By Sara Hughes, Adjunct Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan; and Michael Wilson, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee...
A state appeals court decided that the different water prices for residential and agricultural customers violated state and federal constitutions....
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT: Southern Californians’ per person water use drops to lowest in 35 years
Decline by 45% supported by Metropolitan’s $1 billion investments in conservation alongside region’s commitment to sustainability. Press release from the Metropolitan Water District Southern Californians have reduced their per person potable water use by 45% since 1990, a decline driven...
Water systems aren’t designed for unlimited demands during wildland-urban interface fires. by Kylie Mohr, High Country News When wind-driven embers...
From the Delta Protection Commission: The U.S. Department of Interior today approved the Management Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National...
New National Water Availability Assessment offers critical insights into water supply, demand and quality across the Nation. From the USGS The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) today released the National Water Availability Assessment, a pioneering scientific overview of water availability that...
Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for...
By Tyler Stalker, Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento’s flood history dates back as far as the city itself. The prospect...
As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to take a new approach. By Liza Gross, Inside Climate News California officials regularly tout their global leadership on climate, yet...
From UC Merced: As wildfires grow in intensity and frequency, it’s vital that agencies and local stakeholders work together to...
Water is vital to California. Access to water and ecosystem information helps communities plan for the increasing demands caused by...
Written by Brian Zimmerman, a climate scientist at Salient Predictions. Salient is a startup that utilizes advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence to develop and provide accurate, reliable forecasts on the subseasonal-to-seasonal timescales. Additionally, Brian serves as a decision...
The country’s largest area designated for solar energy, Desert Center shows how sprawls of PV panels impact communities. Even supporters...
By Jane Berg and Rachel Sender, co-published with the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute At the end of 2022, 65...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The powerful, and politically right-leaning Westlands Water District recently teamed up with left-leaning democratic assemblymember Esmeralda Soria on renewable energy. Her bill, AB 2661, was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom last month and will allow...