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 ... enough water in rivers and streams to supply all water rights and ...
blog post New Horizons for Senior Fellow Alvar Escriva-Bou By Sarah Bardeen Feb 24, 2023 Feb 24, 2023 ... In over seven years at the PPIC Water Policy Center, senior fellow ... management of this system with the rest of California's water system, ...
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 ...
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, ...
blog post Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act By Sarah Bardeen Nov 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 ... photo - Participants at PPIC Water Policy Center's fall conference ... are testing California's water system as never before.
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 ...