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Snowpack Report Underscores Need for Transformative Changes to Address Record-Setting California Drought

April 1st marks the end of the wet season in California. It’s also the day the California Department of Water Resources announces key seasonal snowpack measurements and makes projections of water availability for the rest of the water year. Today, the news is extremely bad and is a call to action to do much more — and to do some things much differently.

State’s Snowpack at Only 38% of Average As California Drought Deepens

S.F.’s Hydropower Supply is Under Threat

KCBX News Update: Water Use Experts Share Conservation Tips

Calmatters: Newsom Imposes New California Water Restrictions — Leaves Details to Locals

Newsom Imposes New California Water Restrictions — Leaves Details to Locals

World Water Day Focuses Attention on How Water is Underappreciated — Especially Groundwater

Around the world, people and nature rely on groundwater for survival. The newly released United Nations World Water Development Report 2022 underscores humanity’s reliance on this resource, noting groundwater currently provides about half the volume of domestic water and a quarter the volume of irrigation water withdrawn globally.

March 2022 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.

Californians Didn’t Meet Their Water Conservation Target — Is a Mandate Next?

In Russia’s War in Ukraine, Both Sides Have Attacked Water Supplies

Letters to the Editor: The Drought Will Never Be Over. These Are the Changes California Must Make.

California Slashes State Water Project Allocation as Year Begins With Record Dryness

California Slashes State Water Project Allocations As Year Begins With Record Dryness

Speaking of Water: Documenting Water Conflict with Peter Gleick

Climate Change Is Making Armed Conflict Worse. Here’s How.

Cambios en la diversidad y abundancia de aves en el Salton Sea

Changes in Avian Diversity and Abundance at the Salton Sea

The Salton Sea is one of the most important places for birds in North America and is in danger of losing its ecological value. The lake is a globally significant Important Bird Area (IBA). For the past century, it has served as a major nesting, wintering, and stopover site for millions of birds of approximately 400 species. At this webinar, speakers discussed changes at the Salton Sea and how they are affecting the Pacific Flyway, as well as management efforts to protect and restore habitat at the lake.

War in Ukraine Lengthens List of Violent Acts Over Water

Water Conflicts Continue to Worsen Worldwide 

In the past few years, severe droughts in India and Iran have led to a big increase in conflicts over access to irrigation and domestic water and to demonstrations against water diversions from one community to another.

Water Conflicts Worsen: New Pacific Institute Analysis Identifies Hundreds of New Instances of Violence over Water Resources

New data highlight recent attacks on water infrastructure in the Middle East and Ukraine, violence over water scarcity intensified by climate change, cross-border violence over shared rivers, and cyberattacks on water utilities...

Calmatters: Californians Used More Water as State Braces for Another Dry Year

As Drought Deepens, Californians are Saving Less Water

Californians Used More Water as State Braces for Another Dry Year

February 2022 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.

Seawater Desalination Possibly Expanding in California Amid Worsening Drought