blog post An Epic Snowpack May Test Water Management in the San Joaquin Valley By Jeffrey Mount Mar 13, 2023 Mar 13, 2023 ... It is reasonable, given the immense snowpack, to anticipate and prepare for a very wet spring in the Tulare Lake Basin and the adjoining San ...
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 climate shifts that California is experiencing—with warmer temperatures, less reliable snowpack, and more intense droughts—have exposed ...
blog post Can We Capture More Water in the Delta? By Sarah Bardeen Jan 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 ... Especially in the San Joaquin Valley, we need investments to put water in the ground—our largest reservoir for long-term storage (snowpack is ...
blog post Climate-Challenged California Must Learn to Thrive with Less Water By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Nov 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 ... All of these changes are impacting a water supply system designed for conditions during the mid-20th century when precipitation, snowpack, and ...
Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 ... The snowpack—that once-reliable annual source of water—is diminishing as temperatures rise. Water withdrawals during multiyear droughts are ...
Report Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 Climate warming will reduce the amount of water stored in snowpack—an important source of cold water for many native species. Additional changes include a ...
Report Land Transitions and Dust in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Jaymin Kwon, Joy Collins Jul 20, 2022 Jul 25, 2022 ... In both cases, extreme drought conditions—with extended hot, dry weather; low snowpack; and low surface water deliveries to ...
blog post Commentary: Four Strategies for Managing California’s Crucial Watershed By Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell May 23, 2022 May 23, 2022 ... This is drying out vegetation and soils, shrinking the snowpack—a key part of seasonal water storage—and reducing available runoff.
Fact Sheet The Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell May 18, 2022 The climate of the Delta watershed is changing, with warmer, more intense droughts, which are reducing the water stored in snowpack and increasing ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Tracking Where Water Goes in a Changing Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta By Greg Gartrell, Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak May 16, 2022 Climate modeling suggests that wetter periods are likely to occur in the future, but hot conditions, increasing drought intensity, reduced snowpack, and ...