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April 2025 Newsletter

The monthly newsletter features the Pacific Institute’s research, publications, news about past and upcoming Institute staff outreach efforts, and media coverage of its work and analysis.

California’s Snowpack ‘Pretty Good,’ Official Says, as More Storms on the Way

World Water Day 2025: Pacific Institute Reaffirms its Commitment to Water Resilience 

To mark World Water Day, the Pacific Institute is proud to announce accelerated action across its four water Impact Areas, while reaffirming its commitment to the ambitious goal of “catalyzing the transformation to water resilience in the face of climate change by 2030.” 

The Business Importance of Water Scarcity and Stewardship

Report Highlights How Communities Hardest Hit by Climate Change Can Build Resilient Water Systems

New Report Highlights 100+ Actionable Strategies for Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation in Frontline Communities Across US 

New research released today by the Pacific Institute and DigDeep outlines over 100 actionable strategies for frontline communities’ water and sanitation systems in the face of intensifying climate impacts while addressing systemic inequities.

Achieving Equitable, Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation for Frontline Communities: Water, Sanitation, and Climate Change in the United States, Part 3

Communities, local, state, and federal agencies, Tribes, NGOs, and others are working to create equitable, climate-resilient water and sanitation in the US. This report outlines over 100 actionable strategies for frontline communities’ water and sanitation systems in the face of intensifying climate impacts while addressing systemic inequities.

March 2025 Newsletter

The monthly newsletter features the Pacific Institute’s research, publications, news about past and upcoming Institute staff outreach efforts, and media coverage of its work and analysis.

Introduction: Water Conflict and Cooperation

California, Arizona and Nevada Want a New Federal Review of Colorado River Plans

NLCD: Landscape Info Supporting Our Safety and Economic Well-being

The Growing Threat of Catastrophic Flooding in Rural America

How Climate Change Puts the Safety of Drinking Water at Risk

February 2025 Newsletter

The monthly newsletter features the Pacific Institute’s research, publications, news about past and upcoming Institute staff outreach efforts, and media coverage of its work and analysis.

2.2 Billion Gallons of Water Flowed Out of California Reservoirs Because of Trump’s Order to Open Dams

Finding a Drink of Water Becomes a Major Winter Problem for the Unsheltered

Extreme Demand Took Down LA’s Water System During the Palisades Fire. Here’s How Other U.S. Cities Can Prepare

Evaluating Cost-Effectiveness of Corporate Water Stewardship Projects 

To achieve ambitious and time-bound water stewardship goals, companies often invest in different projects spanning their operations, value chains, and local watersheds. When companies have a number of different projects to choose from, they may evaluate them against multiple criteria, including geographic scope, feasibility, innovation, and costs.

Pacific Institute Strategic Plan (Shortened)

January 2025 Newsletter

The monthly newsletter features the Pacific Institute’s research, publications, news about past and upcoming Institute staff outreach efforts, and media coverage of its work and analysis.

Yes, Wildfires Have Always Happened in California, but Climate Change Is Making Them Worse

Bridging the Water Finance Gap as Climate Impacts Bite

‘We’re Just Like Fish: No Water, No Life’: Drought and Dams Push Iraq’s Marshes to the Edge of Extinction

December 2024 Newsletter

The monthly newsletter features the Pacific Institute’s research, publications, news about past and upcoming Institute staff outreach efforts, and media coverage of its work and analysis.

The Role of Metrics in Water and Wastewater Affordability Programs in the United States

This blog is part of The Water Research Foundation (WRF) project 5179: Feasibility and Applicability of Emerging Utility-Led Innovations in Addressing Affordability. The project, led by the Pacific Institute, CIS, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, and UNC Environmental Finance Center, seeks to document and advance innovative strategies that utilities can use to improve affordability programs in the United States.