coast board poised to make another decision on Doheny desalination facility</a></p>
<p><strong>San Diego:  Dudek to study Rainbow Municipal Water District groundwater recovery potential</strong>:  &#8220;<em>Dudek will be studying the possibility of the Rainbow Municipal Water District obtaining some of its water supply from the Bonsall Groundwater Basin of the San Luis Rey River.  The board voted 5-0 to approve a $572,903 contract with Dudek, Oct. 24, to provide engineering services for studies which would bring a Bonsall Groundwater Basin desalter project closer to implementation.  “This project is to evaluate what water rights we have in the Bonsall basin and the feasibility of extracting that,” Rainbow general manager Tom Kennedy said. ..</em>. &#8221;  Read more from Valley News here:  <a href="http://myvalleynews.com/homeandgarden/dudek-to-study-rainbow-municipal-water-district-groundwater-recovery-potential/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Diego:  Dudek to study Rainbow Municipal Water District groundwater recovery potential</a></p>
<h3>Precipitation watch &#8230;</h3>
<p class="jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent">This slideshow requires JavaScript.</p><div id="gallery-68642-2-slideshow" class="slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow slideshow-black" data-trans="fade" data-autostart="1" data-gallery="[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/weather-1-8.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;68693&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;weather 1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/weather-2-4.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;68694&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;weather 2&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/weather-3-3.png&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;68695&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;weather 3&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageGallery"></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mavensnotebook.com/category/daily-digest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Click here to read more editions of the Daily Digest.</strong></a></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://eepurl.com/IXovD"><img data-attachment-id="18998" data-permalink="https://mavensnotebook.com/2014/07/13/daily-digest-weekend-edition-unusual-water-deals-struck-federal-judge-wont-stop-water-transfers-big-operation-at-lake-oroville-to-prepare-for-cold-water-release-hydropower-production-suffering/daily-emails/" data-orig-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Daily-emails.png" data-orig-size="1000,938" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Daily emails" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Daily-emails-300x281.png" data-large-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Daily-emails.png" class="alignright wp-image-18998" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Daily-emails-300x281.png" alt="Daily emails" width="138" height="129" srcset="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Daily-emails-300x281.png 300w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Daily-emails.png 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px" /></a>Sign up for daily email service and you&#8217;ll never miss a post!</strong></h3>
<p>Sign up for daily emails and get all the Notebook&#8217;s aggregated and original water news content delivered to your email box by 9AM. Breaking news alerts, too. <a href="http://eepurl.com/IXovD" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sign me up!</a></p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
<strong>About the Daily Digest:</strong> The Daily Digest is a collection of selected news articles, commentaries and editorials appearing in the mainstream press. Items are generally selected to follow the focus of the Notebook blog. The Daily Digest is published every weekday with a weekend edition posting on Sundays.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.MavensNotebook.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maven&#8217;s Notebook</a></span><br />
<em>where California water news never goes home for the weekend</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/no-weekends.png"><img data-attachment-id="19774" data-permalink="https://mavensnotebook.com/2014/08/03/daily-digest-weekend-edition-lawmakers-to-regroup-in-september-on-federal-drought-legislation-as-democrats-introduce-a-new-water-bill-making-more-water-from-tainted-farm-drainage-the-anti-tunnel-r/no-weekends/" data-orig-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/no-weekends.png" data-orig-size="938,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="no weekends" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/no-weekends-281x300.png" data-large-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/no-weekends.png" class="aligncenter wp-image-19774 " src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/no-weekends-281x300.png" alt="no weekends" width="70" height="75" srcset="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/no-weekends-281x300.png 281w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/no-weekends.png 938w" sizes="(max-width: 70px) 100vw, 70px" /></a></p>
<div class="tptn_counter" id="tptn_counter_68642">(Visited 725 times, 1 visits today)</div><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/" data-text="DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Westlands water settlement in limbo; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#039;s struggle is America&#039;s tale; $300 billion war beneath the street; and more ..."  >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li class="share-linkedin"><div class="linkedin_button"><script type="in/share" data-url="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/" data-counter="right"></script></div></li><li class="share-pocket"><div class="pocket_button"><a href="https://getpocket.com/save" class="pocket-btn" data-lang="en" data-save-url="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/" data-pocket-count="horizontal" >Pocket</a></div></li><li class="share-reddit"><div class="reddit_button"><iframe src="https://www.reddit.com/static/button/button1.html?newwindow=true&width=120&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fmavensnotebook.com%2F2017%2F11%2F12%2Fdaily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is%2F&amp;title=DAILY%20DIGEST%2C%20weekend%20edition%3A%20Westlands%20water%20settlement%20in%20limbo%3B%20Workshop%20explores%20the%20importance%20of%20improved%20forecasting%20on%20water%20management%3B%20Lessons%20from%20Hurricane%20Harvey%3A%20Houston%27s%20struggle%20is%20America%27s%20tale%3B%20%24300%20billion%20war%20beneath%20the%20street%3B%20and%20more%20..." height="22" width="120" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/?share=email" target="_blank" title="Click to email this to a friend"><span>Email</span></a></li><li class="share-print"><a rel="nofollow" data-shared="" class="share-print sd-button" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/#print" target="_blank" title="Click to print"><span>Print</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div>			<!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
			xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
			xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/">
		<rdf:Description rdf:about="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/"
    dc:identifier="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/"
    dc:title="DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Westlands water settlement in limbo; Workshop explores the importance of improved forecasting on water management; Lessons from Hurricane Harvey: Houston&#8217;s struggle is America&#8217;s tale; $300 billion war beneath the street; and more &#8230;"
    trackback:ping="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/trackback/" />
</rdf:RDF> -->
			<div class="page-links"></div>			
		</div>
		
		<div class="postinfo clearfix">			<span class="meta-comments">
				<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/#respond">Leave a comment</a>			</span>

				<span class="meta-tags">
					<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/california-water-news/" rel="tag">California water news</a>				</span>

			</div>

	</article>			
					
				
		


	<div id="comments">
	
		
					
		<div id="respond" class="comment-respond">
							<h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">Leave a Reply					<small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small>
				</h3>
						<form id="commentform" class="comment-form">
				<iframe src="https://jetpack.wordpress.com/jetpack-comment/?blogid=142002782&#038;postid=68642&#038;comment_registration=0&#038;require_name_email=1&#038;stc_enabled=1&#038;stb_enabled=1&#038;show_avatars=1&#038;avatar_default=mystery&#038;greeting=Leave+a+Reply&#038;greeting_reply=Leave+a+Reply+to+%25s&#038;color_scheme=light&#038;lang=en_US&#038;jetpack_version=5.7.1&#038;sig=ccec790458924c32815cb04216c07c1a38a8ca18#parent=https%3A%2F%2Fmavensnotebook.com%2F2017%2F11%2F12%2Fdaily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is%2F" style="width:100%; height: 430px; border:0;" name="jetpack_remote_comment" class="jetpack_remote_comment" id="jetpack_remote_comment"></iframe>
				<!--[if !IE]><!-->
				<script>
					document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
						var commentForms = document.getElementsByClassName('jetpack_remote_comment');
						for (var i = 0; i < commentForms.length; i++) {
							commentForms[i].allowTransparency = false;
							commentForms[i].scrolling = 'no';
						}
					});
				</script>
				<!--<![endif]-->
			</form>
		</div>

		
		<input type="hidden" name="comment_parent" id="comment_parent" value="" />

				
	</div>

		
		</section>
		
		
	<section id="sidebar" class="secondary clearfix" role="complementary">

		<aside id="media_image-77" class="widget widget_media_image clearfix"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/donate/" target="_blank"><img width="500" height="329" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Support-Mavens-Notebook-Ad-2017-1.jpg" class="image wp-image-68688 aligncenter attachment-full size-full" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" srcset="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Support-Mavens-Notebook-Ad-2017-1.jpg 500w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Support-Mavens-Notebook-Ad-2017-1-400x263.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" data-attachment-id="68688" data-permalink="https://mavensnotebook.com/support-mavens-notebook-ad-2017-2/" data-orig-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Support-Mavens-Notebook-Ad-2017-1.jpg" data-orig-size="500,329" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1435680010&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Support Maven&#8217;s Notebook Ad 2017" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Support-Mavens-Notebook-Ad-2017-1-400x263.jpg" data-large-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Support-Mavens-Notebook-Ad-2017-1.jpg" /></a></aside><aside id="media_image-78" class="widget widget_media_image clearfix"><a href="http://www.CAWaterLibrary.net" target="_blank"><img width="500" height="250" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CWL-Now-online.jpg" class="image wp-image-68016 aligncenter attachment-full size-full" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" srcset="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CWL-Now-online.jpg 500w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CWL-Now-online-400x200.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" data-attachment-id="68016" data-permalink="https://mavensnotebook.com/cwl-now-online/" data-orig-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CWL-Now-online.jpg" data-orig-size="500,250" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="CWL Now online" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CWL-Now-online-400x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CWL-Now-online.jpg" /></a></aside><aside id="media_image-69" class="widget widget_media_image clearfix"><a href="http://mavensnotebook.com/notebook-supporters/" target="_blank"><img width="500" height="250" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Thank-you-to-my-funders.jpg" class="image wp-image-51847 aligncenter attachment-full size-full" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" srcset="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Thank-you-to-my-funders.jpg 500w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Thank-you-to-my-funders-400x200.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" data-attachment-id="51847" data-permalink="https://mavensnotebook.com/thank-you-to-my-funders/" data-orig-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Thank-you-to-my-funders.jpg" data-orig-size="500,250" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Thank you to my funders" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Thank-you-to-my-funders-400x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Thank-you-to-my-funders.jpg" /></a></aside><aside id="text-23" class="widget widget_text clearfix"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>SEARCH THE NOTEBOOK</span></h3>			<div class="textwidget">Enter your search term here to search all posts:
<script>
  (function() {
    var cx = '001246366267280070626:tdntwgigbzk';
    var gcse = document.createElement('script');
    gcse.type = 'text/javascript';
    gcse.async = true;
    gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') +
        '//www.google.com/cse/cse.js?cx=' + cx;
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
    s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s);
  })();
</script>
<gcse:search></gcse:search></div>
		</aside><aside id="text-21" class="widget widget_text clearfix">			<div class="textwidget">Browse posts, filtering by category and/or tag:


				<form action="" method="post" class="searchandfilter">
					<div>
						<ul><li><select  name='ofcategory' id='ofcategory' class='postform' >
	<option value='0' selected='selected'>All Categories</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="454">ANNOUNCEMENTS</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="187">Best of the Notebook</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="86">Blog Round-Up</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="329">Breaking News</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="141">Calendar</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="243">Conferences and Seminars</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="118">DAILY DIGEST</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="251">Friday Flashback</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="105">Guest blogger</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="213">LATEST NEWS</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="214">Legislative Hearings</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="6">Meetings</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="253">News and Features</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="145">News Worth Noting</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="206">NOTEBOOK NEWS ARTICLES</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="143">OTHER NEWS</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="54">Other News Item</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="87">Science Features</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="208">Science News</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="122">Speeches and profiles</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1">Uncategorized</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="85">Water conditions</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="468">Weekly Digest</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="207">WEEKLY FEATURES</option>
</select>
<input type="hidden" name="ofcategory_operator" value="and" /></li><li><select  name='ofpost_tag' id='ofpost_tag' class='postform' >
	<option value='0' selected='selected'>All Tags</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1476">abandoned boats</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="135">ACWA</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="93">adaptive management</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="333">agricultural water conservation</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="90">agriculture</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="361">AquAlliance</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="229">Army Corps of Engineers</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="317">Assembly Committee on Water Parks and Wildlife</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="316">Assm Comm on Accountability &amp; Admin Review</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="314">Assm Comm on Reg Approach to Water Crisis</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="71">atmospheric rivers</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="10">Bay Delta Conservation Plan</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="200">Bay Delta Science Conference</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="393">Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="11">Bay-Delta Plan</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1477">benthic macroinvertebrates</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1488">Best Management Practices</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="13">biological objectives</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="133">biological opinions</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="287">Brown Bag Seminar</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="14">Bureau of Reclamation</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="362">C-WIN</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="438">Cadillac Desert</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="18773">Cal Water Fix</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="290">California Eco Restore</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="455">California Irrigation Institute</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="318">California Natural Resources Agency</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="291">California Salmon and Climate Variability Symposium</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="359">California Sportfishing Protection Alliance</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="124">California Water Action Plan</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="271">California Water Commission</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="278">California Water Fix</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="326">California Water Law Symposium</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="167">California water news</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="82">California Water Plan</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="267">California Water Policy Conference</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="64">California Water Policy Seminar Series</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="412">Californians for Water Security</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="461">Cannabis</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="293">Capitol Weekly</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="410">Capitol Weekly Water 2016</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="282">carbon sequestration</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="153">CASGEM</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="115">Central Valley Flood Protection Plan</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="53">Central Valley Project</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="392">Central Valley Water Board</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16191">charter cities</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="477">citizen science</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="223">climate change</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="306">Colorado River</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16292">Colorado River Aqueduct</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1480">Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="198">conjunctive management</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1403">Consumptive use study</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16190">contract impairment</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="453">conveyance</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="154">CSAMP</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="185">curtailments</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1483">D-1641</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="257">Delta</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="365">Delta as a place</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="302">Delta Challenges</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="297">Delta Conservancy</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="431">Delta Conservation Framework</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="227">Delta ecosystem</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="70">Delta Independent Science Board</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="226">Delta inflows &amp; outflows</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="193">Delta levee investment strategy</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16291">Delta levees</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="366">Delta Narratives</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="24">Delta Plan</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="288">Delta Plan Interagency Implementation Committee</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="298">Delta Protection Commission</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="26">Delta Science Plan</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="301">Delta Science Program</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="67">delta smelt</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="418">Delta smelt symposium</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="273">Delta Stewardship Council</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="279">Delta tunnels</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="28">Delta Watermaster</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="131">Department of Fish and Wildlife</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="320">Department of Food and Ag</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1484">Department of Pesticide Regulation</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="29">Department of Water Resources</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="363">Dept of Toxic Substances Control</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="30">desalination</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="439">Dr. Peter Moyle</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="101">drought</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="136">economic analysis</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="239">ecosystem management</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1478">ecosystem restoration</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="123">Ecosystem Restoration Program</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="164">endangered species</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="219">environmental data</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="483">environmental flows</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="307">Environmental Protection Agency</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1479">Estuary Blueprint</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="129">Fall Midwater Trawl</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="114">federal legislation</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1509">federal water policy</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="409">Felicia Marcus</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="134">Fish Restoration Program Agreement</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="77">flood management</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16897">Flood MAR</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="17415">floodplains</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="482">functional flows</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="481">greenhouse gas emissions</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="34">groundwater</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="237">groundwater adjudication</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="111">groundwater banking</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1482">groundwater management</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="478">groundwater recharge</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="216">guest blogger</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="470">H.R. 23</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="107">habitat restoration</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="232">humor</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="106">hydrology</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="234">infrastructure funding</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="81">Integrated Regional Water Management</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="170">Interagency Ecological Program</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="126">invasive species</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="414">Kern County Water Agency</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="128">land subsidence</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="372">landscape ecology</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="159">lawsuits and legal rulings</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="299">legal panel discussions</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="256">Legislative Analyst&#8217;s Office</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="292">legislative hearings</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="103">levees</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="161">longfin smelt</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16290">Los Angeles Aqueduct</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="15270">mercury</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="189">methylmercury</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="39">Metropolitan Water District</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="203">modeling</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1487">monitoring</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="415">Mountain Counties Water Resources Association</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="40">National Heritage Area</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="315">National Water Research Institute</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="325">New Directions for U.S. Water Policy</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="120">North Delta Water Agency</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="413">Northern California Water Association</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="358">NRDC</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1486">nutrients</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="305">on-site water treatment</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="442">Oroville Dam Spillway</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="360">Pacific Institute</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="242">People News</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="241">permitting</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1485">pesticides</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="294">Planning and Conservation League Symposium</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="261">planning and management</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16189">policy &#8211; state</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="41">Public Policy Institute of California</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="269">Reasonable Use</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="147">reconciliation ecology</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="43">recycled water</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="151">regulatory assurances</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="225">reservoir reoperation</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="433">resilient landscapes</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="357">Restore the Delta</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="270">Russian River</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1524">salinity</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="76">salmon</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="166">San Diego County Water Authority</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1507">San Diego County Water District</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="283">San Francisco Bay</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="441">San Francisco Estuary &amp; Watershed Science</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="432">San Francisco Estuary Institute</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1481">San Francisco Estuary Partnership</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="323">San Gabriel Valley Water Forum</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="75">San Joaquin River</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="74">San Joaquin River Restoration</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="331">San Luis Reservoir</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="121">Santa Clara Valley Water District</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="162">science</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="224">science action agenda</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="281">sea level rise</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16293">seismic issues</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="327">Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="310">Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="308">Senate Select Committee on the Delta</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="330">Shasta Dam</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="139">Sites Reservoir</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="196">sliderbox</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="231">snow survey</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="416">Southern California Water Committee</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="113">state legislation</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="467">State of Bay Delta Science 2016</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="374">State of the Estuary</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="240">State of the Estuary conference</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1510">state water policy</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="45">State Water Project</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="254">State Water Resources Control Board</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="475">stormwater</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="258">stormwater capture</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="480">subsidence</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1506">sustainability</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="272">Sustainable Groundwater Management Act</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="16188">takings</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="321">TEDx</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="163">Temperance Flat</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="108">Term 91</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="280">tidal marsh</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="150">tribal water issues</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="295">UC Drought Summit</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="201">UCANR Insights: Water and Drought</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="384">Union of Concerned Scientists</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="188">upper watershed management</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="466">urban water</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="184">urban water conservation</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="127">USGS</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="160">water allocations</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="47">water bond</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="285">Water conditions</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="334">water curtailments</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="190">water efficiency</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="228">water history</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1511">water infrastructure</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="117">water law</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="266">water management</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="236">water markets</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="48">water policy</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="469">Water project operations</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="49">water quality</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="259">water recycling</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="50">water rights</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="430">Water Smart Innovations</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="109">water storage</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="286">Water Storage Investment Program</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="354">water supply</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="388">water supply reliability</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="152">water transfers</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1505">water use efficiency</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="51">water-energy nexus</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="677">waters of the state</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="217">weather and climate</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="218">website news</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1508">Westlands Water District</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="678">wetlands regulation</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="1404">WIIN Act</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="235">wildlife</option>
	<option class="level-0" value="78">Yolo Bypass</option>
</select>
<input type="hidden" name="ofpost_tag_operator" value="and" /></li><li><input type="hidden" name="ofsubmitted" value="1">
							<input type="submit" value="Submit">
						</li></ul></div>
				</form>
</div>
		</aside><aside id="text-24" class="widget widget_text clearfix"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>SIGN UP FOR DAILY OR WEEKLY EMAIL SERVICE</span></h3>			<div class="textwidget"><!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form -->
<link href="//cdn-images.mailchimp.com/embedcode/classic-10_7.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style type="text/css">
	#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; }
	/* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.
	   We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */
</style>
<div id="mc_embed_signup">
<form action="//MavensNotebook.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=88af2b23c65f1c863838dd9a5&amp;id=8016c7be31" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank" novalidate>
    <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll">
	<h4>Sign up for free email service and enjoy the convenience of receiving all the Notebook's news in your inbox.  Daily emails arrive by 9am; Weekly emails are delivered Fridays at 10am.  
By subscribing to Maven's Notebook, you'll always be one of the first to know! </h4>
<div class="indicates-required"><span class="asterisk">*</span> indicates required</div>
<div class="mc-field-group">
	<label for="mce-EMAIL">Email Address  <span class="asterisk">*</span>
</label>
	<input type="email" value="" name="EMAIL" class="required email" id="mce-EMAIL">
</div>
<div class="mc-field-group input-group">
    <strong>Subscribers </strong>
    <ul><li><input type="checkbox" value="1" name="group[1][1]" id="mce-group[1]-1-0"><label for="mce-group[1]-1-0">Daily Emails: Full Service (6 days + Breaking News)</label></li>
<li><input type="checkbox" value="2" name="group[1][2]" id="mce-group[1]-1-1"><label for="mce-group[1]-1-1">Daily Emails: Monday through Friday only; no breaking news</label></li>
<li><input type="checkbox" value="4" name="group[1][4]" id="mce-group[1]-1-2"><label for="mce-group[1]-1-2">Weekly emails from Maven's Notebook</label></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="mc-field-group input-group">
    <strong>Email Format </strong>
    <ul><li><input type="radio" value="html" name="EMAILTYPE" id="mce-EMAILTYPE-0"><label for="mce-EMAILTYPE-0">html</label></li>
<li><input type="radio" value="text" name="EMAILTYPE" id="mce-EMAILTYPE-1"><label for="mce-EMAILTYPE-1">text</label></li>
</ul>
</div>
	<div id="mce-responses" class="clear">
		<div class="response" id="mce-error-response" style="display:none"></div>
		<div class="response" id="mce-success-response" style="display:none"></div>
	</div>    <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->
    <div style="position: absolute; left: -5000px;" aria-hidden="true"><input type="text" name="b_88af2b23c65f1c863838dd9a5_8016c7be31" tabindex="-1" value=""></div>
    <div class="clear"><input type="submit" value="Sign me up!" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" class="button"></div>
    </div>
</form>
</div>

<!--End mc_embed_signup--></div>
		</aside><aside id="blog_subscription-5" class="widget jetpack_subscription_widget clearfix"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>SIGN UP FOR INSTANT EMAIL SERVICE</span></h3>
			<form action="#" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" id="subscribe-blog-blog_subscription-5">
				<div id="subscribe-text"><p>Want your news sooner than 9am?  Enter your email address for this list and you'll receive an email instantly, every time there's a new post!</p>
</div>					<p id="subscribe-email">
						<label id="jetpack-subscribe-label" for="subscribe-field-blog_subscription-5">
							Enter your email address						</label>
						<input type="email" name="email" required="required" class="required" value="" id="subscribe-field-blog_subscription-5" placeholder="Enter your email address" />
					</p>

					<p id="subscribe-submit">
						<input type="hidden" name="action" value="subscribe" />
						<input type="hidden" name="source" value="https://mavensnotebook.com/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/" />
						<input type="hidden" name="sub-type" value="widget" />
						<input type="hidden" name="redirect_fragment" value="blog_subscription-5" />
												<input type="submit" value="Sign me up!" name="jetpack_subscriptions_widget" />
					</p>
							</form>

			<script>
			/*
			Custom functionality for safari and IE
			 */
			(function( d ) {
				// In case the placeholder functionality is available we remove labels
				if ( ( 'placeholder' in d.createElement( 'input' ) ) ) {
					var label = d.querySelector( 'label[for=subscribe-field-blog_subscription-5]' );
						label.style.clip 	 = 'rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px)';
						label.style.position = 'absolute';
						label.style.height   = '1px';
						label.style.width    = '1px';
						label.style.overflow = 'hidden';
				}

				// Make sure the email value is filled in before allowing submit
				var form = d.getElementById('subscribe-blog-blog_subscription-5'),
					input = d.getElementById('subscribe-field-blog_subscription-5'),
					handler = function( event ) {
						if ( '' === input.value ) {
							input.focus();

							if ( event.preventDefault ){
								event.preventDefault();
							}

							return false;
						}
					};

				if ( window.addEventListener ) {
					form.addEventListener( 'submit', handler, false );
				} else {
					form.attachEvent( 'onsubmit', handler );
				}
			})( document );
			</script>
				
</aside><aside id="media_image-59" class="widget widget_media_image clearfix"><a href="http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewater/bay-and-delta/understanding-californias-bay-delta-in-63-photos.html" target="_blank"><img width="375" height="150" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Delta-explained-photo-card.jpg" class="image wp-image-31554 aligncenter attachment-full size-full" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" srcset="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Delta-explained-photo-card.jpg 375w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Delta-explained-photo-card-300x120.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px" data-attachment-id="31554" data-permalink="https://mavensnotebook.com/delta-explained-photo-card/" data-orig-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Delta-explained-photo-card.jpg" data-orig-size="375,150" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1428915259&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Delta explained photo card" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Delta-explained-photo-card-300x120.jpg" data-large-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Delta-explained-photo-card.jpg" /></a></aside><aside id="custom_html-2" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html clearfix"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>UPCOMING CALENDAR EVENTS</span></h3><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><script src="//dashboard.time.ly/js/embed.js" data-src="https://events.time.ly/cpr53gp?view=compact" id="timely_compact_script"></script></div></aside><aside id="custom_html-3" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html clearfix"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><h5 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mavensnotebook.com/calendar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to view the complete calendar.</a></h5></div></aside><aside id="tzwb-social-icons-2" class="widget tzwb-social-icons clearfix"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>MORE WAYS TO STAY IN TOUCH</span></h3>
		<div class="tzwb-content tzwb-clearfix">

			<ul id="menu-social-media" class="tzwb-social-icons-menu social-icons-menu menu"><li id="menu-item-26894" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-26894"><a href="http://mavensnotebook.com/feed"><span class="screen-reader-text">RSS Feed</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-26893" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-26893"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chris-maven-austin/19/650/507"><span class="screen-reader-text">LinkedIn</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-26891" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-26891"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MavensNotebook"><span class="screen-reader-text">Facebook</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-26892" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-26892"><a href="https://twitter.com/MavensNotebook"><span class="screen-reader-text">Twitter</span></a></li>
<li id="menu-item-52682" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-52682"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mavensnotebook/"><span class="screen-reader-text">Instagram</span></a></li>
</ul>
		</div>

		</aside><aside id="widget_tptn_pop-5" class="widget tptn_posts_list_widget clearfix"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>TODAY&#8217;S MOST POPULAR POST</span></h3><div class="tptn_posts_daily  tptn_posts_widget tptn_posts_widget5"><ul><li><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/16/daily-digest-endangered-winter-run-chinook-expand-range-giving-hope-species-changes-cal-water-fix-opponents-requesting-new-permit-approval-meteorologists-say-even-miracle-march/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><img src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Survey-map-Daily-Digest-sliderbox-150x150.jpg" alt="DAILY DIGEST: Endangered winter-run chinook expand range, giving hope for species; Changes to Cal Water Fix have opponents requesting new permit approval; Why meteorologists say even a &#039;Miracle March&#039; can&#039;t save dismally dry winter; Zinke to implement massive Interior overhaul despite criticism; and more ..." title="DAILY DIGEST: Endangered winter-run chinook expand range, giving hope for species; Changes to Cal Water Fix have opponents requesting new permit approval; Why meteorologists say even a &#039;Miracle March&#039; can&#039;t save dismally dry winter; Zinke to implement massive Interior overhaul despite criticism; and more ..." width="150" height="150" class="tptn_thumb tptn_featured" /></a><span class="tptn_after_thumb"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/16/daily-digest-endangered-winter-run-chinook-expand-range-giving-hope-species-changes-cal-water-fix-opponents-requesting-new-permit-approval-meteorologists-say-even-miracle-march/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><span class="tptn_title">DAILY DIGEST: Endangered winter-run chinook expand range, giving hope for species; Changes to Cal Water Fix have opponents requesting new permit approval; Why meteorologists say even a &#8216;Miracle March&#8217; can&#8217;t save dismally dry winter; Zinke to implement massive Interior overhaul despite criticism; and more &#8230;</span></a><span class="tptn_date"> February 16, 2018</span>  <span class="tptn_list_count">(25)</span></span></li></ul><div class="tptn_clear"></div></div></aside><aside id="widget_tptn_pop-4" class="widget tptn_posts_list_widget clearfix"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>MOST POPULAR POSTS LAST 7 DAYS</span></h3><div class="tptn_posts_daily  tptn_posts_widget tptn_posts_widget4"><ul><li><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/12/reservoir-water-conditions-february-12-2018/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><img src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Precip-History-1-150x150.png" alt="RESERVOIR AND WATER CONDITIONS for February 12, 2018" title="RESERVOIR AND WATER CONDITIONS for February 12, 2018" width="150" height="150" class="tptn_thumb tptn_featured" /></a><span class="tptn_after_thumb"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/12/reservoir-water-conditions-february-12-2018/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><span class="tptn_title">RESERVOIR AND WATER CONDITIONS for February 12, 2018</span></a><span class="tptn_date"> February 12, 2018</span>  <span class="tptn_list_count">(965)</span></span></li><li><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/13/just-dwr-releases-economic-analysis-showing-value-investing-waterfix/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><img src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/DWR-Logo-Sliderbox-150x150.png" alt="THIS JUST IN ... DWR Releases Economic Analysis Showing Value of Investing in WaterFix" title="THIS JUST IN ... DWR Releases Economic Analysis Showing Value of Investing in WaterFix" width="150" height="150" class="tptn_thumb tptn_featured" /></a><span class="tptn_after_thumb"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/13/just-dwr-releases-economic-analysis-showing-value-investing-waterfix/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><span class="tptn_title">THIS JUST IN &#8230; DWR Releases Economic Analysis Showing Value of Investing in WaterFix</span></a><span class="tptn_date"> February 13, 2018</span>  <span class="tptn_list_count">(864)</span></span></li><li><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/14/cal-water-fix-metropolitan-committee-discusses-possible-staged-construction-project/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><img src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Metropolitan-Seal-sliderbox-150x150.jpg" alt="CAL WATER FIX: Metropolitan Committee discusses the possible staged construction of the project" title="CAL WATER FIX: Metropolitan Committee discusses the possible staged construction of the project" width="150" height="150" class="tptn_thumb tptn_featured" /></a><span class="tptn_after_thumb"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/14/cal-water-fix-metropolitan-committee-discusses-possible-staged-construction-project/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><span class="tptn_title">CAL WATER FIX: Metropolitan Committee discusses the possible staged construction of the project</span></a><span class="tptn_date"> February 14, 2018</span>  <span class="tptn_list_count">(713)</span></span></li><li><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/11/daily-digest-weekend-edition-oroville-dam-one-year-crisis-distrust-lingers-big-questions-remain-debate-emerges-speed-prop-1-projects-bottled-water-giant-nestle-tells-california-re/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><img src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Discovery-Park-150x150.jpg" alt="DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Oroville Dam: one year after crisis, distrust lingers, big questions remain; Debate emerges over speed of Prop 1 projects; Bottled water giant Nestle tells California regulators it&#039;s entitled to continue piping water; A little bit of snow in the forecast; and more ..." title="DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Oroville Dam: one year after crisis, distrust lingers, big questions remain; Debate emerges over speed of Prop 1 projects; Bottled water giant Nestle tells California regulators it&#039;s entitled to continue piping water; A little bit of snow in the forecast; and more ..." width="150" height="150" class="tptn_thumb tptn_featured" /></a><span class="tptn_after_thumb"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/11/daily-digest-weekend-edition-oroville-dam-one-year-crisis-distrust-lingers-big-questions-remain-debate-emerges-speed-prop-1-projects-bottled-water-giant-nestle-tells-california-re/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><span class="tptn_title">DAILY DIGEST, weekend edition: Oroville Dam: one year after crisis, distrust lingers, big questions remain; Debate emerges over speed of Prop 1 projects; Bottled water giant Nestle tells California regulators it&#8217;s entitled to continue piping water; A little bit of snow in the forecast; and more &#8230;</span></a><span class="tptn_date"> February 11, 2018</span>  <span class="tptn_list_count">(620)</span></span></li><li><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/13/daily-digest-dry-hot-winter-closes-ski-resorts-stalls-wildflower-blooms-revives-drought-fears-drought-restrictions-wasteful-water-habits-coming-back-permanently-drones-wireles/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><img src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Survey-map-Daily-Digest-sliderbox-150x150.jpg" alt="DAILY DIGEST: Dry, hot winter closes ski resorts, stalls wildflower blooms and revives drought fears; Drought restrictions on wasteful water habits could be coming back permanently; Drones and wireless sensors take CA water research to new level; Trump budget seeks 23% cut at EPA; and more ..." title="DAILY DIGEST: Dry, hot winter closes ski resorts, stalls wildflower blooms and revives drought fears; Drought restrictions on wasteful water habits could be coming back permanently; Drones and wireless sensors take CA water research to new level; Trump budget seeks 23% cut at EPA; and more ..." width="150" height="150" class="tptn_thumb tptn_featured" /></a><span class="tptn_after_thumb"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/02/13/daily-digest-dry-hot-winter-closes-ski-resorts-stalls-wildflower-blooms-revives-drought-fears-drought-restrictions-wasteful-water-habits-coming-back-permanently-drones-wireles/"    target="_blank"  class="tptn_link"><span class="tptn_title">DAILY DIGEST: Dry, hot winter closes ski resorts, stalls wildflower blooms and revives drought fears; Drought restrictions on wasteful water habits could be coming back permanently; Drones and wireless sensors take CA water research to new level; Trump budget seeks 23% cut at EPA; and more &#8230;</span></a><span class="tptn_date"> February 13, 2018</span>  <span class="tptn_list_count">(564)</span></span></li></ul><div class="tptn_clear"></div></div></aside><aside id="media_image-71" class="widget widget_media_image clearfix"><a href="http://www.cawaterjobs.org/" target="_blank"><img width="500" height="250" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cawaterjobs-org.jpg" class="image wp-image-52508 alignnone attachment-full size-full" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" srcset="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cawaterjobs-org.jpg 500w, https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cawaterjobs-org-400x200.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" data-attachment-id="52508" data-permalink="https://mavensnotebook.com/cawaterjobs-org/" data-orig-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cawaterjobs-org.jpg" data-orig-size="500,250" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="cawaterjobs-org" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cawaterjobs-org-400x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cawaterjobs-org.jpg" /></a></aside><aside id="zflickr-2" class="widget widget_flickr clearfix"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>MAVEN'S PHOTO LIBRARY ON FLICKR</span></h3><div id="fbw-" class="flickr-badge-wrapper ltr zframe-flickr-wrap-ltr default"><ul><li id="flickr_badge_image1" class="flickr_badge_image"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mavensnotebook/9026575637/" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/9026575637_c1966c5b6a_m.jpg" alt="A photo on Flickr" title="Owens Lake dust control project #151" height="160" width="240"></a></li></ul></div><span style="position:absolute;left:-999em;top:-999em;visibility:hidden" class="flickr_badge_beacon"><img src="https://geo.yahoo.com/p?s=792600102&amp;t=65aa76e6dbf4387ef1c1364fca0c37b5&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fbadge_code_v2.gne%3Fcount%3D1%26display%3Drandom%26size%3Dm%26layout%3Dx%26source%3Duser%26user%3D97052295%2540N04&amp;fl_ev=0&amp;lang=en&amp;intl=us" width="0" height="0" alt=""></span>
<p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mavensnotebook/sets" target="_blank">Click here to visit Maven's photo library on flickr.</a></p></p></aside>
	</section>
	</div>
	

				
		<div id="footer-widgets-bg">
		
			<div id="footer-widgets-wrap" class="container">
			
				<div id="footer-widgets" class="clearfix">
				
					<div class="footer-widgets-left">
					
						<div class="footer-widget-column">
							<aside id="twitter_timeline-2" class="widget widget_twitter_timeline"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>FOLLOW MAVEN ON TWITTER</span></h3><a class="twitter-timeline" data-height="400" data-theme="light" data-link-color="#f96e5b" data-border-color="#e8e8e8" data-lang="EN" data-partner="jetpack" data-widget-id="680801256386899968">My Tweets</a></aside>						</div>
						<div class="footer-widget-column">
													</div>
						
					</div>
					
					<div class="footer-widgets-left">				
						
						<div class="footer-widget-column">
							<aside id="wdi_instagram_widget-3" class="widget wdi_instagram_widget"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>Instagram Feed</span></h3>    <style type="text/css">
      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_container {
        width: 100%;
        background-color: #FFFFFF; /*feed_container_bg_color*/
        border-bottom: 5px solid #FFFFFF; /*feed_container_bg_color*/;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_wrapper {
        width: 100%; /*feed_wrapper_width,column number * image size*/
        background-color: #FFFFFF; /*feed_wrapper_bg_color*/
        text-align: left; /*header_position*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_header {
        margin: 0px; /*header_margin*/
        padding: 5px; /*header_padding*/
        border: 0px solid #DDDDDD; /*header_border_size, header_border_color*/
        text-align: left; /*header_position*/
        display: none; /*if display-header is true display:block*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_header_img_wrap, .wdi_users_img_wrap {
        height: 40px; /*header_img_width*/
        width: 40px; /*header_img_width*/
        border-radius: 0px; /*header_img_width*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_header_text {
        font-size: 18px;
        font-style: normal;
        padding: 5px; /*header_text_padding*/
        color: #0f4973; /*header_text_color*/
        font-weight: 400; /*header_font_weight*/
        line-height: 40px; /*header_img_width*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_single_user {
        padding-top: 5px; /*user_padding*/
        padding-bottom: 5px; /*user_padding*/
        padding-left: 5px; /*user_padding*/
        padding-right: 5px; /*user_padding*/
      }

            #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_header_user_text {
        padding-top: 5.5px;

      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_header_user_text h3 {
        margin-top: 5.5px;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_header_hashtag h3 {
        margin-top: 11px;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_header_user_text h3 {
        font-size: 18px;
        font-style: normal;
        line-height: 18px;
        color: #0f4973; /*header_text_color*/;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_user_img_wrap img {
        height: 40px;
        width: 40px;
        border-radius: 40px;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_media_info {
        /*display: inline-block;*/
        margin-left: 50px;
        line-height: 18px;
        color: #0f4973; /*header_text_color !mmm/ seperate*/
        display: block      }


      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_bio {
        color: #0f4973; /*header_text_color*/
        font-size: 14px; /*header_text_color*/
      }


      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_follow_btn {
        border-radius: 3px;
        font-size: 18px;
        background-color: #ffffff;
        border-color: #0f4973;
        color: #0f4973;
        margin-left: 10px;
        padding: 0 25px;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_follow_btn:hover {
        border-color: #0f4973;
        color: #0f4973;
        background-color: #ffffff;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_filter_overlay {
        width: 40px; /*user_img_width*/
        height: 40px; /*user_img_width*/
        border-radius: 40px; /*user_img_width*/
        background-color: #125688;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_filter_icon span {
        width: 40px; /*header_img_width*/
        height: 40px; /*header_img_width*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_photo_wrap {
        padding: 5px; /*photo_wrap_padding*/
        width: calc(100% - 2 *5px);
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_photo_wrap_inner {
        border: 5px solid #ffffff; /*photo_wrap_border_size,photo_wrap_border_color*/
        background-color: #FFFFFF; /*photo_wrap_bg_color*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_photo_img {
        border-radius: 0px; /*photo_img_border_radius*/
      }


      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_item {
        width: 100%; /*thumbnail_size*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_photo_meta {
        background-color: #FFFFFF; /*photo_meta_bg_color*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_thumb_likes {
        width: 50%; /*photo_meta_one_line==false else 100%*/
        float: left; /*photo_meta_one_line==true else float none*/
        font-size: 13px; /*photo_caption_font_size*/;
        color: #8a8d8e; /*like_text_color*/

      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_thumb_comments {
        width: 50%; /*photo_meta_one_line==false else 100%*/
        float: left; /*photo_meta_one_line==true else float none*/
        font-size: 13px; /*photo_caption_font_size*/;
        color: #8a8d8e; /*comment_text_color*/

      }


      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_photo_title {
        font-size: 14px; /*photo_caption_font_size*/
        color: #125688; /*photo_caption_color*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_photo_title:hover {
        color: #8e8e8e;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_load_more_spinner {
        color: #1e73be; /*load_more_text_color*/
        font-size: 18.2px; /*load_more_text_font_size*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_load_more,
      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_spinner {
        background-color: #FFFFFF; /*feed_container_bg_color*/
        text-align: center; /*load_more_position*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_load_more_wrap,
      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_spinner_wrap {
        padding: 4px; /*load_more_padding*/
        background-color: #ffffff; /*load_more_bg_color*/
        border-radius: 500px; /*load_more_border_radius*/
        height: 90px; /*load_more_height*/
        width: 90px; /*load_more_width*/
        border: 1px solid #0f4973; /*load_more_border_size, load_more_border_color*/;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_load_more_text {
        color: #1e73be; /*load_more_text_color*/
        font-size: 14px; /*load_more_text_font_size*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_load_more_text img {
        height: 90px; /*load_more_height*/
        width: 90px; /*load_more_height*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_load_more_wrap:hover {
        background-color: transparent; /*load_more_wrap_hover_color*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_pagination {
        text-align: center; /*load_more_position*/
        color: #0f4973; /*pagination_ctrl_color*/
        font-size: 40px; /*pagination_size*/
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_pagination_ctrl {
        margin: 15px;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_pagination_ctrl:hover {
        color: #25292c;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_photo_overlay:hover {
        background-color: #125688;
        opacity: 0.5;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_photo_overlay i {
        font-size: 25px;
        color: #FFFFFF;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_filter_active_bg {
        background-color: #2a5b83;
      }

      #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_filter_active_col {
        color: #2a5b83;
        border-color: #2a5b83;
      }

            @media screen and (min-width: 800px) and (max-width: 1024px) {
        #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_item {
          width: 100%; /*thumbnail_size*/
          margin: 0;
          display: inline-block;
          vertical-align: top;
          overflow: hidden;
        }

        #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_container {
          width: 100%;
          margin: 0 auto;
          background-color: #FFFFFF; /*feed_container_bg_color*/
        }

      }

      @media screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 800px) {
        #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_item {
          width: 100%; /*thumbnail_size*/
          margin: 0;
          display: inline-block;
          vertical-align: top;
          overflow: hidden;
        }

        #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_container {
          width: 100%;
          margin: 0 auto;
          background-color: #FFFFFF; /*feed_container_bg_color*/
        }
      }

      @media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
        #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_item {
          width: 100%; /*thumbnail_size*/
          margin: 0;
          display: inline-block;
          vertical-align: top;
          overflow: hidden;
        }

        #wdi_feed_0 .wdi_feed_container {
          width: 100%;
          margin: 0 auto;
          background-color: #FFFFFF; /*feed_container_bg_color*/
        }
      }

          </style>
    
    <div id="wdi_feed_0" class="wdi_feed_main_container wdi_layout_th"  >
      <div id="wdi_spider_popup_loading_0" class="wdi_spider_popup_loading"></div>
      <div id="wdi_spider_popup_overlay_0" class="wdi_spider_popup_overlay"
           onclick="wdi_spider_destroypopup(1000)"></div>
      <div class="wdi_feed_container">
        <div class="wdi_feed_info">
          <div id="wdi_feed_0_header" class='wdi_feed_header'></div>
          <div id="wdi_feed_0_users" class='wdi_feed_users'></div>
        </div>
                <div class="wdi_feed_wrapper wdi_col_1"
             wdi-res='wdi_col_1'></div>
        <div class="wdi_clear"></div>

        <div  class="wdi_js_error ">Something is wrong.<br/></div><div  class="wdi_token_error wdi_hidden">Instagram token error.</div>      </div>
    </div>
        <style>
          </style>
        <script>
          </script>
    </aside>						</div>
						<div class="footer-widget-column">
							<aside id="tag_cloud-2" class="widget widget_tag_cloud"><h3 class="widgettitle"><span>TAGS</span></h3><div class="tagcloud"><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/acwa/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-135 tag-link-position-1" style="font-size: 9.0824742268041pt;" aria-label="ACWA (30 items)">ACWA</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/bay-delta-plan/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-11 tag-link-position-2" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="Bay-Delta Plan (21 items)">Bay-Delta Plan</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/bay-delta-conservation-plan/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-10 tag-link-position-3" style="font-size: 15.288659793814pt;" aria-label="Bay Delta Conservation Plan (224 items)">Bay Delta Conservation Plan</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/bay-delta-science-conference/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-200 tag-link-position-4" style="font-size: 9.0103092783505pt;" aria-label="Bay Delta Science Conference (29 items)">Bay Delta Science Conference</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/brown-bag-seminar/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-287 tag-link-position-5" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="Brown Bag Seminar (21 items)">Brown Bag Seminar</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/bureau-of-reclamation/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-14 tag-link-position-6" style="font-size: 10.164948453608pt;" aria-label="Bureau of Reclamation (43 items)">Bureau of Reclamation</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/california-water-commission/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-271 tag-link-position-7" style="font-size: 11.60824742268pt;" aria-label="California Water Commission (68 items)">California Water Commission</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/california-water-fix/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-278 tag-link-position-8" style="font-size: 14.061855670103pt;" aria-label="California Water Fix (149 items)">California Water Fix</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/california-water-news/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-167 tag-link-position-9" style="font-size: 22pt;" aria-label="California water news (1,908 items)">California water news</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/california-water-policy-seminar-series/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-64 tag-link-position-10" style="font-size: 8.7938144329897pt;" aria-label="California Water Policy Seminar Series (27 items)">California Water Policy Seminar Series</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/central-valley-project/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-53 tag-link-position-11" style="font-size: 10.886597938144pt;" aria-label="Central Valley Project (54 items)">Central Valley Project</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/climate-change/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-223 tag-link-position-12" style="font-size: 9.5876288659794pt;" aria-label="climate change (35 items)">climate change</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/delta/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-257 tag-link-position-13" style="font-size: 9.0824742268041pt;" aria-label="Delta (30 items)">Delta</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/delta-inflows-outflows/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-226 tag-link-position-14" style="font-size: 9.2268041237113pt;" aria-label="Delta inflows &amp; outflows (31 items)">Delta inflows &amp; outflows</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/delta-plan/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-24 tag-link-position-15" style="font-size: 10.742268041237pt;" aria-label="Delta Plan (51 items)">Delta Plan</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/delta-smelt/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-67 tag-link-position-16" style="font-size: 9.2989690721649pt;" aria-label="delta smelt (32 items)">delta smelt</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/delta-stewardship-council/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-273 tag-link-position-17" style="font-size: 13.917525773196pt;" aria-label="Delta Stewardship Council (143 items)">Delta Stewardship Council</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/delta-tunnels/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-279 tag-link-position-18" style="font-size: 14.783505154639pt;" aria-label="Delta tunnels (189 items)">Delta tunnels</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/department-of-water-resources/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-29 tag-link-position-19" style="font-size: 12.907216494845pt;" aria-label="Department of Water Resources (104 items)">Department of Water Resources</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/drought/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-101 tag-link-position-20" style="font-size: 15.577319587629pt;" aria-label="drought (246 items)">drought</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/endangered-species/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-164 tag-link-position-21" style="font-size: 10.525773195876pt;" aria-label="endangered species (48 items)">endangered species</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/federal-legislation/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-114 tag-link-position-22" style="font-size: 11.536082474227pt;" aria-label="federal legislation (66 items)">federal legislation</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/groundwater/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-34 tag-link-position-23" style="font-size: 13.19587628866pt;" aria-label="groundwater (114 items)">groundwater</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/guest-blogger/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-216 tag-link-position-24" style="font-size: 9.5876288659794pt;" aria-label="guest blogger (35 items)">guest blogger</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/habitat-restoration/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-107 tag-link-position-25" style="font-size: 10.59793814433pt;" aria-label="habitat restoration (49 items)">habitat restoration</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/hydrology/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-106 tag-link-position-26" style="font-size: 9.8041237113402pt;" aria-label="hydrology (38 items)">hydrology</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/lawsuits-and-legal-rulings/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-159 tag-link-position-27" style="font-size: 10.453608247423pt;" aria-label="lawsuits and legal rulings (47 items)">lawsuits and legal rulings</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/legislative-hearings/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-292 tag-link-position-28" style="font-size: 9.8041237113402pt;" aria-label="legislative hearings (38 items)">legislative hearings</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/metropolitan-water-district/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-39 tag-link-position-29" style="font-size: 11.39175257732pt;" aria-label="Metropolitan Water District (63 items)">Metropolitan Water District</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/oroville-dam-spillway/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-442 tag-link-position-30" style="font-size: 10.59793814433pt;" aria-label="Oroville Dam Spillway (49 items)">Oroville Dam Spillway</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/public-policy-institute-of-california/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-41 tag-link-position-31" style="font-size: 8.1443298969072pt;" aria-label="Public Policy Institute of California (22 items)">Public Policy Institute of California</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/salmon/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-76 tag-link-position-32" style="font-size: 9.0103092783505pt;" aria-label="salmon (29 items)">salmon</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/science-2/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-162 tag-link-position-33" style="font-size: 14.711340206186pt;" aria-label="science (186 items)">science</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/state-legislation/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-113 tag-link-position-34" style="font-size: 11.247422680412pt;" aria-label="state legislation (60 items)">state legislation</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/state-water-project/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-45 tag-link-position-35" style="font-size: 12.690721649485pt;" aria-label="State Water Project (97 items)">State Water Project</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/state-water-resources-control-board/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-254 tag-link-position-36" style="font-size: 14.494845360825pt;" aria-label="State Water Resources Control Board (174 items)">State Water Resources Control Board</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/sustainable-groundwater-management-act/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-272 tag-link-position-37" style="font-size: 11.752577319588pt;" aria-label="Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (72 items)">Sustainable Groundwater Management Act</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/urban-water-conservation/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-184 tag-link-position-38" style="font-size: 10.670103092784pt;" aria-label="urban water conservation (50 items)">urban water conservation</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/water-allocations/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-160 tag-link-position-39" style="font-size: 8.7938144329897pt;" aria-label="water allocations (27 items)">water allocations</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/water-bond/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-47 tag-link-position-40" style="font-size: 10.742268041237pt;" aria-label="water bond (52 items)">water bond</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/water-policy/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-48 tag-link-position-41" style="font-size: 13.412371134021pt;" aria-label="water policy (122 items)">water policy</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/water-quality/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-49 tag-link-position-42" style="font-size: 10.814432989691pt;" aria-label="water quality (53 items)">water quality</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/water-rights/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-50 tag-link-position-43" style="font-size: 9.5876288659794pt;" aria-label="water rights (35 items)">water rights</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/water-storage/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-109 tag-link-position-44" style="font-size: 10.309278350515pt;" aria-label="water storage (45 items)">water storage</a>
<a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/tag/weather-and-climate/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-217 tag-link-position-45" style="font-size: 9.8041237113402pt;" aria-label="weather and climate (38 items)">weather and climate</a></div>
</aside>						</div>
						
					</div>
					
				</div>
				
			</div>
		
		</div>
		

	<footer id="footer" class="clearfix" role="contentinfo">

		
		<div id="footer-text">

			
		</div>

	</footer>

</div><!-- end #wrapper -->

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hard_working_on_computer_anim_150_clr_7364.gif"><img class=" wp-image-12882 aligncenter" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hard_working_on_computer_anim_150_clr_7364.gif" alt="hard_working_on_computer_anim_150_clr_7364" width="73" height="73" /></a><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: book antiqua,palatino;"><strong>MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>The diary of a confessed obsessive-compulsive California water news junkie
</em></p>
 
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This website was developed, built, and implemented by Chris Austin (Maven) using the <a href="http://themezee.com/themes/smartline/" target="_blank">Smartline theme by Theme Zee</a>.  © Maven's Notebook, 2017</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Thank you for visiting!</strong></p>
<br class="none" />

<p style="text-align: center;"><button id="button-scroll">Scroll to top </button></p>
<br class="none" />

<!-- Quantcast Tag -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var _qevents = _qevents || [];

(function() {
var elem = document.createElement('script');
elem.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://secure" : "http://edge") + ".quantserve.com/quant.js";
elem.async = true;
elem.type = "text/javascript";
var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
scpt.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, scpt);
})();

_qevents.push({
qacct:"p-EmH3ZLeJCMnhS"
});
</script>

<noscript>
<div style="display:none;">
<img src="//pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-EmH3ZLeJCMnhS.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/>
</div>
</noscript>
<!-- End Quantcast tag -->


	<script type="text/javascript">
		window.WPCOM_sharing_counts = {"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/2017\/11\/12\/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is\/":68642};
	</script>
			<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script>
			<div id="fb-root"></div>
			<script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=249643311490&version=v2.3'; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
			<script>
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'post-load', function() {
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof FB ) {
					FB.XFBML.parse();
				}
			} );
			</script>
			<script type="text/javascript">
			jQuery( document ).ready( function() {
				jQuery.getScript( 'https://platform.linkedin.com/in.js?async=true', function success() {
					IN.init();
				});
			});
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'post-load', function() {
				if ( typeof IN != 'undefined' )
					IN.parse();
			});
			</script>		<script>
		// Don't use Pocket's default JS as it we need to force init new Pocket share buttons loaded via JS.
		function jetpack_sharing_pocket_init() {
			jQuery.getScript( 'https://widgets.getpocket.com/v1/j/btn.js?v=1' );
		}
		jQuery( document ).ready( jetpack_sharing_pocket_init );
		jQuery( document.body ).on( 'post-load', jetpack_sharing_pocket_init );
		</script>
			<div id="sharing_email" style="display: none;">
		<form action="/2017/11/12/daily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is/" method="post">
			<label for="target_email">Send to Email Address</label>
			<input type="email" name="target_email" id="target_email" value="" />

			
				<label for="source_name">Your Name</label>
				<input type="text" name="source_name" id="source_name" value="" />

				<label for="source_email">Your Email Address</label>
				<input type="email" name="source_email" id="source_email" value="" />

						<input type="text" id="jetpack-source_f_name" name="source_f_name" class="input" value="" size="25" autocomplete="off" title="This field is for validation and should not be changed" />
			
			<img style="float: right; display: none" class="loading" src="https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/sharedaddy/images/loading.gif" alt="loading" width="16" height="16" />
			<input type="submit" value="Send Email" class="sharing_send" />
			<a rel="nofollow" href="#cancel" class="sharing_cancel">Cancel</a>

			<div class="errors errors-1" style="display: none;">
				Post was not sent - check your email addresses!			</div>

			<div class="errors errors-2" style="display: none;">
				Email check failed, please try again			</div>

			<div class="errors errors-3" style="display: none;">
				Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.			</div>
		</form>
	</div>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='wdi_frontend_thumbnails-css'  href='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/wd-instagram-feed/css/wdi_frontend.min.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='font-awesome-css'  href='//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/js/devicepx-jetpack.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/twitter-timeline.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var jetpackCarouselStrings = {"widths":[370,700,1000,1200,1400,2000],"is_logged_in":"","lang":"en","ajaxurl":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","nonce":"426e10e55e","display_exif":"1","display_geo":"1","single_image_gallery":"1","single_image_gallery_media_file":"","background_color":"white","comment":"Comment","post_comment":"Post Comment","write_comment":"Write a Comment...","loading_comments":"Loading Comments...","download_original":"View full size <span class=\"photo-size\">{0}<span class=\"photo-size-times\">\u00d7<\/span>{1}<\/span>","no_comment_text":"Please be sure to submit some text with your comment.","no_comment_email":"Please provide an email address to comment.","no_comment_author":"Please provide your name to comment.","comment_post_error":"Sorry, but there was an error posting your comment. Please try again later.","comment_approved":"Your comment was approved.","comment_unapproved":"Your comment is in moderation.","camera":"Camera","aperture":"Aperture","shutter_speed":"Shutter Speed","focal_length":"Focal Length","copyright":"Copyright","comment_registration":"0","require_name_email":"1","login_url":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmavensnotebook.com%2F2017%2F11%2F12%2Fdaily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is%2F","blog_id":"1","meta_data":["camera","aperture","shutter_speed","focal_length","copyright"],"local_comments_commenting_as":"<fieldset><label for=\"email\">Email (Required)<\/label> <input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" class=\"jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-text-field\" id=\"jp-carousel-comment-form-email-field\" \/><\/fieldset><fieldset><label for=\"author\">Name (Required)<\/label> <input type=\"text\" name=\"author\" class=\"jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-text-field\" id=\"jp-carousel-comment-form-author-field\" \/><\/fieldset><fieldset><label for=\"url\">Website<\/label> <input type=\"text\" name=\"url\" class=\"jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-text-field\" id=\"jp-carousel-comment-form-url-field\" \/><\/fieldset>"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/carousel/jetpack-carousel.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/shortcodes/js/jquery.cycle.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var jetpackSlideshowSettings = {"spinner":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/jetpack\/modules\/shortcodes\/img\/slideshow-loader.gif","speed":"4000"};
var jetpackSlideshowSettings = {"spinner":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/jetpack\/modules\/shortcodes\/img\/slideshow-loader.gif","speed":"4000"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/shortcodes/js/slideshow-shortcode.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js'></script>
<script async="async" type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/_inc/form.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-includes/js/underscore.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/wd-instagram-feed/js/wdi_instagram.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var wdi_ajax = {"ajax_url":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"};
var wdi_url = {"plugin_url":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wd-instagram-feed\/frontend\/","ajax_url":"https:\/\/mavensnotebook.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"};
var wdi_front_messages = {"connection_error":"Connection Error, try again later :(","user_not_found":"Username not found","network_error":"Network error, please try again later :(","hashtag_nodata":"There is no data for that hashtag","filter_title":"Click to filter images by this user","invalid_users_format":"Provided feed users are invalid or obsolete for this version of plugin","feed_nomedia":"There is no media in this feed","follow":"Follow","show_alerts":"","wdi_token_flag_nonce":"cce1fcff46","wdi_token_error_flag":""};
var wdi_feed_0 = {"feed_row":{"thumb_user":"mavensnotebook","feed_name":"Maven's Instagram","feed_thumb":"https:\/\/scontent.cdninstagram.com\/t51.2885-19\/s150x150\/14033469_1159376414101522_1833306317_a.jpg","published":"1","theme_id":"1","feed_users":"[{\"username\":\"mavensnotebook\",\"id\":\"\"}]","feed_display_view":"none","sort_images_by":"date","display_order":"desc","follow_on_instagram_btn":"1","display_header":"0","number_of_photos":"2","load_more_number":"4","pagination_per_page_number":"10","pagination_preload_number":"10","image_browser_preload_number":"10","image_browser_load_number":"10","number_of_columns":"1","resort_after_load_more":"0","show_likes":"1","show_description":"0","show_comments":"1","show_usernames":"0","display_user_info":"1","display_user_post_follow_number":"1","show_full_description":"1","disable_mobile_layout":"0","feed_type":"thumbnails","feed_item_onclick":"lightbox","popup_fullscreen":"0","popup_width":"640","popup_height":"640","popup_type":"none","popup_autoplay":"0","popup_interval":"5","popup_enable_filmstrip":"0","popup_filmstrip_height":"70","autohide_lightbox_navigation":"1","popup_enable_ctrl_btn":"1","popup_enable_fullscreen":"1","popup_enable_info":"0","popup_info_always_show":"0","popup_info_full_width":"0","popup_enable_comment":"0","popup_enable_fullsize_image":"1","popup_enable_download":"0","popup_enable_share_buttons":"0","popup_enable_facebook":"0","popup_enable_twitter":"0","popup_enable_google":"0","popup_enable_pinterest":"0","popup_enable_tumblr":"0","show_image_counts":"0","enable_loop":"1","popup_image_right_click":"1","conditional_filters":"","conditional_filter_type":"none","show_username_on_thumb":"0","conditional_filter_enable":"0","liked_feed":"userhash","mobile_breakpoint":"640","redirect_url":"","feed_resolution":"optimal","id":"1","widget":true,"access_token":"3863697257.54da896.34bff9836aba434aa564d9a277494063","wdi_feed_counter":0},"data":[],"usersData":[],"dataCount":"0"};
var wdi_front = {"feed_counter":"0"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/wd-instagram-feed/js/wdi_frontend.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/wd-instagram-feed/js/wdi_responsive.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/wd-instagram-feed/js/gallerybox/jquery.mobile.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/wd-instagram-feed/js/gallerybox/jquery.fullscreen-0.4.1.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var wdi_objectL10n = {"wdi_field_required":"Field is required.","wdi_mail_validation":"This is not a valid email address.","wdi_search_result":"There are no images matching your search."};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/wd-instagram-feed/js/gallerybox/wdi_gallery_box.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var sharing_js_options = {"lang":"en","counts":"1"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/_inc/build/sharedaddy/sharing.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var windowOpen;
			jQuery( document.body ).on( 'click', 'a.share-facebook', function() {
				// If there's another sharing window open, close it.
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof windowOpen ) {
					windowOpen.close();
				}
				windowOpen = window.open( jQuery( this ).attr( 'href' ), 'wpcomfacebook', 'menubar=1,resizable=1,width=600,height=400' );
				return false;
			});
</script>

		<!--[if IE]>
		<script type="text/javascript">
			if ( 0 === window.location.hash.indexOf( '#comment-' ) ) {
				// window.location.reload() doesn't respect the Hash in IE
				window.location.hash = window.location.hash;
			}
		</script>
		<![endif]-->
		<script type="text/javascript">
			(function () {
				var comm_par_el = document.getElementById( 'comment_parent' ),
					comm_par = ( comm_par_el && comm_par_el.value ) ? comm_par_el.value : '',
					frame = document.getElementById( 'jetpack_remote_comment' ),
					tellFrameNewParent;

				tellFrameNewParent = function () {
					if ( comm_par ) {
						frame.src = "https://jetpack.wordpress.com/jetpack-comment/?blogid=142002782&postid=68642&comment_registration=0&require_name_email=1&stc_enabled=1&stb_enabled=1&show_avatars=1&avatar_default=mystery&greeting=Leave+a+Reply&greeting_reply=Leave+a+Reply+to+%25s&color_scheme=light&lang=en_US&jetpack_version=5.7.1&sig=ccec790458924c32815cb04216c07c1a38a8ca18#parent=https%3A%2F%2Fmavensnotebook.com%2F2017%2F11%2F12%2Fdaily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is%2F" + '&replytocom=' + parseInt( comm_par, 10 ).toString();
					} else {
						frame.src = "https://jetpack.wordpress.com/jetpack-comment/?blogid=142002782&postid=68642&comment_registration=0&require_name_email=1&stc_enabled=1&stb_enabled=1&show_avatars=1&avatar_default=mystery&greeting=Leave+a+Reply&greeting_reply=Leave+a+Reply+to+%25s&color_scheme=light&lang=en_US&jetpack_version=5.7.1&sig=ccec790458924c32815cb04216c07c1a38a8ca18#parent=https%3A%2F%2Fmavensnotebook.com%2F2017%2F11%2F12%2Fdaily-digest-weekend-edition-westlands-water-settlement-in-limbo-workshop-explores-the-importance-of-improved-forecasting-on-water-management-lessons-from-hurricane-harvey-houstons-struggle-is%2F";
					}
				};

				
				if ( 'undefined' !== typeof addComment ) {
					addComment._Jetpack_moveForm = addComment.moveForm;

					addComment.moveForm = function ( commId, parentId, respondId, postId ) {
						var returnValue = addComment._Jetpack_moveForm( commId, parentId, respondId, postId ),
							cancelClick, cancel;

						if ( false === returnValue ) {
							cancel = document.getElementById( 'cancel-comment-reply-link' );
							cancelClick = cancel.onclick;
							cancel.onclick = function () {
								var cancelReturn = cancelClick.call( this );
								if ( false !== cancelReturn ) {
									return cancelReturn;
								}

								if ( ! comm_par ) {
									return cancelReturn;
								}

								comm_par = 0;

								tellFrameNewParent();

								return cancelReturn;
							};
						}

						if ( comm_par == parentId ) {
							return returnValue;
						}

						comm_par = parentId;

						tellFrameNewParent();

						return returnValue;
					};
				}

				
				// Do the post message bit after the dom has loaded.
				document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {
					var iframe_url = "https:\/\/jetpack.wordpress.com";
					if ( window.postMessage ) {
						if ( document.addEventListener ) {
							window.addEventListener( 'message', function ( event ) {
								var origin = event.origin.replace( /^http:\/\//i, 'https://' );
								if ( iframe_url.replace( /^http:\/\//i, 'https://' ) !== origin ) {
									return;
								}
								jQuery( frame ).height( event.data );
							});
						} else if ( document.attachEvent ) {
							window.attachEvent( 'message', function ( event ) {
								var origin = event.origin.replace( /^http:\/\//i, 'https://' );
								if ( iframe_url.replace( /^http:\/\//i, 'https://' ) !== origin ) {
									return;
								}
								jQuery( frame ).height( event.data );
							});
						}
					}
				})

			})();
		</script>

		<script type='text/javascript' src='https://stats.wp.com/e-201807.js' async defer></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	_stq = window._stq || [];
	_stq.push([ 'view', {v:'ext',j:'1:5.7.1',blog:'142002782',post:'68642',tz:'-8',srv:'mavensnotebook.com'} ]);
	_stq.push([ 'clickTrackerInit', '142002782', '68642' ]);
</script>
</body>
</html>
