blog post Sites Reservoir’s Novel Approach to Storing Water for the Environment By Gokce Sencan Mar 20, 2023 10 hours ago ... Water storage for the environment played a crucial role in ... an asset for flexibly managing water supply for environmental purposes.
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 ... PPIC Water Policy Center director Ellen Hanak and senior fellows Brian ... challenging for the management of water supply, water quality, ...
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 ... We found that annual water supplies could decline by 20% by 2040—largely because of SGMA, though climate change and increased environmental ...
data set PPIC Water Supply Constraints at the Local Scale in the San Joaquin Valley Feb 8, 2023 We first describe the dataset fields—encompassing overdraft, irrigated acreage, applied water demands, surface water availability, groundwater use, irrigation ...
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 ... Achieving groundwater sustainability will be the single biggest driver reducing water supply in the valley. But climate change—which will affect ...
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 ... Water and energy are intimately connected in California: the water system is a ... These shifts not only stress California's water supplies, ...