blog post Tackling “Forever Chemicals” in the Water Supply By Sarah Bardeen Jan 19, 2023 Jan 19, 2023 ... Much has been made of two drinking water pollutants recently: PFAS and microplastics. We spoke with Jason Dadakis of the Orange County Water ...
blog post Can We Capture More Water in the Delta? By Sarah Bardeen Jan 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 ... We spoke with PPIC Water Policy Center adjunct fellow Greg Gartrell to ... water supply in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta in wet years.
blog post Adapting to a Water-Scarce California By Ellen Hanak Jan 9, 2023 Jan 9, 2023 ... Water supplies are tight, and managers are preparing for a possible fourth year of drought. And perhaps most troubling, freshwater ecosystems ...
blog post The Promise of a Wet January By Jeffrey Mount Jan 5, 2023 Jan 5, 2023 ... In California's deeply variable climate, with its extreme swings between wet and dry, atmospheric rivers are essential to the water supply.
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 ... Population growth and climate change will likely increase pressure on California's water and energy supplies. Better integrating decisions ...
Fact Sheet Water and Energy in California By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan, Andrew Ayres Dec 5, 2022 Dec 6, 2022 ... Improving water use efficiency can reduce energy consumption; conversely, improving energy efficiency can reduce impacts on water supply and ...
blog post Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act By Sarah Bardeen Nov 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 ... After three years of virtual events, the PPIC Water Policy Center's annual fall conference made a welcome return to an in-person format in ...
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 ... Managing water in our increasingly volatile climate is becoming more challenging: even if we do everything right, water supplies are likely ...
Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... Where possible, farmers also pump additional groundwater to make up for lower surface supplies. This pumping keeps cropland in production, but ...