blog post What’s Really Important? Putting Recent Water News into Perspective By Sarah Bardeen Dec 8, 2021 Dec 8, 2021 ... We need a strategy to use uncaptured flood flows to bring groundwater basins into balance. And as the climate warms and the snowpack shrinks, ...
Fact Sheet Groundwater Recharge in California By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan, Ellen Hanak Aug 30, 2021 In places with available water, recharge is cheaper than most water supply alternatives. Climate change is bringing warmer temperatures, reduced snowpack (which ...
blog post Drought, Water Supply Are Top Environmental Concerns in California By Rachel Lawler, Annabelle Rosser, Gokce Sencan Aug 5, 2021 Aug 5, 2021 ... The warming climate is exacerbating California's drought conditions and threatening the snowpack. The current drought is leading to stressed ...
blog post Cultivating Optimism as Drought Cripples the Colorado River By Sarah Bardeen Jul 19, 2021 Jul 19, 2021 ... How is climate change responsible for what we're seeing now? JF: We watch the snowpack, because that usually tells us how much water we'll have.
blog post California’s Latest Drought in 4 Charts By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Jeffrey Mount, Michael Dettinger May 3, 2021 May 3, 2021 ... In both regions, snowpack is better than it was in 2014 and 2015—but not enough to provide significant drought relief.
Fact Sheet Droughts in California By Jeffrey Mount, Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan Apr 13, 2021 Warming is also decreasing the proportion of precipitation that falls as snow. Snowpack is an important part of the state's water storage system, accounting for ...
blog post California’s 21st Century Megadrought By Jeffrey Mount, Michael Dettinger Jun 23, 2020 Jun 23, 2020 ... Warm years diminish snowpack, reducing an important source of spring runoff into reservoirs. Extended warm and dry periods lead to snow ...
blog post Why the Big Drop in California’s Colorado River Water Use? By Lori Pottinger Mar 2, 2020 Mar 2, 2020 ... The excellent snowpack in the Sierra in 2019 meant the agency got a good water allocation from the State Water Project, meaning it needed ...
blog post A Changing Water Landscape By Ellen Hanak Jan 13, 2020 Jan 13, 2020 ... Climate change is bringing pressures that will seriously impact California's water system: warming temperatures, shrinking snowpack, ...
blog post Reducing Flood Risk in the Central Valley By Lori Pottinger Nov 19, 2019 Nov 19, 2019 ... ... “pineapple express” floods (like the January 1997 floods) that come from rainfall on large snowpack. PPIC: Talk about the flood plan.