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Notes from the Field: Field Report from Hivre Bazar

Op-Ed: California’s Drought Impact: What Really Happened During State’s Drought?

California's three-year drought, which ended with this season's cool and wet weather, had complicated impacts that have been poorly understood. The Pacific Institute just completed a nine-month assessment of new data from California's agricultural, energy and environmental sectors to evaluate consequences of the drought for the state.

Policy Options for Water Management in the Verde Valley, Arizona

The Verde River in central Arizona faces unprecedented threats from over-allocation, development, and a lack of cohesive water management. This report models the effects of growth on river flows and on the regional economy.

Recommendations to Optimize Outcomes for Specialty Crop Growers and the Public in California

A new multi‐stakeholder coalition of leaders, the California Roundtable on Water and Food Supply, released Recommendations to Optimize Outcomes for Specialty Crop Growers and the Public in California and set of recommendations calling on decision‐makers to employ agricultural water stewardship as a guiding framework to inform agricultural water management in California...

Impacts of the California Drought from 2007 to 2009: Surprising Outcomes for California’s Agriculture, Energy, and Environment

California’s three-year drought from 2007 to 2009 had far-reaching impacts that were highly publicized, but not well understood.

Municipal Deliveries of Colorado River Basin Water: New Report Examines 100 Cities and Agencies

In 2008, the Colorado River basin was supplying water to over 35 million people in seven U.S. states as well as Baja California, Mexico. This report is the first to compile real population and water delivery information numbers for the 100 cities and agencies delivering water from the basin.

The Integrity of Science and Climate Change: Logical Fallacies and Abuse of Science

Peter Gleick discusses the role of science in policy.

Testimony: The Vulnerability of U.S. Water Resources to Climate Change

This testimony was presented before the Vulnerability of U.S. Water Resources to Climate Change on Capitol Hill, Washington DC by Peter Gleick.

Invited Presentation and Comments to the Delta Stewardship Council

There is broad agreement that no single strategy in the area of water storage, water efficiency, water
pricing, or water policy will be sufficient to satisfy the goals of sustaining the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta’s ecosystems and vital water delivery systems.

The Human Costs of Nitrate-Contaminated Drinking Water in the San Joaquin Valley

This report focuses on the costs of nitrate contamination in drinking water, pointing to key policies and further research needed to better understand and resolve this entrenched challenge.

Op-Ed: Report Wrongly Excuses Farms From Helping Solve Water Woes

The latest report on California's water crisis has recently been released by the Public Policy Institute of California, and while there are good things in this work, it has two fundamental flaws that cannot be ignored: It completely lets the agricultural sector off the hook for its part in causing – and ultimately helping to solve – our water problems, and it lays all the pressure and responsibility on urban water users and the environment.

Op-Ed: Another View: Busting Water Conservation Myths

As a solution for California’s complex water challenges, conserving water to get more from every drop stands out for its great potential and the misconceptions around it.

Op-Ed: Integrity of Science: Misrepresenting Climate Science: Cherry-picking Data to Hide the Disappearance of Arctic Ice

As the climate science continues to strengthen, and as the observational data around the world continue to accumulate, those who deny the reality or severity of human-induced climate change are getting increasingly desperate. As evidence piles up and as our weather worsens, their positions get weaker and weaker and their claims that the climate isn’t changing, or isn’t changing because of human actions get harder to support, their voices get more strident, and their language and vitriol get uglier.

Op-Ed: State Needs More Water Storage – Underfoot

The massive rains over the past month are both a blessing and a curse for California.

Peter Gleick Testimony Responses on Global Warming

Thank you very much for the opportunity to respond on the record to additional questions, submitted from the Minority. In particular, the nature of the questions shows...

Not Going Away: America’s Energy Security, Jobs, and Climate Challenges

Chairman Markey, Ranking Member Sensenbrenner, and Select Committee members. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on America’s ongoing struggle to deal with increasingly...

The CEO Water Mandate: Guide to Responsible Business Engagement with Water Policy

Access to water is an important strategic concern for many companies, and increased threats to the supply, quality, and reliability of global water resources create substantial pressure for businesses to improve the way they manage water risk.

Overview of Greywater Reuse: The Potential of Greywater Systems to Aid Sustainable Water Management

As pressures on freshwater resources grow around the world, efforts are underway to identify new ways of meeting water needs. Expanding the uses of alternative sources of water previously considered unusable, such as greywater, is one key strategy.

The CEO Water Mandate: Sixth Working Conference

On Monday, November 15, the Mandate and World Economic Forum (WEF) Water Initiative, in collaboration with WWF-South Africa, co-convened a multi-stakeholder workshop aimed.

The Human Right to Water: Emerging Corporate Practice and Stakeholder Expectations

With water issues among the world’s most critical sustainability challenges, businesses must recognize solutions as a core part of corporate water stewardship.

Advancing Community Health through Community Benefits Agreements

The redevelopment of the former Oakland Army Base presents an enormous opportunity for investment in strategies that improve community health.

Comments on SBx7-7 Urban Technical Methodologies

Senate Bill x7-7 was enacted in November 2009, requiring all water suppliers to increase water use efficiency. Below are the highlights of this legislation, divided into two sectors, Urban Water Conservation and Agricultural Water Conservation.

Comments on U5 Process Water Requirements

This letter submitted by Heather Cooley of the Pacific Institute to the California Department of Water Resources, Division of Statewide Integrated Water Management, Water Use and Efficiency Branch contains comments on the state's U5 process water requirements.

California’s Next Million Acre-Feet: Saving Water, Energy, and Money

California’s growing communities and industries require an adequate supply of clean water to thrive into the future. This report suggests that action is immediately needed to reduce the growing tensions over California’s water resources and to address the state’s persistent water supply challenges.

Op-Ed: Moving Forward on Water

Now that California lawmakers have pulled an $11 billion water bond measure off the November ballot, California is facing new questions about how to fix our long standing water problems.