Op-Ed

Riding the Restoration Waves: My Estuarine Journey

After 16 years of working in the San Francisco Estuary, including serving as a manager for key regional agencies, I…

2 years ago

The power of water

Why levees don't work, and the challenge of designing them differently There has been a lot of discussion about why…

2 years ago

Opinion: a mostly hidden problem wastes appalling amounts of water

Photo: A worker uses a vacuum truck to suck up water that flooded an area at George English Park in…

2 years ago

Which weather forecasters should you trust?

Photo: A worker shovels snow from a roof at the Shilo Inn as it continues to deepen in the first…

2 years ago

Sustainable Water Investment Summit Takeaways: Water Rights, Scarcity and Opportunities

Last week, leaders from a range of industries convened for two days in Los Angeles for Brownstein and WestWater’s inaugural…

2 years ago

Naka Nathaniel: Big Plastic Has Left The Next Generation With A Big Problem

Naka Nathaniel spent much of his career as a journalist with The New York Times, helping launch NYTimes.com, covering war…

2 years ago

Investors Snap Up Colorado River Water Rights…

...Bet On An Increasingly Scarce Resource With the federal government poised to force Western states to change how they manage…

2 years ago

What does (slow) water want? Most humans seem to have forgotten.

Erica Gies is an independent journalist who covers science and the environment from Victoria, British Columbia, and San Francisco, California.…

2 years ago

Red-faced U.S. Navy at Red Hill?

Photo courtesy of My Kailua Opinion Fresh, potable water is an everyday miracle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.…

3 years ago

The Time is Now to Invest in Western Water Infrastructure

Commentary: The coronavirus crisis reminds those of us in the water world of the importance of the systems which sustain…

4 years ago