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How Water Has Been Weaponised in Ukraine

October 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.

Saving Water Makes Cents

For the past 30 years, water rates in the United States have risen faster than inflation and all other utility rates, adding to the struggle faced by millions of people across the nation to pay water and sewer bills. Water efficiency investments reduce the need for expensive new water and wastewater infrastructure, saving communities hundreds of millions and in some instances billions of dollars in capital costs and millions more in annual operating costs. 

September 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.

Heat Domes and Heat Waves Take More Water From Reservoirs

It’s the Thirstiest Crop in the US South-West. Will the Drought Put Alfalfa Farmers Out of Business?

Tidal Marsh or ‘Fake Habitat’? California Environmental Project Draws Criticism

Advancing Affordability through Water Efficiency

This paper examines the relationship between water conservation and efficiency and affordability. Specifically, it examines the near-term effect of water conservation and efficiency on utility bills, i.e., water, wastewater, and energy bills, for conserving households and the longer term effect on water and wastewater costs for the larger community.

Left Out in Drought: California Fish

Impacts of the California Drought on Freshwater Ecosystems.

New Pacific Institute Report Finds California Drought Worsening Long-Term Decline of Fish Populations  

Oakland, California — September 7, 2022 — The Pacific Institute released a new report highlighting how California’s current drought has threatened fish and their freshwater ecosystems. The report, “Left Out in Drought: California Fish,” finds warmer water temperatures, increasing algal blooms, and lower stream flows associated with the 2020-present drought have exacerbated the long-term decline of California’s fish populations and threatened the continued survival of some native fish species, many of which face extinction.

Left Out in Drought: California Fish

More than 97% of California is now experiencing severe drought. While California is known for extreme hydrologic variability, climate change has increased the severity and frequency of droughts significantly intensifying the crisis many fish species face.

Be ‘Less Squeamish’ About Drinking Recycled Wastewater, British Official Says

Dead Fish Are Piling Up Across Shores of San Francisco Bay, Lake Merritt, As Algal Bloom Grows

August 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.

High Grocery Bill? Blame the Weather

Does the Bay Area Have Enough Water to Build Housing During the California Drought?

Pipe Dream or Possible? Experts Weigh In on Idea of Sending Mississippi River Water to West

Newsom unveils long-term strategy to bolster California water supply

Dramatic NASA Photos Reveal Lake Mead Water Levels at Lowest Point Since 1937

In Face of Recurring Drought, Cities Seek Security in Wastewater Recycling Projects

They Sounded Alarms About a Coming Colorado River Crisis. But Warnings Went Unheeded

July 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.

Pacific Institute Launches New Water and Climate Equity Strategy for United States

Throughout the world and in the United States, water insecurity and climate change both disproportionately affect frontline communities—those who are impacted first and worst from climate change. Historically disadvantaged and marginalized communities, including rural communities, low-income communities, and communities of color, often suffer the most from environmental injustices related to climate change and lack of safe and reliable water from household and community water systems.

Pacific Institute Launches Water and Climate Equity Strategy for United States

July 11, 2022, Oakland, California – The Pacific Institute, a global nonpartisan water think tank working to catalyze the transformation to water resilience by 2030, today launched its new Water and Climate Equity strategy. Through research and outreach, this long-term strategy will address the impacts of climate change on water security for frontline communities, including rural communities, low-income communities, and communities of color, across the United States.

California Is Finally Reducing Water Use, but It’s Not Enough Amid Severe Drought