Climate scientist Bill Patzert gives an overview of our water reality Marc Reisner’s “Cadillac Desert” masterfully chronicled how early settlers transformed the West, turning barren desert into rich agricultural land and residential oases. Now, faced with a historic drought, a...
Successful long-term water management requires a comprehensive, integrated strategy, says John Kingsbury Written by John Kingsbury, Executive Director of the...
Guest commentary written by Robert Shibatani In the often volatile arena that is California water, the focus on river flows has once again taken center stage. On September 15, 2016, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) released the draft...
PCWA’s Andy Fecko looks at what projections for sea level rise and warming temperatures could potentially mean for water operations at Folsom and in the Delta Climate change models predict a wide range of impacts that a warming climate will...
Integrated approaches are the great challenge, but also the best hope In the Bay Area, preparing for climate change impacts is one of several drivers leading flood protection agencies to pursue nature-based flood management practices. As agencies prepare to replace...
This morning, Governor Brown delivered his State of the State address to the legislature; the Governor’s office has released the prepared text of his speech. If he stuck to the script, he addressed levees (breifly), climate change, Prop 1 and...
