EDWARD RING: Politics and the Cost of Water Infrastructure Edward Ring CommentaryDelta Conveyance ProjectPolicy and regulation July 3, 2025By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Water Policy Center When it comes to building...
STANFORD NEWS: Clusters of atmospheric rivers amp up California storm damages Stanford University Hydrology January 20, 2024When multiple atmospheric rivers hit California back-to-back, the economic damage from resulting rain and snowfall is three to four times...
DWR: State Water Project drives California’s economy Department of Water Resources (DWR) Policy and regulation December 19, 2023From the Department of Water Resources The California State Water Project is the backbone of California water infrastructure – delivering...
JOURNALIST’S RESOURCE: El Niño: What it is, how it devastates economies, and where it intersects with climate change Journalist's Resource Hydrology November 29, 2023by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s Resource There is a band of water across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, stretching from the...
GRIST: El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion Grist Hydrology May 18, 2023A new study shows the weather cycle packs a heavy financial punch. By Zoya Teirstein, Grist This story was originally...
MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Delta Conveyance Update: Preliminary cost and benefits, the mechanics of opting out, and more … Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 30, 2020Presentation covers the preliminary cost estimate, the preliminary benefits analysis, the agreement in principle for the State Water Project Delta...
GIANNINI FOUNDATION OF AG ECON: The evolving nature of California’s water economy Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics AgriculturePolicy and regulation July 31, 2020By Ariel Dinar, Doug Parker, Helen Huynh, and Amanda Tieu, Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics The California water sector faces...
THIS JUST IN … New economic report seeks to highlight significant water challenges for California communities Maven Policy and regulation March 3, 2020This is the report mentioned in today’s top story on the Daily Digest From the Water Blueprint for the San...
THE CONVERSATION: Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger The Conversation Hydrology January 27, 2020By Tom Corringham, University of California, San Diego Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably...
Dr. David Sunding and Josue Medellin-Azuara on the economics of drought Maven AgricultureNotebook News and Features October 31, 2014At the San Gabriel Valley Water Forum held at the beginning of October in Pomona, Dr. David Sunding gave a...
SDCWA BDCP Workshop: ESA regulations, the environmental review process, and “Baselines 101” Maven Best of the NotebookDelta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features December 4, 2013The San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority), a member agency of Metropolitan Water District, is dependent on imported water...
Rebuttal: NRDC’s Kate Poole fires back at the State’s analysis of the portfolio approach, saying “The portfolio approach provides more water and a more reliable water supply at less cost than provided by the current BDCP” Guest Contributor CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project September 16, 2013Kate Poole at the Natural Resources Defense Council fires back at the State’s analysis of the portfolio approach on the...