By Erin Woolley Last week, Governor Newsom released a strategy aimed at reversing the decline in California’s salmon population. The document sets forward six priorities and lists 71 actions to build healthier, thriving salmon populations in California. Many of the...
Water Issue 2024 Articles
The Water We Eat! (Our Edible Water Footprint)
An overview of growing an edible garden with limited water. Minimal Water, Maximum Food Production (at home or for the home gardener) By Kalyn Simon We all (hopefully) know the moment of bliss when you bite into a fresh plum or pick the first vine-ripened tomato of...
The Color of Water Initiative
By Water Hub @ Climate Nexus The Color of Water Initiative was created by the Water Hub to build voice and visibility for people of color in the water movement. Our goal is to connect reporters with a more diverse set of experts, and build capacity for these experts...
Stopping the Harms: Newsom Undermines His Own 30×30 Goals
By Mahtisa Djahangiri What is 30x30? 30x30 is the global movement to protect 30% of our planet’s land and water by 2030 as a stepping stone toward protecting at least half of the Earth by 2050. 30x30 aims to protect and restore biodiversity, expand access to nature,...
Where the Jobs Are: Water Agencies are Hiring
By Alec Mackie, Guest writer After two years of hefty rainfall, our reservoirs are refilling and California’s water outlook is looking better. Our next big water challenge is a shrinking workforce as specialized workers have reached retirement age and are leaving....
Ecological Impacts of Southern California’s Thirst on the Owens Valley Region
By Jackson Goulding “There it is. Take it”. William Mulholland, mastermind behind the now 110 year old Los Angeles Aqueduct, spoke these words as water first surged down through the channel and began to make its way towards Southern California. Now over a century...
Hydrogen: Not a Silver Bullet Climate Solution
By Teresa Cheng, California Field Manager Hydrogen has been touted as a clean energy panacea to replace polluting sources including gas plants, airplanes and heavy industry. The Biden administration has infused billions of dollars to kickstart the budding hydrogen...
Metropolitan’s Budget Woes
By Caty Wagner Metropolitan Water District (MWD), the water wholesaler for Southern California, whose 19 million residents make it the largest wholesaler in the country, has a budget proposal up for a vote on April 9. MWD is proposing a whopping 21% increase in water...
Residential Stormwater Capture, You Can DIY
By Dr. C. Tom Williams, PhD Real Time Experience with Putting the LID on Runoff – Where to put the runoff? As part of a settlement regarding the pollution of Santa Monica Bay, the County and City of Los Angeles developed the concept of collecting and reducing surface...
SoCal’s Water Resilient Future looks like VenturaWaterPure
By Conner Everts & Kellie Prather Southern California Cities are moving towards independence from imported water from faraway watersheds and the Bay Delta Estuary. Given the extremes of dry and wet weather with climate change, forward thinking Southern California...