blog post Sites Reservoir’s Novel Approach to Storing Water for the Environment By Gokce Sencan Mar 20, 2023 8 days ago ... Water storage for the environment played a crucial role in ... projected to amount to a little over 50,000 acre-feet of new water supply per ...
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 ... The two latest droughts—from 2012–16 and 2020–2022—have broken records for ... While there is some potential to expand surface storage, ...
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 ... Our latest research offers the most accurate, nuanced, ... and strategic investments in water conveyance and storage infrastructure.
blog post Tackling “Forever Chemicals” in the Water Supply By Sarah Bardeen Jan 19, 2023 Jan 19, 2023 ... ... the federal Safe Drinking Water Act mandates that utilities comply with new requirements within three years of adoption.
blog post Can We Capture More Water in the Delta? By Sarah Bardeen Jan 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 ... These latest restrictions are limiting the amount of water exported ... to help with managing the Delta as much as any new storage effort.
blog post Adapting to a Water-Scarce California By Ellen Hanak Jan 9, 2023 Jan 9, 2023 ... ... hot year, thanks to years of investments in water conservation, water system interconnections, storage, and new supplies.
blog post The Promise of a Wet January By Jeffrey Mount Jan 5, 2023 Jan 5, 2023 ... California has a lot of surface storage, but it tends to fill quickly during large storms. Reservoir managers then have to let water go to ...
blog post Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act By Sarah Bardeen Nov 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 ... “We now have enough storage capacity…to sustain the population at a ... But California's “new Central Valley flood-protection plan…takes a ...
event Surplus and Shortage: California’s Water Balancing Act Nov 18, 2022 As climate change accelerates, it's bringing more extreme weather to California: The dry periods are hotter and drier than ever before—and the wet periods ...
blog post Climate-Challenged California Must Learn to Thrive with Less Water By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Nov 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 ... This involves developing new storage—particularly underground—and connecting our storage to conveyance infrastructure, so that water can get ...