blog post Testimony: Adapting California’s Water Rights System to the 21st-Century Climate By Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Jeffrey Mount Feb 28, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 ... ... of managing for both multi-year droughts and episodic floods. ... and (2) high flows that trigger flood control actions necessary to ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 Jul 25, 2022 ... The addition of 4–8 inches of irrigation helps to prevent early crop ... the root zone, but mainly in high-volume (e.g., flood) systems.
blog post California’s Rivers Could Help Protect the State from Flood and Drought By Sarah Bardeen Apr 18, 2022 Apr 18, 2022 ... Ecosystem restoration expert Julie Rentner of the nonprofit River Partners spoke with us about the benefits of restoring rivers—particularly ...
blog post Dangers Lurk in the San Joaquin Valley’s Dust By Sarah Bardeen Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022 ... Policy levers that help with dust suppression really are key. Topics. climate change Drought Floods Forests and Fires groundwater sustainability ...
Report Groundwater and Urban Growth in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Henry McCann, David Mitchell ... Sep 15, 2021 Utilities can do little to control the latter, but they do have some influence over ... space for flood recharge when supplies are intermittently available.
Report Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting By Letitia Grenier, Stephanie Panlasigui, Crissy Pickett, Gokce Sencan Aug 16, 2021 California's environmental permitting system was developed to prevent harm ... improving flood control to reduce damage from levee overtopping caused by ...
blog post Commentary: 3 Lessons for California’s Water Funding Challenges in Today’s Recession By Ellen Hanak, Jelena Jezdimirovic Oct 1, 2020 Oct 1, 2020 ... ... supply and pollution prevention, with smaller amounts for managing floods ... ecosystem and watershed restoration, and flood protection, ...
blog post Sinking Lands, Damaged Infrastructure: Will Better Groundwater Management End Subsidence? By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Jelena Jezdimirovic, Ellen Hanak May 14, 2020 May 14, 2020 ... ... rail track have been designed to prevent damage from future subsidence. ... infrastructure and to levees that provide flood protection.
blog post Reducing Flood Risk in the Central Valley By Lori Pottinger Nov 19, 2019 Nov 19, 2019 ... PPIC: Talk about managing flood risk in the valley. TIM RAMIREZ: The valley has always flooded, especially in spring when snow melts in the high ...
blog post Addressing Inequality in Flood Risk By Lori Pottinger Nov 13, 2019 Nov 13, 2019 ... PPIC: How can flooding affect social inequality? RICHARD MATTHEW: Inequity typically grows with disasters. There is a whole range of ways ...