Buffering aging levees with sloping wetlands reduces flood risk while establishing beneficial ecosystems. Key takeaways Horizontal levees offer dual benefits: Retrofitting traditional levees with sloping, wetland-like “horizontal levees” can significantly improve coastal flood protection—by up to 30 percent—while also restoring...
By Scott Lewis, Voice of San Diego This story was first published by Voice of San Diego. Sign up for VOSD’s newsletters here. I have a special podcast interview scheduled next week with Daniel Denham, the general manager of the San...
Targeted observations of Pacific conditions benefit weather forecasts nationally, save millions in reservoir costs By David Hosansky, UCAR As atmospheric...
By Marco Tule, President, Inland Empire Utilities Agency As President of the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) Board of Directors, I believe it is necessary to respond to the recent press release issued by the City of Ontario. The press...
By Edward Ring, Director, Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center Helping thousands of victims of the wildfires in Los Angeles rebuild is an urgent concern, prompting, among other things, efforts to streamline the building permit process and...
By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute OpenET, a nonprofit initiative focused on improving water management with accessible, satellite-based evapotranspiration (ET)...
California frequently experiences multi-year droughts, a natural aspect of our highly variable climate. However, climate change intensifies both the frequency...
From DWR: California’s increasingly severe droughts are not just a challenge for water managers — they fuel extreme wildfires, threaten communities, and strain ecosystems. The devastating fires experienced this year in Southern California, following months of record-dry conditions and coupled...
