Calendar of California Water Events

This webinar will focus on The Lagunitas Creek restoration project that was completed by the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN), an initiative of Turtle Island Restoration Network. The project restores lost floodplains and native … Continue reading "FREE WEBINAR: Lagunitas Creek Habitat Restoration"

Ecological restoration efforts are being implemented in the context of a rapidly changing climate, which poses a new set of challenges and uncertainty. Climate-smart restoration is the process of enhancing ecological function of degraded, damaged, … Continue reading "WEBINAR: A framework for climate-smart restoration"

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are occurring more frequently and more extensively in drinking water sources across the globe. Cyanobacteria can produce toxins—including microcystins, nodularins, anatoxins, and/or cylindrospermopsin—as secondary metabolites, which have deleterious health effects. This … Continue reading "WEBINAR: What’s New with Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins: A Review of Leading Research"

Join Dave Polster as he discusses the restoration of drastically disturbed sites using natural processes. Learn how we can take advantage of processes that have developed over millions of years to aid in the restoration … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Natural Processes for the Restoration of Drastically Disturbed Sites"

In 2019, the Department of Water Resources approved nine out of 15 Alternative Plans submitted pursuant to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA. Groundwater Sustainability Plans for critically overdrafted basins must be submitted to … Continue reading "FREE WEBINAR: Groundwater Sustainability Plans: What We Now Know and What is Yet to be Learned"

Localized green stormwater infrastructure strategies are climate resilient water management solutions that can help local water leaders address public health and equity challenges in their community. WaterNow’s Tap into Resilience initiative provides water leaders resources … Continue reading "FREE WEBINAR: Tap into Climate Resilience: Health and Equity Benefits of Localized Green Stormwater Infrastructure"

Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs), which can appear in water bodies across the country, are an indicator of poor water quality and can potentially cause serious environmental and human and aquatic health effects. Historically, monitoring … Continue reading "Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) App Training Webinar"

Severe and persistent 21st-century drought in southwestern North America (SWNA) motivates comparisons to medieval megadroughts and questions about the role of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change. This webinar is based on research that used hydrological modeling … Continue reading "FREE WEBINAR: Impact of Anthropogenic Warming on an Emerging North American Megadrought"

Water recycling and potable reuse are gaining more importance as key elements of water supply reliability, particularly as more states develop and expand regulatory frameworks. Accordingly, continuous treatment and monitoring of an entire recycled municipal … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Digital Water Applications for System Reliability in Water Reuse Systems"

The HMSR Implementation Workshop in Spring of 2020 will include a day of presentations held electronically via Zoom. The full-day on-the-ground tour scheduled for the following day, May 15, 2020, has been delayed until further … Continue reading "Headwater Mercury Reduction Workshop"

Groundwater is one of Earth’s largest freshwater stores, yet it is often out of sight and out of mind. While groundwater is often conceptualized as a separate store from surface water, feedbacks between groundwater depth, … Continue reading "FREE WEBINAR: Hydrology from the Bottom Up: How Groundwater Shapes the Water Cycle"

We are in the midst of a revolution in computing and data. In the past 50 years we have moved from electrical analog models to massively parallel computer systems. The fastest computers in the world … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Hydrology in the Supercomputing Age: How Computational Advances Have Revolutionized Our Field, and What Big Data and Massively Parallel Simulations Mean for the Future of Hyrdologic Discovery"

DWR’s Office of Tribal Policy Advisor and Division of Regional Assistance is hosting a three-part webinar series on Tribal Regional Water Management. This meeting will discuss: Funding and technical assistance opportunities for Tribes Improving and strengthening … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Tribal Regional Water Management"

1. Drinking Water Microbiology 101. Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms. Some of the most common classes of microbes include bacteria, viruses, and protozoans. Many microscopic organisms have a long history of importance to human health … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Drinking Water Microbes 101"

Help plan for Southern California’s water future. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California prepares for the future through an Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) developed in coordination with its member agencies and retail water providers … Continue reading "Metropolitan Integrated Resources Plan Workshop"

Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5516266735605525772 Due to loss of natural ecosystems and biodiversity around the world along the past decades, international initiatives are being developed to establish a foundation for the restoration of diverse ecosystems, prioritizing ecosystem biodiversity and … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Selecting native plant material for restoration projects in different ecosystems"

Alternative water supply development is critical if Florida is to meet its future water needs. This webcast focuses on the operational perspective of reuse and its evolution from a waste stream to a resource. Water … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Water Reuse – An Operational Discussion"

GRA SoCal Branch is delighted to host Lindsey Bunting from GeoSystems Analysis, Inc. for a virtual presentation on May 20th during lunch time on Low-Cost Ephemeral Streamflow Monitoring to Determine Stormwater Runoff Characteristics for Groundwater … Continue reading "VIRTUAL MEETING: Low-cost Ephemeral Streamflow Monitoring to Determine Stormwater Runoff Characteristics for Groundwater Recharge"

Understanding groundwater and watersheds and how we monitor, assess, and sustainably manage these resources is critical and integral to California Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) and other water management programs.  Private citizens, professionals, decision makers, executives, … Continue reading "ONLINE COURSE: Introduction to Groundwater, Watersheds, and Groundwater Sustainability Plans"

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, work to manage groundwater for the long term continues as required by California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. The PPIC Water Policy Center has reviewed 36 groundwater plans for … Continue reading "VIRTUAL EVENT: A Review of San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Sustainability Plans"

Help plan for Southern California’s water future. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California prepares for the future through an Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) developed in coordination with its member agencies and retail water providers … Continue reading "Metropolitan Integrated Resources Plan Workshop"

Mark Dubois, will reflect on the state of our environment and share thoughts on strengthening the environmental movement and the efforts that led to the California and Federal Wild and Scenic River Protection Acts. Eric … Continue reading "WEBINAR: The State of Our Environment"

DWR’s Office of Tribal Policy Advisor and Division of Regional Assistance is hosting a three-part webinar series on Tribal Regional Water Management. This meeting will discuss: Funding and technical assistance opportunities for Tribes Improving and … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Tribal Regional Water Management"

The Western States Water Council is hosting this roundtable meeting as a follow-up to the first roundtable “Internet of Water Roundtable: Colorado River Basin”  organized by the Aspen Institute and Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy … Continue reading "Colorado River Basin Data and Modeling Roundtable Meeting"

Part 1 (of 2) for the sixth County Drought Advisory Group (CDAG) meeting will be held on May 27, 2020 from 9 a.m. to noon via webinar only.The purpose of this CDAG meeting is to … Continue reading "County Drought Advisory Group (CDAG) Part 1"

As the Colorado River Basin experiences 2020’s “sneaky drought” amid a long term pattern that looks increasingly like one of the region’s millennial “megadroughts” that last decades, water managers are working on ways to adapt. … Continue reading "FREE WEBINAR: Coping With Megadrought in the Colorado River Basin"

EPA scientists are building on a foundation of world-class research by applying their knowledge to reduce the risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This research will help states & territories, tribes, … Continue reading "WEBINAR: EPA Expands Research on COVID-19 in the Environment"

Through California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), local Groundwater Sustainability Agency’s (GSAs) are tasked with identifying and defining their own monitoring networks as part of their Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), with the objective to characterize … Continue reading "WEBINAR: Assessing Existing Wells to Expand GSP Monitoring Networks"

When you’re thirsty, do you grab a cup and fill it straight from the kitchen faucet, or do you reach for a bottle of your favorite brand? Is there is difference between them? During this … Continue reading "FREE WEBINAR: What’s In A Drop of Water: Debunking the Myths Surrounding Tap & Bottled Water"

Infrastructure financing has changed profoundly due to the coronavirus health crisis. Discover what top pros are thinking about when it comes to water rates, consumer assistance programs, bond issues and more during Southern California Water … Continue reading "FREE WEBINAR: Money Matters: Infrastructure Financing During the Coronavirus Crisis"