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CA WATER COMMISSION: Preparing California’s Water System for Climate Extremes

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June 17, 2020
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In October 2019, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Priorities for California’s Water, which outlined California’s water management challenges and their top priorities for add... Read More...

ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT: A new paradigm for managing California’s freshwater ecosystems

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March 25, 2020
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Californians rely on the state’s myriad of rivers and streams for things such as water supply, hydropower, recreation, fisheries, biodiversity, and more. These ecosystems and the benefits they provide are part ... Read More...

ELLEN HANAK: Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley

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May 29, 2019
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Ellen Hanak delivers four priorities for managing the implementation of SGMA in the San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley is California’s largest agricultural region and an important contributor to the nat... Read More...

ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms

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May 22, 2019
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Aerial view at Lake Oroville showing low water level, July 20, 2015. (DWR) Climate change is having a profound impact on California’s water resources, as evidenced by greater weather extremes, reduced snowp... Read More...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Upgrading the water grid

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January 30, 2019
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From left to right: Jeff Mount (PPIC), Ashley Boren (Sustainable Conservation), Curt Aikens (Yuba Water Agency), Jason Phillips (Friant Water Agency) Photo by PPIC Water Center In September of 2018, the Pub... Read More...

DR. JEFF MOUNT: Ecosystem Water Budgets: A Novel Approach to Managing Water for the Environment

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January 9, 2019
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Dr. Jeff Mount has a long history of involvement with science issues in the Delta.  As a professor at UC Davis, he started the Center for Watershed Sciences, which became home to researchers working on the Delt... Read More...

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

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November 9, 2016
359
Secretary Karen Ross, Thad Bettner, and Eric Averett discuss how implementation of the state's historic groundwater legislation is progressing as key deadlines approach The passage of the Sustainable Groundw... Read More...

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Environmental impacts, the Endangered Species Act, and extinction

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November 8, 2016
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Phil Isenberg, Jeff Mount, and Kate Poole discuss the Endangered Species Act and the state's approach to ecosystem restoration Although conditions in 2016 were somewhat wetter than the previous years, the sp... Read More...

This just in … New PPIC Report: Reforms Would Improve the Way California Allocates Water

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November 17, 2015
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Changes urges in oversight of water rights, trading, environmental uses From the Public Policy Institute of California: A set of legal and policy reforms would improve California's water allocation and water ... Read More...

This just in … PPIC Report: If Drought Continues: Environment and Poor Rural Communities Most Likely to Suffer

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August 19, 2015
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Urban areas in best shape; Farmers adapting but vulnerable If the California drought continues another two to three years, the state will face increasingly acute challenges in two areas: water supply in some l... Read More...

Latest PPIC survey finds majority of Californians say global warming contributing to drought, admit they don’t know how much water they should be saving

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July 29, 2015
65
From the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC): A solid majority of Californians believe that global warming is already having an impact, and nearly two-thirds of residents say it has contributed to t... Read More...

This just in … PPIC Establishes Water Policy Center; Releases set of 9 water policy briefs

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April 2, 2015
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From the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC): The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) today announced the establishment of a water policy center to help meet the state's urgent need for timel... Read More...

PPIC Survey Finds Californians Say Their Neighbors Aren’t Doing Enough About Drought

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March 25, 2015
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From the Public Policy Institute of California: Large majorities of Californians say the supply of water in their part of the state is a big problem and that people in their regions are not doing enough to res... Read More...

This just in … New PPIC Publication: Policy Priorities for Managing Drought

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March 16, 2015
567
New Melones Reservoir, February 20, 2015 Image: DWR New PPIC report cites four key weaknesses in drought preparation and response From the Public Policy Institute of California: "State, federal, and local w... Read More...

Flood management oversight hearing, part 1: Addressing California’s growing flood risk

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March 10, 2015
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The Sacramento River, March of 2011 With 7 million Californians and $600 billion in assets at risk, Assembly oversight hearing examines the state's liability for flood damages and  the annual $1 billion inves... Read More...
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