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Push for Salton Sea Restoration Stalls Drought Plans in the West — We Get the Latest

Comment Letter on the Progress of Phase 1 of the Salton Sea Management Program

Comment letter on the progress of Phase 1 of the Salton Sea Management Program sent to the California State Water Resources Control Board by Alianza Coachella Valley, Audubon California, Defenders of Wildlife, Environmental Defense Fund, KDI, the Pacific Institute, and the Sierra Club.

Disputes Over Water Will be an Increasing Source of International Tension

Comment Letter on the State Water Board’s Low Income Water Rates Assistance Draft Report

This comment letter provides feedback and recommendations on the draft report “Options for Implementation of a Statewide Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program.”

California Touts Desalination, but Take It With a Grain of Salt

Bid To Secure Cash For The Salton Sea Stalls Colorado River Drought Plan

Press Democrat Editorial: California Needs to Save More of Its Rainwater

Salton Sea Money Demand Clogs Up Colorado River Drought Plans

Wet Winter Mostly Wasted in California

California Wastes Most of Its Rainwater, Which Simply Goes down the Drain

Sustainable Landscapes on Commercial and Industrial Properties in the Santa Ana River Watershed

Pressures on water resources are intensifying due to aging infrastructure, population growth, and climate change, among other factors. With vast expanses of water-intensive turf grass and large impervious surfaces, most urbanized communities are ill-adapted to these pressures.

The History of Poisoning the Well

Imperial Irrigation District ties Colorado River plan to Salton Sea funds. Make it happen.

Speaking of Water – Looking back at 2018, Ahead to 2019

Slaking the World’s Thirst with Seawater Dumps Toxic Brine in Oceans

Sustainable Development Update – February 2019 #3

Climate Resilience in the Urban Context: Sustainable Landscapes for Southern California Businesses

Today the Pacific Institute, in collaboration with the CEO Water Mandate, California Forward, and Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, released a new report, “Sustainable Landscapes on Commercial and Industrial Properties in the Santa Ana River Watershed,” accompanied by an interactive online map...

Peter Gleick Wants to Solve the Water Crisis Yesterday

Tehran is Sinking, a Human Rights Emergency in Venezuela, an Australian Politician ‘Comes Out’ About Her Own Drug Use

Making Salty Water Drinkable Also Makes Brine

Fawning Over ‘Fiji Water Girl’ Ignores The Evils Of Bottled Water

California Water Board Outlines $606M Bill Assistance Program

Comment Letter on the Proposed North Lake Project at the Salton Sea

This comment letter sent to Phil Rosentrater, Executive Director of the Salton Sea Authority, on behalf of Alianza Coachella Valley, Audubon California, Defenders of Wildlife, Environmental Defense Fund, Kounkuey Design Initiative, the Pacific Institute, and Sierra Club California discusses the proposed North Lake Project at the Salton Sea.

December 2018 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 Droughts Hurt Fight Against Climate Change. Study Tells Us Why