Video: Managing water in a changing climate
Climate change is putting California’s water system to the test. Facing increasingly frequent and intense droughts, shorter wet seasons, and rising temperatures, Californians are struggling to maintain a stable water supply that can meet the needs of our population while keeping our ecosystems intact. The state’s aging, 20th-century water infrastructure—including dams and levees—urgently needs an upgrade to cope with a 21st-century climate. We need to increase groundwater storage and restore flows to suffering ecosystems and the wildlife that depends on them.