Solutions

Groundwater Crisis: The Need for New Data to Inform Public Policy

It is far from preposterous to suggest that the fate of the human race is inextricably linked to the fate…

9 months ago

Some curious things about water management

Chicken photo courtesy of Jose Maria Plazaola, Wikimedia Commons user. Water management is often very different from what we think…

9 months ago

CAL MATTERS: California’s urban runoff flows down the drain. Can the drought-plagued state capture more of it?

The Los Angeles River as seen from the 7th street bridge on the east side of Downtown Los Angeles. After…

9 months ago

New Pacific Institute Report Finds Substantial Opportunity for Urban Stormwater Capture to Enhance Water Resilience in Communities Across the United States

Rain falls in Sacramento Monday morning. Photo taken December 19 , 2023. Andrew Nixon / California Department of Water Resources…

9 months ago

USFWS: Don Edwards NWR relishes progress in San Francisco Bay recovery

Wildlife and people benefit from ongoing restoration Twenty years after a complex, multi-partner effort began to restore south San Francisco…

9 months ago

California sea otters nearly went extinct. Now they’re rescuing their coastal habitat

Photo: A sea otter in the estuarine water of Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, Calif. Emma Levy The California sea otter,…

9 months ago

Checking Up on Montezuma Wetlands: Mud on the Rise

Photo: Mary K. Miller The drive down Fire Truck Road to the Montezuma Wetlands Project, where the Delta and Suisun…

10 months ago

Spring a Leak? Google Will Find It Through a New Partnership Aimed at Saving Water in New Mexico

Drought-stricken New Mexico is teaming up with Google to hunt for leaky water pipes using satellites Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham…

10 months ago

Permeable pavements could reduce coho-killing tire pollutants

A returning Coho Salmon at the Suquamish Tribe's Grovers Creek Hatchery in Poulsbo, WA. Photo by K. King, USFWS. [...]…

10 months ago

The Middle East can show the world how to save water

Photo: A farmer dips his hand into a falaj irrigation channel at Al Ain oasis. These Iron Age networks and…

10 months ago