blog post An Epic Snowpack May Test Water Management in the San Joaquin Valley By Jeffrey Mount Mar 13, 2023 Mar 13, 2023 ... Second, even though infrastructure that's used to move water around in the Tulare Basin is critical to managing floodwaters, subsidence has ...
blog post Commentary: Lack of Water Is Forcing Major Changes in Valley Agriculture, New Analysis Says By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ellen Hanak, Josué Medellín-Azuara Feb 14, 2023 Feb 14, 2023 ... But regulations and infrastructure may need updating to realize water trading's full potential. And transparent, responsible trading is key.
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 ... Improving trading rules, water infrastructure, and groundwater recharge could lower the cost of adapting to the coming changes.
blog post Can Nine Atmospheric Rivers Recharge California’s Groundwater? By Sarah Bardeen Feb 6, 2023 Feb 6, 2023 ... We've now got Sustainable Groundwater Management Act implementation grants to assist with building out recharge infrastructure.
blog post Can We Capture More Water in the Delta? By Sarah Bardeen Jan 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 ... ... no big new infrastructure. In past wet years, it would have been possible to pump an additional 400,000–800,000 acre-feet in the Delta, ...
blog post Crisis Communication Suffers During Natural Disasters By Jeffrey Mount Jan 12, 2023 Jan 12, 2023 ... ... including promoting good land use planning and zoning to avoid hazards, building infrastructure to better handle storms, and ramping up ...
blog post The Promise of a Wet January By Jeffrey Mount Jan 5, 2023 Jan 5, 2023 ... Building capacity will require some infrastructure investments (particularly more conveyance), more nimble permitting to divert the water, ...
blog post California’s 2022 Fire Season: “A Remarkably Different Year” By Sarah Bardeen Dec 12, 2022 Dec 12, 2022 ... But that is a terrible cost to pay for restoration, in terms of homes lost, infrastructure damage, and forest conditions in the ...
blog post California’s Water and Energy Systems Are Inextricably Linked By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan, Andrew Ayres Dec 6, 2022 Dec 6, 2022 ... Heating water stands out as a very energy-intensive element of the water infrastructure, comprising fully one quarter of total residential ...
blog post New State and Federal Measures Aim to Manage Extreme Heat Risks By Gokce Sencan Nov 30, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... At the national level, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) ...