Understanding End-of-Century Snowpack Changes Over California’s Sierra Nevada

American Geophysical Union (AGU) | January 29th, 2019

Quantifying Aspect-Dependent Snowpack Response to High-Elevation Wildfire in the Southern Rocky Mountains

American Geophysical Union (AGU) | September 17th, 2024

Past Groundwater Drought in the North American Cordillera

American Geophysical Union (AGU) | November 11th, 2024

Water and wastewater infrastructure inequity in unincorporated communities

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | December 3rd, 2024

Climate change and its influence on water systems increases the cost of electricity system decarbonization

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | November 25th, 2024

Municipal Service Review and Sphere of Influence Update for the Orange County Water District Including a Feasibility Analysis of the Potential Consolidation of Orange County Water District and Municipal Water District of Orange County

Local Agency Formation Commission of Orange County | November 15th, 2024

The potential of collaborative solutions to improve management of California (United States) wildlands

Restoration Ecology, Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) | November 13th, 2024

Climate change scenarios forecast increased drought exposure for terrestrial vertebrates in the contiguous United States

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | November 15th, 2024

2024 Biological Opinion: Reinitiation of Consultation on the Coordinated Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | November 8th, 2024

This BiOp addresses the PA’s effects on federally-listed species and designated critical habitat. This response is provided under the authority of the Endangered Specie

This BiOp addresses the PA’s effects on federally-listed species and designated critical habitat. This response is provided under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (ESA, or Act), and in accordance with the implementing regulations pertaining to interagency cooperation (50 CFR 402).

Beneath the Surface: Why Reservoirs Won't Solve California's Water Woes

Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) | November 19th, 2024

Water storage and conveyance have fundamentally shaped modern California. The vast agricultural industry, as well as globally important cities like Los Angeles, were made

Water storage and conveyance have fundamentally shaped modern California. The vast agricultural industry, as well as globally important cities like Los Angeles, were made possible by storing and moving water around the state. Reservoirs are one of the primary components of California’s water storage system. There are nearly 1,500 surface storage reservoirs throughout the state, which together can store a year’s supply of water for farms and cities. But reservoirs come with high costs. They destroy and degrade habitats and alter flows in rivers and streams, harming native fish and wildlife. They emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases, worsening climate change. They cost taxpayers billions of dollars to build and maintain. And as the climate continues to warm, reservoirs will become less efficient, losing more and more of the water they hold to evaporation.  This report examines reservoirs’ environmental harms and explains why new reservoirs are not the solution to our 21st century water problems.