Commentary: Four strategies for managing California’s crucial watershed
Conditions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its watershed are changing as droughts become warmer and more intense. But as our new study highlights, California is not doing a good job of tracking these changes. That’s making it even tougher to manage the water that is available for the benefit of the state’s communities, economy and environment.
-Written by Ellen Hanak, director of the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center, and Greg Gartrell, an independent consulting engineer and an adjunct fellow at the PPIC Water Policy Center.Related article:
- Public Policy Institute of California: Policy brief – Tracking where water goes in a changing Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta