blog post An Epic Snowpack May Test Water Management in the San Joaquin Valley By Jeffrey Mount Mar 13, 2023 Mar 13, 2023 ... First, flooding may affect a potentially wider area that's now lower and within reach of flood waters. Second, even though infrastructure that's ...
blog post Helping the San Joaquin Valley Find New Uses for Fallowed Farmland By Sarah Bardeen Mar 8, 2023 Mar 8, 2023 ... He's also a director for the Tule Basin Land and Water Conservation Trust and the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District.
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 ... In consequence, our water infrastructure and operations have long had the goal of managing for both multi-year droughts and episodic floods.
Policy Brief Policy Brief: The Future of Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ellen Hanak, Spencer Cole, Josué Medellín-Azuara Feb 8, 2023 Feb 9, 2023 ... Sources for new supplies might include local recharge, changes in operations to capture more flood flows under new climate conditions, ...
blog post Can Nine Atmospheric Rivers Recharge California’s Groundwater? By Sarah Bardeen Feb 6, 2023 Feb 6, 2023 ... We have to put quite a bit more effort into recharging water to make up for the deficit we're creating in drought years, and flooding fields is ...
blog post Video: A Conversation with California’s Legislative Leadership By Mary Severance Feb 3, 2023 Feb 3, 2023 ... Atkins and Jones largely agree on the priorities for this year's legislative session: climate change and its impact on drought, flooding, ...
blog post Can We Capture More Water in the Delta? By Sarah Bardeen Jan 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 ... All three years had periods when the San Joaquin River was flooding, ... a lot of water to prevent a disastrous flood in Sacramento; in the ...
blog post Crisis Communication Suffers During Natural Disasters By Jeffrey Mount Jan 12, 2023 Jan 12, 2023 ... My reaction to these events may highlight some challenges ahead for communication during the next flood, earthquake, or wildfire.
blog post Adapting to a Water-Scarce California By Ellen Hanak Jan 9, 2023 Jan 9, 2023 ... Flooding, power outages, and downed trees are now dominating the news. It's a remarkable shift from the past few years, which saw the driest ...
blog post The Promise of a Wet January By Jeffrey Mount Jan 5, 2023 Jan 5, 2023 ... The combination of high rainfall rates and winds causes urban and river flooding, as well as landslides and debris flows (especially in ...