Pushing homeowners away from the water is proving difficult. They want to protect property values; the state wants to save...
Is the State on the Right Track? Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani It’s been about 30-years since the UN based...
…Not as currently configured, says Robert Shibatani Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels of seeming indemnity and security, typically demonstrated through some standard of legally established priority. Water entitlements have been long-standing icons...
A living shoreline is a shoreline protection alternative that relies on the strategic placement of plants, stone, sand fill, and...
Climate change is already transforming California’s water cycle, putting stress on the state’s rigidly engineered water infrastructure as well as...
Planning for future conditions has always involved uncertainty, but the additional uncertainty imposed by a changing climate means new approaches are needed for exploring system vulnerabilities and potential adaptation responses. At the 2019 State of the Estuary conference, Andrew Schwarz,...
Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani Whether you are a water utility manager, elected official, or homeowner, future water availability is...
Assessment looks at six categories of vulnerability: wildfire, extreme heat, sea level rise, long-term persistent hydrologic changes, short-term extreme hydrologic...
At the February meeting of the California Water Commission, the Commissioners heard a presentation on the Climate Registry, approved new regulations for dam safety fees, received an update on the Water Storage Investment Program, and started their annual review of...
Dr. Udall discusses the Colorado River’s hydrology, climate change impacts, shortage risk, and the Drought Contingency Plan Dr. Brad Udall...
The latest climate change assessments show reduced Delta exports and carryover storage due to climate change likely by mid-century In...
From the Department of Water Resources, Sustainable Groundwater Management Office: Three, new climate change tools are now available on the California Natural Resources Agency Open Data Platform to assist local agencies with groundwater planning. The tools are: ArcGIS tool designed...
John Durand looks at the effects of the 2012-2016 drought on the Delta from the environmental, economic, and stakeholder perspectives...
A new NASA-led study shows the events are likely to intensify, but become slightly less frequent, across most of the...
By Julie Chao, Berkeley Lab California relies on the Sierra Nevada snowpack for a significant portion of its water needs, yet scientists understand very little about how future changes in snowpack volume and timing will influence surface water and groundwater....